Thai actress, model and former Miss Thailand Universe Farung Yuthithum has been picked to strut the catwalk at an Autumn/ Winter 2016 collection fashion launch in Ho Chi Minh City.

 “Vi” (Taste), a film by Vietnamese director Le Bao has won “Most Potential Project” award at the Singapore International Film Festival that took place from November 23 to December 4.

 Vietnamese representative Britney Chau Nguyen has surpassed 57 other candidates to become the winner of the Mrs Asia USA 2016 beauty pageant held recently in California, the US.

 A 700-million-VND project to restore the century-old Bia Quoc Hoc (Quoc Hoc Monument) is under way in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue, which is scheduled for completion by January, 2017. 

 An ongoing exhibition of sculptural and architectural works across the city kicked off with an awards ceremony at the Hanoi Museum last week.

 The jazz trio comprising Stefano Senni -Bass, Angelika Niescier-Saxophone and Simone Zanchini -Akkordeon will debut German-Italian contribution at the European Music Festival at the Consevatory HCM City on November 18.

 Hanoi’s municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will develop a master plan for the preservation and promotion of the value of Van Mieu–Quoc Tu Giam (The Temple of Literature).

 American rapper Redfoo is due to visit Vietnam for YAN Beatfest 2016 scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City in late November.

With a quintessential harmony between Buddhism and Catholicism and a combination of Eastern and Western cultural features, it can be said the Phat Diem Cathedral in Ninh Binh is the most unique piece of religious architecture in Vietnam.

 Domestic and foreign researchers and managers in archaeology gathered in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on October 31 to seek ways to promote the value of the archaeological studies of the Paleolithic age.

 Hanoi-based artist Nguyen Minh Nam, whose works reflect cultural issues, is showing a collection of his latest paintings at the Craig Thomas Gallery in HCM City.

 An exhibition kicked off at the Hanoi Museum on October 10 with nearly 150 documents and objects sourced from the museum’s collection on display.

After having held two concerts in Hanoi, Gewandhaus CHoir Leipzig is planning to perform together with the choir of the HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra at the Conservatory HCMC on October 15.

An exhibition themed “Cultural heritages and antiques of Luong Son district” opened at the cultural house of Luong Son district, northern Hoa Binh province, on October 3. 

  A new musical Chuyen Tinh Nang Giang Huong (Love Story of Giang Huong) will debut at HCM City’s Hoa Binh Theatre from October 14-24.

Hat boi or tuong, a genre of traditional theatre in the central and south regions, will be staged for tourists in Vinh Long this year.

 North Carolina-raised artist Tyler Marenyi, also known as NGHTMRE is set to perform his latest Trap songs on September 29 at 1900 Le Theatre in Hanoi.

 The 13th Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival of the ethnic minorities of northwestern Vietnam will be held in Lao Cai City in Lao Cai Province on October 1-3.

 Four films selected from the FIFA Mons, the Festival of Films about Love of Mons (Festival international du film d’amour de Mons), are being screened in Hanoi, yesterday through Saturday, September 17.

 19/12 Street in Hoan Kiem District will become Hanoi’s first book street in December.