Since its opening on May 1st, the Dec. 19 book street has been filled with bookworms. However, the street still needs efforts to turn it into a favourite venue of Hanoians and visitors.

 A collection of 19 imperial records from the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) and 150 antiques showing Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos will be displayed in the central coastal province of Quang Nam next month.

 Miss Mekong Delta beauty contest 2017 will be held on May 9-July 23rd, announced the organization board at a press conference of the event in Ho Chi Minh City on May 9.

 Local  fashion designers , Ngo Hoang Kha and Tran Thi Tu will participate in the AirAsia Runway Ready Designer Search 2017 in Malaysia.

 Vietnamese cinema and Ho Chi Minh City as a tourist destination will be promoted at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. The event is scheduled to take place from May 17-28 in France.

 Tourism Ambassador of Vietnam Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of the Hollywood movie “Kong: Skull Island”, revisited the filming location at Trang An landscape complex in the northern province of Ninh Binh on May 10.

 Italian photographer Daniele Rossi, 41, is displaying his work at an on-going exhibition themed “Vietnam today” in Rome, Italy. 

 Being well-known as a grave statue–carving artisan and wooden statue–maker, artisan A Doan has greatly contributed to preserving this unique art, promoting the culture of the Central Highlands.

 Scientists recently unearthed various traces of human beings at three caves in the central province of Nghe An, dating back to 3,000-8,000 years ago.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The French cartoon “Oggy and the Cockroaches” (2013, 80 mins) will be screened at L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi on April 23.

 VietNamNet Bridge - IP Day Vietnam 2017 will be held at 2 pm on April 21 at American Club, 19 Hai Ba Trung Street in Hanoi as an open-air camp with the timeline as follows:

 The traditional embroidery craft in Dong Cuu village, Dung Tien commune, Thuong Tien district in Hanoi, was recently honoured as a national intangible cultural heritage.

 A multi-media exhibition exploring the relationship between traditional crafts and contemporary design will open to the public on Thurday in Hanoi.

 Supermodel Ha Anh will become Casting Director for the Miss ASEAN Friendship 2017 contest, set for June 5 to July 2 in the south central coastal province of Phu Yen.

 Family Life, an artwork by late Vietnamese painter Le Pho, fetched US$1.2m at a Modern and Contemporary Art auction at Hong Kong’s Sotheby’s home late last week.

 The first decorative mural painting, part of an art project to turn Da Nang Airport into a tropical garden, by artists from Tan Hanoi Art Company was recently completed.

The fourth Vietnam International Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2017 (VIFW) is scheduled to take place on April 25-28 in GEM Centre, Nguyen Binh Kiem St., Dist 1, HCM City.

 CJ E&M, the leading entertainment and media content company of the Republic of Korea, will open the first overseas television channel exclusively for airing “hallyu” content in Vietnam, Malaysia and Hong Kong (China).

 This year, the Vietnam Writers’ Association will present posthumous Devotion Awards to Vietnamese literary works that have not received any awards by the association, the Alliance of Arts and Literature Associations. 

Steph Lysaght, Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Hanoi, joined local artists in an activity to paint walls and draw paintings along the streets in Saigon with an aim to send a message of environment and wild animal protection.