VietNamNet Bridge - Ngoc Lu I bronze drum is a masterpiece made in the heyday of the Dong Son culture.

 French DJ Antigone will join local veterans Christ Wolter, OKO and Erol of Heart Beat, a HCMC-based group of DJs from different countries, in a gig at The Observatory in District 4, HCMC on October 6 from 9 p.m.

A concert featuring Vietnamese and Spanish sounds will take the stage at VN National Academy of Music on Friday, with performances by pianist Mario Mora, the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor David Gomez Ramirez.

VietNamNet Bridge – Senior fashion designer Minh Hanh and young designer Duy Nguyen showed their creativity through their Haute Couture collections, which were introduced at the Vietnam Spring-Summer Fashion Week 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Blockbusters “Doctor Strange", "Inferno"with Tom Hanks and "Jack Reacher 2"with Tom Cruise will be released this month.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam music lovers recently enjoyed music of Boney M, a band from Germany. In November they will have a chance to see another legendary band, also from Germany, "Modern Talking".

Designers launched a number of inspiring collections at Elle Fashion Journey 2016 at the Gem Center in District 1, HCMC last week.

Michael Waibel, leader of some leading urban development projects at the geography faculty at Hamburg University, will launch a book titled “HCMC - Mega City in early October in Vietnam.

 Ai Lao singing and dancing, a traditional ritual associated with the legend of Saint Giong’s defeat of invaders, has been recognised national intangible cultural heritage. 

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. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Nguyen Thi Ngoc Chau, 22, from Tay Ninh province, was crowned the winner of Vietnam's Next Top Model 2016 last night at the final competition last night in HCM City.

 The 13th Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival for ethnic groups in Vietnam’s northwest region kicked off in Lao Cai province on October 1.

K’Ho is the oldest ethnic group in the southern central highlands. Previously, they lived mainly in high mountains and their lives were quite isolated.

 VietNamNet Bridge – This year Vietnam will compete at eight international beauty contests.

 Photographer Nguyen Huu Bao cannot count how many photos of Hanoi he has taken, because it is always in his heart and his love of the thousand-year-old capital runs in his veins. 

 Janice Phuong, 28, from the Philippines on Friday night became the first foreigner to win the Vietnam Idol 2016.

The Hanoi Craft Village Tourism Festival 2016 has begun a 4-day run that likely will draw 100,000 visitors to the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long in Hanoi.

Vietnam Spring/Summer Fashion Week 2017 opened on September 29 with many daring sexy style cuts and colours introduced on the first day.

Ngoc Tinh was named the first runner up of Mister Universal Ambassador 2016 during the pageant’s final held at the Suroboyo Carnival Park in Indonesia. Willan Pagayon from the Philippines hosted the ceremony.

 A book week is being organised in three book stores in downtown HCM City on October 1-9 by HCM City’s General Publishing House.