Trinh Nhat Minh, a nine-year-old boy from Hanoi, beat three other finalists to win the fourth season of The Voice Kid Vietnam.

  Multiple activities such as water puppetry and Ao Dai (traditional long dress) performances within the ongoing “Vietnam Festa” in Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture are expected to help Japanese people understand more about the land and people of Vietnam.

 Sculptures and paintings that express life through colours and shapes are on display as part of the Art in the Forest 2016 (AITF) programme.

 The young and funky German band, Von Wegen Lisbeth, will give free perfromances in Hanoi, Da Nang, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City from November 4-13.

A German night featuring performances by local and overseas Vietnamese artists will be held at the Opera House in downtown HCMC on Tuesday nigh.

 It is time to get spooked. Are you ready for ‘trick or treat’ this Halloween season? Here are some places recommended for you to celebrate this special occasion.

 The highly acclaimed Baltic Neopolis Orchestra from Poland under the baton of Vasko Vassilev is top billing at the Toyota Classics 2016 concert set for November 11 in Ho Chi Minh City.

 A festival for amateur and professional magicians in the southern provinces opens in HCM City on October 29.

 Halloween, traditionally held on October 31, will come early tonight to enterprising young people at HCM City’s Hoa Lu Gymnasium.

 New music composition entitled Gio by composer Dang Tue Nguyen will be played by pianist Pho An My.

 The 'Ao Dai' is a symbol of the beauty of Vietnamese women as well as the country’s culture. Tourism directors are seeking solutions to preserve and promote the traditional value of Ao Dai.

 Well-known Norwegian record producer and DJ Alan Walker will arrive in Ho Chi Minh City to perform at the Ravolution Music Festival, which is scheduled to take place on December 8, according to a local newspaper, the An ninh thu do.

 Tokyo Fashion Week has a reputation for being one of the top places established names in fashion migrate too. It also is known as a great place to find out what young students are on the horizon for the fashion world.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos held a ceremony in Vientiane on October 27 to hand over nearly 100 photos and maps featuring Ho Chi Minh - West Truong Son Trail to the Lao People’s Army History Museum. 

The Ministry of Culture and the People’s Committee of Yen Bai on October 26 jointly held a conference to build a national dossier on Xoe dance of Thai ethnic people to submit for UNESCO recognition as an intangible heritage of humanity.

VietNamNet Bridge - Time Magazine has used the portrait of General Vo Nguyen Giap on its cover three times and published articles about different periods in the general’s career.

 The sixth European Language Day will be take place at the Goethe Institute, 56-58 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Hanoi on October 29, promising to offer participants an opportunity to take part in activities relating to various European languages.

 Although Halloween is a Western tradition, it has gained in popularity in Vietnam because it is a fun holiday.

 On the evening of October 25 at the Miss Grand International 2016 grand finale in Las Vegas, host Brian White surprised everyone with the announcement that Vietnam has been selected as the venue to host next year’s competition.

 Several dozen local and expatriate musicians and artists will perform at the Saigon Reggae Festival:Garden Reunion at Indika Saigon on October 30.