The Vietnamese representative Ha Thu placed third in the talent competition at Miss Earth 2017 after performing the song “Colours of the wind”.

 Saigon International Comedy will present a show with an all-female line-up of comediennes at Game On on October 25.

 Hoang Su Phi district, Ha Giang Province, which is home to various ethnic minority groups, boasts impressive tourist attractions and rich cultural values, notably the Dao ethnic community’s fire dancing festival.

 Traditional water puppetry shows of the Vietnam National Puppetry Theatre will be performed at the upcoming the 21st Festival de L’Imaginaire in France from November 22-26 at the invitation of the Maison Des Cultures Du Monde director.

 The Vietnam Cuisine Culture Association made its official debut and held its first congress for 2017-20202 term in HCM City on October 11 with the mission of preserving and developing Vietnamese gastronomy and promoting it to the world.

Hanoi is well on its way to becoming a modern metropolis. Throughout the historical course of development, the long-standing culture of Hanoi is a treasure of many generations of Hanoians.

 Three International filmmakers, Jonathan Hyong-Joon Kim, Roger Garcia and Karolina Bielawska have been invited to participate in the jury of the ASEAN Film Awards at the 20th Vietnam Film Festival.

Vietnamese representative Huyen My will wear a traditional long dress (Ao Dai) weighing 30 kilograms in the National Costume competition at Miss Grand International 2017 pageant on October 12.

Archdaily, the world's most popular architecture website, recently showcased a three-storey house in Nha Trang City.

 An exhibition of artifacts, entitled “The Vietnam War: 1945 – 1975”, is underway at the New-York Historical Society Museum, New York, the US until April 22, 2018, giving museum goers an insight into conflict. 

 Vietnam will host the ASEAN Film Awards in the framework of the 20th Vietnam Film Festival, which will take place in the central city of Da Nang from November 24-28.

 Visitors to the Fashionology Festival 2017 in Ho Chi Minh City from October 20-22 will have a chance to view more than 1,400 of the latest creations by 153 designers in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The installation art exhbition named “Le sourire de la mutation” (The smile of mutation) by three artists from Vietnam, France and Belgium is underway at L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi.

 International filmmakers from Hong Kong (China), Poland and South Korea are invited to participate in the jury of the ASEAN FILM Awards at the 20th Vietnam Film Festival, announced the organization board of the event.

 A fashion show themed “The Dreamers” featuring designs made of Lanh My A (a kind of Vietnamese traditional fabric) will be held at Adora Luxury in Ho Chi Minh City on October 13.

 An exhibition entitled “Light from the Revolutionary Path” opened in Hanoi on October 10, with the first print of “Duong Kach Menh” (Revolutionary Path), a book written by late President Ho Chi Minh in the spotlight.

 VietNamNet Bridge - “ParkCity on Canvas”, a charity event to raise funds for flood victims in Vietnam, will be held on October 11-15, at Pavilion of ParkCity Club, Hanoi.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two Indian and one French film will be screened in Hanoi on October 13.

Vietnam's Huyen My and representatives from India, Laos, Indonesia and the Philippines were selected as potential contestants of Miss Grand 2017 at a party held on October 7 in HCM City.

 The Dong Bang temple festival in An Le commune, Quynh Phu district, the northern province of Thai Binh kicked off on October 9 and its organizers received a certificate recognising the festival as a national intangible cultural heritage.