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A Buddhist monk recently offered 400 million VND (about 18,600 USD) for a painting recalling the bloody naval battle in Vietnam’s Gac Ma Island, the highest bid for the picture so far.

A send-off ceremony was held in Hanoi on September 13 for the Vietnamese delegation to the 17 th Asian Games (ASIAD 17), held in Incheon, the Republic of Korea, from September 19 to October 4.

Vu Tuan San, Hanoiologist and Han-Nom researcher, was awarded the Grand Prize in this year's Bui Xuan Phai – For Love of Hanoi Awards on August 28.

Nu Cuoi Phong Bi (Envelope Smile) was one of three first prize winners at the biennial Vietnam press cartoon contest, taking the Rong Tre (Bamboo Dragon) Cup at a ceremony organised on April 6 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The first-ever caricature festival will be held in Ho Chi Minh City to bring the art closer to the public and provide a comic playground for professional caricaturists and the audience.

Hanoi-based folk singers Tan Nhan and Ngo Hong Quang are making their marks on the local music scene, with their first CD nominated for the 2013 Devotion Prize for Best Album by the Vietnam News Agency's The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports & Culture) newspaper.

Vietnam’s first cartoon-only cinema opened on January 9 in a state-of-the-art facility located in the downtown of capital Hanoi.

A professional body is needed to protect property rights for films made in the country, the head of the Vietnam Cinematography Association has said.

Leaning against his walking stick and wearing a camera on his neck, white-haired photographer Quang Phung received the Grand Award in this year's Bui Xuan Phai – Love for Hanoi Awards on August 29.

Issues relating to environmental and ecological changes were the subject of the Vietnam Press Cartoon contest, launched nationwide on Nov. 3.

The Bui Xuan Phai – Love for Hanoi awards were on Aug. 31 presented to individuals and organisations who have made great contributions to the capital in the fields of culture, arts and society.

The Director of New7Wonders Foundation, Jean-Paul De La Fuente, has called on Vietnam to launch a national campaign to promote Ha Long Bay’s image and attempt to gain the title of a New7Wonders attraction.

A thousand special copies of a book on the life and times of Hanoi over 1,000 years, by the leading expert on Hanoi , Nguyen Vinh Phuc will be sold to herald the capital city’s millennial celebration.