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Hanoi honours 88 outstanding graduates

 The Central Propaganda Department announced that the ceremony to honour 88 outstanding valedictorians in Hanoi will be held on October 8 at the Temple of Literature.

Vietnamese beauty queens to vie for international pageants in 2018

 Tran Tieu Vy, H’Hen Nie and Minh Tu will represent Vietnam at Miss World, Miss Universe and Miss Supranational pageants during 2018.

"The Third Wife" grabs second international award

 Vietnamese movie Nguoi Vo Ba (The Third Wife) has received the RTVE - Another Look Award at the 66th San Sebastian International Film Festival.

Four caught red-handed smuggling 54,000 meth pills

 Police of Quynh Nhai district in the northern mountainous province of Son La on September 28 arrested four men when they were illegally transporting about 54,000 methamphetamine pills to neighbouring Lao Cai province.

Artisans keep the soul of traditional paper masks

 In a small house on Hang Than Street, Hanoi, paper masks are produced under the skilful hands of an old couple on every Mid-Autumn Festival. 

London Symphony Orchestra to perform on Hanoi’s pedestrian streets

 About 95 musicians of the London Symphony Orchestra will perform in the Vietnam Airlines Classic-Hanoi Concert 2018, scheduled to take place on the pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiem lake on October 6.

Oktoberfest Vietnam 2018 to kick off on October 3

 Oktoberfest Vietnam 2018, HCM City’s most exciting annual German beer and food festival, returns for its 14th year at Windsor Plaza Hotel. 

Japanese culture highlighted at festival in Hanoi

 Japanese culture will be in the spotlight at the Japan Day - Fullmoon Festival, which will take place on September 23 in the Manor Central Park urban area in Hanoi’s Hoang Mai district.

Hundreds of pupils affected as floods rise in Dong Thap

 About 500 pupils are having to travel by boats through dangerous locations as early flooding damaged embankments and roads in the southern Dong Thap Province.

Lion dance teams to celebrate mid-Autumn festival

 Teams from China, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam will compete in the International Kylin and Lion Dance competition at Da Nang’s Helio entertainment centre on September 14-16.

Ravolution Music Festival ready to roll into capital

 Ravolution Music Festival – one of the most anticipated EDM (Electronic Dance Music) festivals – will be held in Bach Khoa Stadium, Hanoi on September 29.

Korean contemporary fine arts on display in Hanoi

 A Korean contemporary fine art exhibition named “Colors of Korea” is underway at the Korean Cultural Centre in Hanoi until September 7.

Architect students turn plastic bottles into toys

 Around one thousand plastic bottles have been turned into colourful toys and useful teaching tools under a social project recently initiated by Vietnamese architect students. 

Vietnamese film wins two prizes at 58th Asia Pacific Film Festival

 Feature film Dao Cua Dan Ngu Cu (The Island of Aliens or The Way Station) by director Nguyen Hong Anh has been honoured with the Best Story award at the 58th Asia Pacific Film Festival.

Da Nang proud to be Vietnam’s green city of the year

 A ceremony was held in Da Nang central city on August 31 to receive the title of National Capital 2018 by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)’s One Planet City Challenge programme.

Contemporary music concert “Shades of the Sounds”

 Manzi Art Space in Hanoi will host “Shades of the Sounds”, a contemporary music concert by the Hanoi New Music Ensemble and Dong Kinh Co Nhac on September 8, 2018, starting at 8 p.m.

Ngoc Anh to judge 58th Asia-Pacific Film festival

 Actress and film producer Truong Ngoc Anh has received an invitation to serve on the jury of the 58th Asia-Pacific Film Festival set to run from August 30 to September 2 in Taipei (Taiwan).

Ngoc Chau crowned Miss Supranational Vietnam 2018

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Chau overcame 14 other finalists to take the crown of Miss Supranational Vietnam 2018 in the grand finale of the pageant in Seoul, the Republic of Korea on August 22.

HCM City: Over 1 million students enter new school year

 More than 1 million students from primary to high schools in Ho Chi Minh City officially entered the new school year on August 20.

Vietnamese students shine at int’l robotics competition

  A group of four Vietnamese students brought home a bronze medal for their impressive robotic design at the “2018 FIRST Global Challenge” international robotics competition in Mexico from August 15-18.