(VOV) -The first Vietnam Belly Dance Festival Competition is to take place at the SC VivoCity Shopping Mall in Ho Chi Minh City on July 11-12.

(VOV) - Vietnamese-born Polish Nguyen Viet Trung is to perform Hoa Binh Concert on July 3-5 in Hanoi and HCM City along with three other Polish artists.

(VOV) - A Vietnamese Ao Dai (traditional long tunic) collection by designers Huynh Hai Long and Dang The Huy is a highlight of Vietnam Culture Week 2015 in Japan on July 2.

More than 4,500 items, including ceramics, stone axes, coins, mollusc shells dating back to the 3,000-year-old Sa Huynh Culture, were found during a two-month excavation in the garden of the Khue Bac Communal House in Da Nang.

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has officially approved the logo and mascot for the 5th Asian Beach Games (ABG5) to be held in the central city of Da Nang in 2016, announced the Vietnam Sports Administration on July 1.

Local cook Phan Ngoc Anh won first place at a Korean cooking contest held in Hanoi on June 30. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese gay film, Cầu vồng không sắc (Rainbow without colours), directed by Nguyen Quang Tuyen, has been invited to compete in the Montreal World Film Festival.

(VOV) -The third annual National Motorbike Festival has opened in Danang on June 29, attracting hundreds of bikers from all across the country.

Antigone Rising, the New York based female rock band, will perform in Vietnam from July 7 to 13 as part of activities to mark the 20th anniversary of US-Vietnam relations, announced the US General Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City on June 29.

The first special area for displaying Vietnamese literary history has just been opened to people in downtown Hanoi.

Vietnamese traditions and colours filled Seoul as the first Vietnam Culture Day was held in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on June 28.

A wide range of ways to preserve Champa architecture were discussed at a conference on the application of advanced technologies in preserving Champa relics in Quang Nam province on June 29.

The Vietnam International Finger-Style Guitar Festival will take place in the Youth Theatre in Hanoi on July 17, drawing six renowned artists from Belgium, Spain, Malaysia, Japan, China and Taiwan (China). 

(VOV) - An estimated 5,000 athletes, city residents and visitors were bombarded on June 27 with more than one-tonne of different coloured paints during Danang’s first ever happiest five-kilometre run.

(VOV) - A concert-conference themed “Guimet Museum or Vietnamese Cultural Presence in Paris” will be held at the French Cultural Centre L' Espace in Hanoi on July 7.

An exhibition showcasing Vietnamese posters used during the American war is ongoing at the NUS Museum in Singapore.

A fashion show of ao dai, the traditional Vietnamese long robe, was held in Berlin on June 27 with the participation of Spanish designer Diego Cortizas.

Individuals and groups are all welcome to share their filmmaking passion and resolve in combating sinister crime against wildlife by submitting their short films to an ongoing competition organized as part of the Vietnam-US liaison in the relentless fight.

A cultural show themed "Dialogue through art and music" was recently held in New York as a joint effort of the Permanent Missions of Vietnam and Hungary to the United Nations with the aim to strengthen friendship and understanding between nations.

Nguyen Thien Nhan, President of the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front (VFF), passed congratulatory messages on to the Central Managing Committee, dignitaries and followers of the Hoa Hao religion on June 27 on the occasion of the religion’s 2015 Great Founding Festival.

A collection of art featuring the Vietnam War from 1954-1975 is being showcased at the National University of Singapore’s Museum. 

Although Line dancing was introduced to Vietnam only some years ago, it is now becoming popular with Vietnamese youngsters.

(VOV) - Chau Van is a Vietnamese form of ritual singing. Chau means supplication, van means literature. 

The design for a restroom fused with a garden, constructed in the northern province of Cao Bang by Ha Noi-based H&P Architects, won the Social Good Award at the 2015 AZ Awards hosted by the Canadian architecture magazine Azure.

(VOV) -Images of Big Bang, a well-known pop band from the Republic of Korea (RoK), which were set in Vietnam, have appeared on the cover of Vogue fashion magazine along with an inside photoshoot.

The Oc Eo – Ba The archeological and architectural site in the southern province of An Giang has been recognised as a special national relic.

The ancient city will host the annual Hoi An-Japan Cultural Festival with a series of activities from August 28 to 30, Hoi An's culture centre said on June 25.

The Vietnam Museum of Literature officially opened in Hanoi on June 26. 

(VOV) - Designer Thuy Nguyen was poised and confident on the catwalk at a fashion show staged in Mercati Di Traiano, Rome, Italy on June 25 as part of the Vietnam Culture Day in Italy festivities. 

Domestic and international experts gathered in Hanoi on June 26 to share experience and expertise on protecting and restoring the fine arts.