Two French movies - “Un homme à la hauteur” and “Le Petit Prince” will be screened at L’Espace while the internationally co-produced drama film “Patterson” from last year will be on show at Heritage Space, Hanoi this month.

 Shane Filan, former lead-vocal of Ireland’s famous boy band Westlife, will stage a one-night concert at the Lan Anh Music Center in HCMC’s District 10 this Sunday as part of his “Love Always Tour” to Asia.

 The musical instruments of Vietnam’s ethnic minority groups are on the verge of disappearing. Most of the artisans who make them are old. But some of them are working hard to teach younger generations to make and play the instruments.

 In today’s society, the most important duty of young writers is to offer quality works that expand people’s intellectual horizons, delegates said at a meeting for young writers held in Ho Chi Minh City last week.

 Thai girl Nuttanan Naree has been named Miss Friendship of ASEAN this year.

VietNamNet Bridge - Besides being sold on streets, street food places have one thing in common: they are groups of shops selling one type of food. Here are the top food streets in Hanoi.

 A new exhibition of  200 paintings and sculptures by 81 Vietnamese artists has opened at the HCM City Fine Arts Association. 

 Over 866,000 students across the country gathered at 2,364 testing locations on June 21 afternoon to complete all registering procedures for the three-day National High School Exam, the most important exam students spend 12 years preparing for.

The ancient region of Kinh Bac is home to not only quan ho singing (love duet) but also cheo (traditional opera) Chai He, a typical musical to express people’s filial love to their parents. 

Eight short films for children reflecting the diversity and excellence of the French animation studio Folimage will be screened at the Institut Français de Hanoi – L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi on June 25.

 Voters in some northern localities had mixed views on Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung’s answers to questions about public investment raised by National Assembly deputies on June 15.

 Vietnam’s first art painting live show is expected to take place in Ho Chi Minh Television’s theatre on July 29 and the Pham Hong Minh, 1991, born in Binh Dinh will be the first artist to make it.

VietNamNet Bridge - Three movies from America, Europe and Iran will be screened in Hanoi this week.

Artist Nguyen Thu Thuy and her partners from New Hanoi Arts Group won a bronze at the 10th International Design Awards (IDA) in Los Angeles for a mural of Vietnamese trees and flowers at Da Nang International Airport. 

 Since the advent of mass media, books no longer have a monopoly on entertainment. But there are still people who are quietly passionate about collecting books and newspapers.

 Six selected films will be screened for free at Hanoi's Kim Dong Cinema during the German film festival for children and young audience from May 25 to 28.

 Supermodel turned entrepreneur Jessica Minh Anh is set to impress with the first ever fashion phenomenon atop a modern engineering masterpiece, the Hoover Dam in the US, on June 26, 2017.

 A Danish Film Week is scheduled to take place in the central cities of Hue and Da Nang for the first time ever from May 26 to June 4.

Students from the English linguistics and literature faculty of the HCMC Open University will stage dramas adapted from American literary works in English at the HCMC Drama Theater in downtown HCMC on May 20 and 27. 

 Vietnamese and foreign youngsters have joined Vietnamese Culture Day 2017 held by the La Trobe Vietnamese Students Association (LAVISA) in Melbourne, Australia.