Photographer Le Tung Khanh from Ho Chi Minh City has won the Grand Prize at the Nikon International Photo Contest 2006-2007 for his work “Vuot Song” (Riding The Waves).

Vietnamese film "Chuyen cua Pao" (Pao's Story) will be shown at a series of international film festivals in the Asia-Pacific region.

A photo exhibition featuring the beautiful land and friendly people of Laos and the traditional friendship between Laos and Vietnam opened in the central province of Nghe An on July 19.

A film week will be held from July 25 to August 1 to mark the 60th anniversary of the War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day.

The Vietnam Cultural Week got underway in the Lao capital of Vientiane as part of activities to mark the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Laos diplomatic ties (September 5) and the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Friendship Cooperation Treaty between the two countries (July 18).

The Ministry of Education and Training and Canon Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding on the project “Canon Friendship School Chain” in Hanoi on July 18.

Australia will provide 150 Australian development scholarships (ADS) to Vietnamese students in the 2009 academy year.

Trieu Nguyen Thu Trang is currently leading an online poll to determine the winner of the Miss Internet Popularity 2007 category at the ongoing Miss Tourism Queen International pageant in Zhengzhou, China.

Nine contestants in the three categories (symphony, folk and light music) participated in the final round of the Sao Mai (Morning Star) Television Singing Contest at Vinpearl Land Resort on the south central coast of Nha Trang city on July 15.

The southcentral province of Khanh Hoa is developing MICE tourism, a combination of meetings, seminars and entertainment activities.

The final show of Vietnamese Miss World in Germany and European countries will take place in Berlin on August 11 to select Miss Vietnam, runners-up and sub-titles, including Miss Photo, Miss Tourism, Miss Student, Miss Entrepreneurs and Miss Woman.

The exhibition displays 45 best paintings by Van Duong Thanh who is famous in the world for her ability to produce paintings with her own characteristic style and original arts.

The final of the first Vietnamese Miss World 2007 will be held at Vinpearland resort in Nha Trang City of central coastal Khanh Hoa province from August 18 to September 2.

A cache of ancient coins weighing 20 kg has been unearthed in a paddy field in the central Quang Binh province’s Quang Ninh district.

The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has earmarked US$375,000 for a project to preserve local ethnic minorities’ gong culture, which was recognised by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

An online game festival is taking place in Ho Chi Minh City from July 12 to 15 to create a healthy entertainment environment for young people in the city and its neighbouring provinces of Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Tay Ninh and Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

An ancient bronze bell was unearthed in Binh Dinh commune, Thang Binh district in the central province of Quang Nam on July 8 by a 14 year-old boy as he was looking for scrap metal in his family's garden.

Model Trieu Nguyen Thu Trang has been selected to represent Vietnam at the Miss Tourism Queen International beauty pageant to be held in China in July.

There are many floating restaurants in Cat Ba island district of northern Hai Phong Port city. Tourists like to come here to have special seafood and to enjoy sunbathing and swimming in the sea in front of the famous Cat Ba Sunrise Resort.

Many couples all over the world choose to have their wedding photographs taken in unusual or exotic locations.

Nine candidates competed in the soft music style in Vinpearl Resort (central Khanh Hoa province) on July 9 as part of the Sao Mai Television Music Contest 2007.

The Germany-Vietnam University (GVU) will be built in Vietnam with an investment of 450,000 euros from the German state of Hessen, said Governor Roland Koch.

The Ho Chi Minh City Conservatoire on July 8 granted certificates to 25 participants of the nation’s first ethnomusicology course taught by Professor, Doctor Nguyen Thuyet Phong from Kent University in Ohio, the US.

ASEAN Family Day was observed in France on July 7 with the attendance of the Paris-based diplomatic corps from ten members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as well as their relatives.

“Central and Central Highlands regions on the way to integration” is the theme of the South-central and Central Highlands regions photo festival which opened in Nha Trang City, central coastal Khanh Hoa province on July 8.

The qualifying round of the Miss Vietnam Global 2007 Pageant took place in London on July 7 with the participation of 30 candidates, who are residing and studying in England, France and Switzerland.

The final round of the 2007 Sao Mai singing contest took place in Hon Ngoc Viet resort in the central city of Nha Trang in the evening of July 7 with 26 contestants coming from three regions – the north, the central-Central Highlands and the south.

More than 50 Lao and Vietnamese artists are displaying their latest works at a fine art exhibition, which opened in Hanoi on July 6 to mark the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties and the 30th anniversary of the signing of the friendship and cooperation treaty between two countries.

An art troupe from the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre (HMCC) will make a tour of cities in France, Belgium and Switzerland from now till August 26 to introduce Vietnam’s royal court music and dances.

Nguyen Duc Dung, a worker from Le Ninh farm in Quang Ninh district, central Quang Binh province, has found a jar of ancient coins 50cm deep in a field of Ham Ninh commune.