How wonderfully Hanoian! Hundreds of young cyclists dressed in vintage Ao Dai take to the streets on October 17 with their bikes. As well, 50 artists follow, cycling on old fashioned cyclos.

 Every Sunday night, local residents and tourists in ​Viet Tri city, in the northern province of Phu Tho, lose themselves in melodious folk song at Van Lang Park.

 Remnants of Champa architecture have recently been found in the central province of Binh Dinh, said Nguyen Van Ngoc, Director of the Binh Dinh provincial museum.

Model Le Thanh Thao has recently lit up the runway at Paris Fashion Week with Talbot Runhof and YDE dresses.

 Son Doong Cave has been recognised as the largest of its kind in the world by three international organisations, including Guinness, the Association World Record and WorldKings.

 Miss University Vietnam, a contest which evaluates university students’ beauty, intelligence, self-confidence and virtue began on August 22 in Hanoi.

 Audience and experts have expressed doubts over the authenticity of the paintings that are on display at Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts, suggesting most of them are fakes.

 Eighteen women from southern and central provinces have been chosen to compete in the final round of the Miss Vietnam 2016 pageant in HCM City in August.

VietNamNet Bridge - The HCM City People’s Committee on May 25 gifted President Barack Obama a lotus patterned Ao Dai (Vietnam's traditional gown) by well-known designer Sy Hoang for First Lady Michelle Obama.

 A total of 42 paintings honouring the beauty of the lotus flower are on display at an exhibition which opened in Hanoi on May 12.

 The bilingual Vietnamese-German edition of “Truyen Kieu” (The Tale of Kieu) was launched in Berlin on May 1 under the auspices of the Association of Vietnamese Businesses in Germany.