In a letter to the Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Hong Kong, the spokesman of Sotheby’s, Hong Kong branch, stated that they don’t sell fake paintings by well-known Vietnamese painter Bui Xuan Phai.

Hanoi authorities will allow the local Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Vietnam Artistic Exhibition Centre to organise the “Hanoi flower street festival” around Hoan Kiem Lake and on Dinh Tien Hoang street this New Year.

The final round of Vietnam Idol 2008 will take place at the Hoa Binh theatre, Ho Chi Minh City from November 12, 2008 until January 14, 2009.

Australian Film Roadshow 2008 will introduce seven recent Australian feature films and two short films to Vietnamese viewers in Hanoi, some provinces in the central of Vietnam, HCMC and the Mekong Delta province of An Giang from November 14 to December 4. In Hanoi and HCMC the films will be screened in both Vietnamese and English.

Tra My, a singer who became known during the first Vietnam Idol competition in 2007, will tour the US in late November.

South Korean actress Lee Yoo Won paid a visit to Vietnam last week under a charity show named “Love” by tvN cable TV network.

It took one year for the national Vietnam Television (VTV) and its partner Vietbooks and Eximbank to have the copyright for the CEO Exchange, an American hot TV show about world famous chief executive officers (CEOs).

The official website of the Miss World beauty pageant (missworld.tv) and the website specialized on beauty contests in the world – Global Beauties – have introduced Duong Truong Thien Ly, the second runner-up of the Miss Universe Vietnam 2008, as Vietnamese contestant at Miss World 2008.

Preparations are under way for the Da Lat Classical Music Festival in the Central Highlands’ resort town, the event’s French director said Sunday.

Young fashion designer Nguyen Hoang Tan from the southern province of Tien Giang won the Aquafina Pure Fashion 2008 contest held in HCM City yesterday for his collection called Su Thang Hoa Cua Nuoc (Water’s Sublimation).