The Vice Chairman of the Japan-Vietnam Council for Peace and Friendship (JVPF), Matsuura Masami, has been honoured with the “For peace and friendship among nations” insignia of Vietnam.

The Cinematographic Department will work with the Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism from 63 cities and provinces and the National Cinema Centre to hold a film week for the 65th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day from August 31-September 9.

An exhibition of more than 100 black and white photos opened in Hanoi on August 23 to reproduce the image of Hanoi during the resistance wars against the French colonists and American imperialists.

The “Vietnamese cultural bookcase” will open at the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Museum of Ethnology in Seoul in late August.

The preliminary rounds of the Vietnam Supermodel 2010 contest will be held in HCM City and Hanoi on August 31.  

A vegetarian festival themed “For Health and the Environment” will be held in HCM City from August 26-29.

Luu Thi Diem Huong from Ho Chi Minh City was crowned Miss Vietnam World 2010 at Vinpearl Land, Nha Trang City in the central province of Khanh Hoa on August 21.

A cultural exchange between Vietnam’s UNESCO-recognised Hoi An city and Japan began in the central province of Quang Nam on August 21.

Pianist Nguyen Tuan Nam will perform a concert with a Swedish trio at the Hanoi Opera House on August 22 in what will be the first live performance given by the 25-year-old musician.

41 beauties have been preparing for the final round of the 2010 Miss Vietnam World which will be held in Vinpearl Land, Nha Trang City on August 21.  

Fourteen classical plays of different genres such as tuong, cheo, and cai luong have been selected for the theatre festival that opened at the Hanoi Opera House on August 19.

The world renowned band iL Divo has arrived in Ho Chi Minh City to prepare for their performance at the final of the 2010 Miss Vietnam World contest.

Approximately 40 countries and territories will take part in the seventh International Exhibition for Young Inventors (IEYI), to be held in Hanoi from December 16-18, said the Vietnam Fund for Supporting Technical Creativeness (VIFOTEC).

The 15th Fine Art Exhibition of Vietnam’s North Central region, co-organized by the Vietnam Fine Art Association and Quang Binh province opened on August 19 in Dong Ha city.

International top model Vu Nguyen Ha Anh has been selected by UNICEF as its Goodwill Ambassador to Vietnam.

Nearly VND1.5 billion has been raised for social and charitable activities during the Miss Vietnam 2010 finals in Ha Long City, the northern province of Quang Ninh.

A film week will be held in Vietnam from August 31 to September 6 to mark 65th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day (September 2).

An exhibition opened at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi on August 17 to showcase more than 200 documents, images and artefacts related to Hanoi’s resistance wars in the 20th century.

The Ho Chi Minh Museum’s branches in the Central Highland provinces of Gia Lai and Kon Tum organised a photography exhibition on August 17 to highlight the achievements and prospects of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and welcome the 1,000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi.

An exhibition entitled, “Urban planning and administrative boundaries of Hanoi in the period 1873-1954" opened at the National Archives Centre I in Hanoi on Aug. 16 as part of celebrations of the millennium of the capital city.

A Vietnam Cultural Week will open in Brussels, Belgium from September 1-4 to mark Vietnam as ASEAN chair, Belgium as EU president, and Hanoi’s 1,000th anniversary.

A French version of “The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram” will be published in France on August 20, according to The New Observer magazine (Le Nouvel Observateur).

Dang Thi Ngoc Han, contestant No. 516, showed outstanding performance in every contest of the final stage to win the Miss Vietnam 2010 title in the northern province of Quang Ninh on August 14.

Cuban television presented a documentary film on Vietnam's late President Ho Chi Minh and Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on August 13. 

The Vietnamese translation of Wayne Karlin’s Wandering Souls, a novel about the American War in Vietnam, has hit bookstores throughout the nation.

An exhibition entitled ‘Hanoi - Visual angles’ will open at the Temple of Literature in downtown Hanoi from August 25 to September 3, featuring 100 black and white photos taken by female photographers from the Hai Au Club based in Ho Chi Minh City.

An exhibition entitled “Dingbats Brazil” will be held at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum on August 21-30.

Pham Thuy Vy Victoria, a 20-year-old girl, from California, USA, won the Miss Sports title at the Miss Vietnam World 2010 pageant on August 12.

A photo exhibition on Ha Long Bay opened in New York on August 11 as part of the campaign to vote for Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay as a world natural wonder.

An exhibition depicting the close link between the ancient capital of Thang Long and Ha Long Bay over the past 1,000 years of history opened on August 12 in Tuan Chau international resort in the coastal city of Ha Long, Quang Ninh province.