French Cuisine Festival, themed “Balade En France” will take place at Equatorial Hotel, District 5 in Ho Chi Minh City from November 4-5.

 Nghe, a fictional creature with a lion-like head, a long tail and a dog-like body, is important like other mascots such as dragon and phoenix because it symbolises the intelligence.

 Like many other ethnic groups in the Central Highlands, the K’ho live in stilt houses which are built harmoniously with nature.

 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.

 A collection of golden books of the Nguyen Dynasty was opened to the public in March. The Nguyen Dynasty was a powerful Vietnamese dynasty whose 13 Kings ruled for 143 years.

 Vietnamese policemen in uniform and girls in Ao dai (traditional long dress) made an impressive performance at the 21st World Police Band Concert that kicked off in Tokyo, Japan, on October 10. 

 The most unique and impressive collections will be on show at the Vietnam International Fashion Week (VIFW) in Hanoi next month, promising a turning point for the local fashion market by the year’s end. 

 Heineken will host the Heineken Green Room Original Sound Experiment on October 15 at the Hang Day Stadium in Hanoi.

 An appearance at Winter-Autumn Fashion Week in Paris by fashionista Tram Nguyen has caused quite a stir.

 Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach has posed in a beautifully elegant fashion in the latest photographs to be posted on Harper's Bazaar Vietnam magazine in the time to come.

VietNamNet Bridge – The roads around the Hoan Kiem (Sword) Lake have become pedestrian streets on the weekends since September 1. 

 Antique collectors in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho have dubbed Ta Hoa Tho, 57, “an owner of Oc Eo Culture’s Treasure” for his passion for collecting antiques belonging to the ancient culture. 

  The exhibition “Treasures of Vietnamese Archaeology” is running at the LWL-Museum of Archaeology in Herne city, Germany’s Nordrhein-Westfalen state, attracting some 700 visitors on its opening day. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - With thousands of books of all kinds, Dinh Le Street is the bookstore of Hanoi, where visitors can findout-of-print editions. 

Popular Vietnamese painter Pham Luc will hold the “Sea of Love” exhibition in Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province this October.

 Vietnamese men have been crowded and listed among top ten Misters at international beauty pageants.

32 designers have introduced their ao dai collections before the Ao Dai Festival takes place in Hanoi from October 14 to 16.

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.

Model Le Thanh Thao has recently lit up the runway at Paris Fashion Week with Talbot Runhof and YDE dresses.

The first runner up at the Miss Sea Vietnam 2016 pageant Bao Nhu appeared confidently in the first days of Miss Intercontinental 2016, which is underway in Sri Lanka.