A woman and her children from the Mông ethnic group go to harvest cassava in Mường Pồn Commune, Điện Biên District of northern Điện Biên Province. - VNS Photo Đoàn Tùng

Often critisised as lack of professional procedure, the artists and art dealers in the country are trying to make art autions more professional. The first art auction in Việt Nam with five art works will take place in Hà Nội on May 28.

Vietnamese epic poem Lục Vân Tiên (The Story of Lục Vân Tiên) has been launched for the first time in three languages -- Vietnamese, English and French.

Việt Nam and the US have made several efforts to strengthen friendship through cultural exchanges but it isn’t enough for mutual understanding, according the president of the Việt Nam-US Association.

There are more than one million people of the Mường group throughout Việt Nam’s north and central regions. They reside in valleys along of Đà River in the north and Mã and Bưởi rivers in central province of Thanh Hóa. The Mường people possess a rich folk literature and arts of folk lullabies, legends, epics and gongs.

Vietnamese researcher Thái Kim Lan is showcasing old, rare áo dài in her collection at an exhibition and installation which opened Wednesday evening in Huế.

Việt Nam has gained two more UNESCO world heritage items following a consensus at the 7th Memory of the World Committee for Asia and Pacific summit.

The beauty of Huế, the ancient citadel of Việt Nam, is the inspiration for an art exhibition launched at Huế Royal Palace.

Phạm Thu Trà, 6A3 of Thanh Quan Secondary school in the capital won the first prize at the Future of Việt Nam and Nuclear Energy, a unique drawing contest held in Hà Nội yesterday.