NDO - The Department of Culture and Sports of Lao Cai Province and the People's Committee of Bao Thang District (Lao Cai) organised a ceremony on August 12 to announce and receive the Decision of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on recognising Dao Ho ethnic people's weaving craft in Bao Thang District as part of national intangible cultural heritage. 

NDO - Huynh Nguyen Mai Phuong, aged 23, from Dong Nai Province, was crowned Miss World Vietnam 2022 at the final round held in Quy Nhon on August 12. 

NDO - Film screenings will be held on a national scale marking the 77th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and National Day (September 2), according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. 

NDO - The two new music videos (MVs) “Waiting for You – 5,000 Years” and "Butterfly flakes" by Republic of Korean singer and composer Joseph Kwon officially debuted in Hanoi on August 10. 

NDO/VNA – Miss World 2021 Karolina Bielawskawill be present at the finale of Miss World Vietnam 2022, scheduled to take place in Quy Nhon city, the central province of Binh Dinh, on August 12 evening. 

NDO – The Vietnam Cultural Week in Cambodia officially opened in the capital city of Phnom Penh as part of the activities to mark the 55th anniversary of Vietnam – Cambodia diplomatic ties and celebrate the Vietnam – Cambodia and Cambodia – Vietnam Friendship Year 2022. 

NDO – An art programme was held in Hanoi on August 10, on the occasion of Vu Lan Festival, which is celebrated on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month in dedication to parents. 

NDO/VNA – An exhibition highlighting the solidarity and cooperation between the capital cities of Vietnam and Laos took place in Hanoi on August 10 as part of activities to celebrate the Vietnam - Laos Solidarity and Friendship Year 2022. 

NDO – A ceremony was held in Hanoi on August 10 to officially launch the e-book titled “Vietnam in the Ho Chi Minh Era - A Television History”. 

NDO – A book entitled ‘Kim Hoang Folk Painting’ made its debut at a ceremony held in Hanoi on August 8 by the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum and the Hanoi Pottery Museum. 

NDO/VNA – Residents and tourists to the central city of Da Nang are expected to have “sleepless nights” at the “Da Nang Electronic Carnival - Take Me To The Sun” festival scheduled for August 13-14. 

NDO – Hundreds of elaborately invested and valuable works of fine art, painting and sculpture have been selected and displayed at the South-Central and Central Highlands region Fine Art Exhibition in 2022. 

NDO – Puppeteer Phan Thanh Liem will join other artists from the Research Institute of Minorities Culture, to tour the Republic of Korea (RoK) and introduce the art of Vietnamese water puppetry to people throughout the host country. 

NDO – ‘Mo Muong’ is a popular folk rite practised in funerals or rituals to pray for the good health of the Muong ethnic community. This is a unique intangible cultural and spiritual heritage which has been practised and safeguarded by many generations of Muong people.