Events in Hanoi and HCMC on December 3-9 

 Mai Tuan Anh, the Vietnamese representative at Manhunt International 2018, was awarded the fourth runner-up title in the grand finale of the male pageant in Australia on December 2.

Vietnamese representative H'Hen Nie has released her stunning bikini photo collection as she is set to compete in the Miss Universe 2018 beauty pageant in Thailand.

 French festival ‘Baladeen France’ will take place close by the Ly Thai To Statue and pedestrian streets near to Hoan Kiem lake in Hanoi from between December 14 and 16.

Several works composed or performed by artists and musicians from Southeast Asian countries will be featured in the Connecting Heritage Concert “Verdant Luxuriance” at L’Espace in Hanoi on December 18, starting at 8 pm.

 Miss Vietnam Tieu Vy has found herself among the top 5 in the Beauty With A Purpose competition held at the Miss World 2018 beauty pageant.

 Hanoi authorities are seeking new investors for a floating lotus-shaped theatre project.

On the evening of December 14, the audience in HCMC can come to an East-meet-West musical space where saxophonist Timothy Sun and pianist Jacqueline Leung from Hong Kong will perform.

 Vietnamese photographers have won big at the 14th Orhan Holding International Photography Contest whose awarding ceremony was held in Bursa, Turkey on December 1.

 Hungarian pianist Janos Balazs will debut to perform a repertoire including classical and modern pieces at the Vietnam National Academy of Music (VNAM)’s Great Hall on December 4. 

A wide range of cultural and sports events will take place at pedestrian streets close to Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi in December. 

 Rough black coals are turned into beautiful sculptural pieces by skillful carvers. Coal sculpture done by hands prevails only in Quang Ninh province, which has been dubbed Vietnam’s coal mine.

 A week of Argentine cuisine and films is taking place in Ho Chi Minh City from December 3-9 to celebrate the 45th founding anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Argentina.

 Hundreds of local people and foreigners came to the French food and cultural festival “Balade en France” at Hoa Lu Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City on its opening night on December 1.

 The Sa Pa winter festival 2018 is underway in Sa Pa town, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai with a wide range of splendid activities.

 Vietnamese movie Nguoi Vo Ba (The Third Wife) on November 29 received the Best Artistic Contribution in International Competition awards at the 40th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF).

 Bad Boys Blue will perform in Vietnam in the You're A Woman show in 2019.

The Global Beauties website has predicted that H'hen Nie, the Vietnamese representative at Miss Universe 2018, will achieve the second runner-up spot at the ongoing global beauty pageant.

Missosology, the world’s number 1 beauty pageant magazine, has listed Minh Tu, the Vietnamese representative at the pageant, among its Second Hot Picks for Miss Supranational 2018.

 On the evening of December 14, the audience in HCMC can come to an East-meet-West musical space where saxophonist Timothy Sun and pianist Jacqueline Leung from Hong Kong will perform in the cosy space of the Soul Live Project Complex.