(VOV) BETOAJI, a non-profit organization established by Vietnamese students in Japan, has run cookery classes for those fond of cooking Vietnamese traditional dishes.

Vietnam Culture Day has attracted the attention of the Italian public at the Mercati di Traiano museum in Rome, Italy. 

The central city of Danang has offered to host the 2015-16 Clipper Race, a yacht sailing race comprised of amateur competitors, the city's secretariat confirmed on June 24.

Artists from the Vietnam National Drama Theatre will enact a new play entitled The Mouse Daughter's Marriage at Malaysia's George Town Festival in August. 

(VOV) - Famous chef Pham Tuan Hai, more than 300 chefs and 31 contestants of Miss Mekong Delta pageant 2015 is to gather for the biggest hot pot event in Vietnam set to get underway in Can Tho city on June 27.

The lotus, which has been nominated as the national flower, will be the topic of a cultural and artistic festival to open in Ho Chi Minh City on June 26. 

Local designer Kevin Nguyen has launched a renovated Ao Dai (Vietnamese dress) collection called ASEAN Beauty – Flowers of ASEAN, which features innovative designs made from local silk, satin and tussore material at Peony Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City's District 7.

(VOV) - Vietnam singing sensation Tung Duong will be featured as one of the major attractions on July 10 at the 2015 Chaing Mai International Jazz Festival in Thailand, organizers have announced.

The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) performs a "Mozart&Beethoven" concert at l'Espace, the French cultural centre in Hanoi, on June 24-25. 

(VOV) - Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2012 runner-up, Kha My Van officially travelled to Paris to work at the fashion capital as from June.

The US Cable News Network (CNN) has announced the list of top 10 dishes in the world, including “nem ran” (fried spring roll) from Vietnam.

Actors from the Vietnam National Drama Theatre will enact a new play entitled The Mouse Daughter's Marriage at Malaysia's George Town Festival in August.

(VOV) - The Raglai live on the eastern side of the Truong Son range, mainly in Khanh Hoa and Ninh Thuan province. Raglai people have lived in harmony with nature and developed unique cultural values. 

Chhay-dam drum dancing, an indispensible part of Khmer festivals in the southern province of Tay Ninh, has been listed as a national intangible cultural heritage.

Vietnam Fine Arts Museum is showing a collection of watercolour sketches to mark the 105th birth anniversary of master artist Tran Van Can (1910-2015).

Cultures of countries worldwide will be brought together at the 2016 Hue Festival, which will take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from April 29-May 4, 2016. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese International Film Festivals featuring iconic directors Dustin Nguyen and Bebe Pham along with a star studded guest list of Vietnam’s finest screen actors and producers will open across the US this July.

(VOV) - Miss Vietnam 2008 Thuy Dung has been invited to participate in a fashion show on June 24 as part of Vietnam Culture Day in Italy.

(VOV) - Every weekend, Hanoi’s walking streets are bustle with diverse activities- face painting and hiphop dancing and tattooing, attracting a crowd of foreign tourists.

(VOV) - A special and diversified Vietnamese cultural space was highlighted on June 20 at the ASEAN Festival held in the Czech Republic.

A seminar on Vietnamese culture took place at the Salvador University in Buenos Aires, Argentina on June 20. 

Vietnam joined over 90 other countries around the world to celebrate the first International Day of Yoga with ceremonies nationwide on June 21. 

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led tens of thousands of people in a yoga session in the center of the capital on June 21 to showcase the country's signature cultural export.

(VOV) - The United Nations (UN), acting upon a proposal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a speech last September before the general assembly, passed a resolution declaring June 21 as World Yoga Day.

(VOV) - Yen Chau district in Son La province is famous for its sweet fragrant bananas and mangos and also for the beautiful sounds of the Thai ethnic people’s panpipes, which inspire tourists to the region.

A concert featuring both Vietnamese and American artists will be held on June 21 to mark the 20 th year of the normalisation of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the United States, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The Communist Party of Argentina inaugurated a reading room named after Vietnam’s President Ho Chi Minh on June 19 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

The Hanoi-based Art Tunnel Gallery and the Republic of Korea's Hansae Yes24 Foundation will jointly organise an exhibition of about 42 lacquer paintings by 14 Vietnamese artists in downtown Seoul next month.

The photo titled “Sac mau que huong” (Colour of Homeland) by Vu Ngoc Hoang won the first prize at the award ceremony of the photo contest “Tan huong ban sac Viet” (Savour Vietnam) on June 19 in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOV) -Well-known Korean actress Yoo In-Na received a warm welcome on June 19 at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City from a large crowd of bystanders and her loyal Vietnamese fan club.