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 Ross O’Connell Jennings, a 26-year-old bagpiper from Scotland, will hit Vietnam as the 55th country on his world tour on October 24.

 Since Vietnam began its renewal process in 1986, its fine arts have flourished.

 The 2016 Hanoi Ao dai (traditional long dress) Festival opened at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long–Hanoi on the evening of October 14 in the presence of National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Hanoi Museum is now exhibiting valuable pictures of old Hanoi. 

 Missosology on October 14 chose Vietnamese representative Nguyen Thi Le Nam Em among its top 10 third Official Hot Picks for Miss Earth 2016.

 The Hue Imperial Citadel will open to welcome visitors at night from summer next year, said Phan Thanh Hai, Director of Hue Monuments Conservation Centre.

 Remnants of Champa architecture have recently been found in the central province of Binh Dinh, said Nguyen Van Ngoc, Director of the Binh Dinh provincial museum.

 Vietnamese craftsmen have applied traditional lacquer techniques to create a unique item – an Italian-brand scooter inlaid with eggshell.

 A group of Japanese artists from the Kodo art group will participated in the monthly traditional music show Chuyen Nhac Pho Co.

 Director Ngo Thanh Van has brought her most recent film “Tam Cam: The Untold Story” to the 21st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), which runs between October 6 and 15. 

 As an important occasion for the Dao Do (red Dao) ethnic community in the northern province of Yen Bai, the harvest festival has been preserved for hundreds of years. 

 Diwali, the Indian festival of lights, will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 5.

 Argentine - French artist Mustapha Boutadjine presented a painting he had done of President Ho Chi Minh to the Vietnamese Embassy in France at a ceremony on October 11.

 The second Asia- Europe Music Festival and the 34th Asian Composers League Festival and Conference kicked off at the Hanoi Opera House on October 12.

 For nearly 40 years, Binh Minh commune, Trang Bom district, southern Dong Nai province has been well-known for making unique fine art items from wood scraps which are exported to many countries.

 The Elbipolis Baroque Orchestra from Hamburg, Germany and DJ Brezel Göring will present a crossover of baroque and electronic music at the Grand Concert Hall at the Vietnam National Academy of Music, at 77 Hao Nam Street in Hanoi on October 20.

 The Amazing Race Asia (TARA) season 5 will premier worldwide on October 13 on the entertainment powerhouse AXN channel, six years after its last episode ground to a sudden halt.

 Old apartment buildings that were built during the 1980s and 1990s have been recreated through the exhibition with the theme of shape shifting at the French Institute in Hanoi.

 Twenty child ballet dancers will be trained for The Nutcracker ballet which will be presented in Hanoi in the Christmas season of 2016, Vietnamplus reports.