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The Vietnamese movie Đảo của Dân Ngụ Cư (The Way Station) won Best Film, Best Actor and Best Director of Photography award in Asean International Films Festival & Awards (AIFFA) 2017 held in Malaysia last Saturday.

An excavation at Bút Mountain Tower in central city of Quảng Ngãi unearthed the biggest-ever intact linga of Chăm Pa civilisation, researcher Vũ Quốc Hiển, former deputy director of National Museum of Vietnamese History confirmed on May 5.

Former Associated Press war photographer Huỳnh Công Út (Nick Út) donated a set of five historic photos of the American war in Việt Nam and a camera he used during the war to the Vietnamese Women’s Museum in Hà Nội on May 6.

Sketches and photos of Hà Nội by French author-illustrator Jean-Charles Sarrazin from 1987 and 1988 are on display in Hà Nội, accompanied by the originals of his three books recently translated into Vietnamese.

A slew of cultural, art, cuisine and tourism events are scheduled in the next few months to attract more tourists to HCM City, according to the Department of Tourism.

Việt Nam will submit an application for UNESCO recognition of the famed Hạ Long Bay and Cát Bà Island as an expanded World Heritage Site by February next year.

Tooth decay in children, also known as early childhood caries, is one of the most common chronic childhood diseases in Việt Nam. In some cases, severe tooth decay can result in tooth loss. A child who suffers from caries may develop serious infections of the gums, sinuses; and it may even spread to the neck. Caries can be painful and may cause your child to refuse eating.

Việt Phương, a poet of the first generation of Việt Nam’s modern poets, died on Saturday. He was 89.

Cần Thơ Province’s Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has collaborated with the Trade and Investment Promotion Centre to open a Southern Food Flea Market in Cần Thơ City in the future.

A series of activities titled “Perfectly Magical!” will be held to mark the 20th year since the first Harry Potter book, now a bestselling series by British author J.K. Rowling, was released in Việt Nam.

Hà Nội Opera House is scheduled to open for tours from June 2017, allowing domestic and international tourists to learn about Việt Nam’s history, architecture and arts. 

Every month, many ships were sent to deliver supply to Vietnamese soldiers, who are charged with protecting the country’s sovereignty right in the Trường Sa Archipelago in the East Sea. During the long voyage, besides performing their duties fishing at night is a favorite activity among the sailors

Artists Thái Nhật Minh and Nguyễn Nguyên Hà are showcasing their experiments with clay at a contemporary ceramic exhibitionat the Việt Nam Fine Arts Museum.

A film depicting love, jealousy and murder written by Nam Cao, one of Việt Nam’s leading writers in the 1940s, will begin its post-production in HCM City this week. 

Pop star Quang Dũng has released his new album featuring French ballads with Vietnamese lyrics.

Vietnamese magician Huy Nguyễn has been honoured with the Merlin Award, which is presented to magicians who have achieved the highest level in their craft on the national and international stage.