VOV.VN - The Ao Dai (traditional long dress) Festival 2016 is scheduled to take place at the Thang Long - Hanoi Imperial Citadel from October 14 to October 16.

The first Tai Tu Music Festival for Children, to be held at HCM City’s Labour Cultural House next week, will include participants under 15 years old performing songs and instrumental pieces.

An art show featuring traditional dances and songs from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand closed in the central province of Quang Tri on July 25. 

VOV.VN - The Vietnam National Drama Theatre will attend the World Festival of Children’s Performing Arts in Toyama, Japan on July 30 – August 4, at the invitation of the organizing board.

VOV.VN - Miss Vietnam Heritage Global 2016 contestants have arrived in Phu Cat Airport, Binh Dinh province to prepare for the July 31 semi-final.

VOV.VN - An art program marking the 69th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27) was held by the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) in Hanoi on July 25.

Nearly 30 talented classical music artists from Vietnam and the US will gather to present the beauty of Baroque music - a style of European classical music from the years 1600 to 1750 - during the Vietnam Connection Music Festival.

VOV.VN - A jury of Italian architects and critics has announced that two local projects are among the winners of The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies’ International Architecture Awards for 2016.

VOV.VN - A shaking, hip-wiggling belly dance competition took place on July 24 at the Hanoi Friendship Cultural Palace.

Sai Canh Cua Hoang Da (Wings of the Wild), a photo exhibition by two Vietnamese photographers, Andy Nguyen and Dang My Hanh, of their journeys into the world of wildlife will be held from August 4 to 7. 

A collection of 49 outstanding paintings by Vietnamese contemporary artists are on display in an exhibition at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

VOV.VN - A trailer of Hollywood movie "Kong: Skull Island” was revealed on July 23 at the San Diego Comic-Con International in the US. 

The Vietnamese editions of three Russian classic literature works were made public at a ceremony held in Hanoi on July 22.

VOV.VN - Inspired by the traditional technique of making dzo paper, Phan Hai Bang, a painter and lecturer at the Hue University of Art created Truc Chi, a kind of paper made from bamboo. After years of experiments, Truc Chi is now recognized as a new material for art. 

VOV.VN -  France produces 7 to 8 billion bottles of wine per year, which amounts to 20% of the world’s production. Wine is part of French culture, where buying a bottle is a ceremony and tasting is an art. 

VOV.VN - Kien Giang is an ideal place for those who want peaceful holidays. It has beautiful islands and a primitive beauty. 

A new book highlighting the sports and printed press history of HCM City was launched on July 22.

VOV.VN - Here’s a recap of some of the new faces among the 36 finalists of Miss Vietnam 2016 pageant (in no particular order).

Artifacts dating back to the 16th century were found during a trial excavation at the relic of Thi Nai – Nuoc Man commercial port in the central province of Binh Dinh. 

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Cinema Department has announced that online registration is now open for media, industry and students wishing to participate in the fourth edition of the Hanoi International Film Festival (Haniff).

VOV.VN - A Vietnam-Egypt cultural week opened at El Gouna resort in Red Sea Province, Egypt on July 21 with the participation of Vietnam, Egypt officials, ASEAN ambassadors to Egypt and hundreds of international friends and local people.

Vietnamese and RoK contemporary painters and sculptors are converging in their first ever exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City to deliver their unique styles exploring the diversity of lively life in their respective countries. 

Hanoi wants to receive Italy’s assistance in culture, heritage preservation and tourism development, stated Ngo Thi Thanh Hang, Permanent Vice Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, at her reception for Italian Ambassador to Vietnam Cecilia Piccioni on July 21. 

Explosive festival Cocofest 2016 right at the heart of Cocobay in Da Nang will bring visitors to the beach city this summer from August 27-28.

Talented Vietnamese piano soloist Vu Ngoc Linh will join the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra to perform at the 19th Toyota concert scheduled to be held in Hanoi on August 5-6 and in Ho Chi Minh City on August 10-11. 

A rock fortification system dating back to the 4th century in Ky Anh district, the central province of Ha Tinh has just been recognised as a National Historical Relic Site.

Dutch music producer Lodewijk Fluttert, whose stage name is Bakermat, will make his debut in Ho Chi Minh City on July 28. 

VOV.VN - This August 8th marks the 49th birthday of the formation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), an important milestone for the rapidly expanding relationship among the member states.

Museum officials, artists and experts announced after attending a private meeting on July 19 that 17 paintings of  collector Vu Xuan Chung displayed at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum appeared to be inauthentic and signed by artists who had not painted the works. 

VOV.VN - The first runner-up of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2012 Kha My Van has participated in two fashion shows at Miami Swim Week 2017 in the US.