A silk painting titled “Tonkinoise à l’éventail” (Tonkin girl with a fan) by Nguyen Nam Son (1890-1973), one of the leading artists in modern Vietnamese fine art, will be auctioned in Paris.

A selection of noteworthy artistic and cultural events to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

 Japanese director and writer Kohei Oguri, known for Muddy River and The Sting of Death, will be the chief juror of feature films at the 2018 Hanoi International Film Festival.

As a country with developed agriculture and 70% of its population living in rural areas, Vietnam has a lot of advantages in developing agri-tourism to meet the needs of foreign visitors for sightseeing, relaxation, and to experience farming.

The People’s Committee of central Ha Tinh held a ceremony on October 16 to receive a certificate recognising The Envoy’s Journey to China as one of documentary heritage in Asia and the Pacific under UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme. 

 The first-ever Vietnamese male model contest was officially launched in Vietnam on October 16, with the aim of seeking Vietnamese representatives to compete in international contests next year.

 The Ban Flower Festival 2019 in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien will feature activities imbued with the cultural identities of the northwest region. 

 Vietnam will for the first time cooperate with Japan to produce a horror movie about zombies, entitled Gameshow Tu Than (Game Show of Death), which is a remake of famous Japanese horror flick St. Zombie Girls’ High School.

 Vietnam bagged seven gold medals at the 5th International Marionette Festival, which ended on October 15 in Hanoi.

The administration of Chau Doc city is asking for the Government’s opinion on the compilation of a dossier seeking UNESCO’s recognition of the Ba Chua Xu Temple Festival.

 The epics of the Xo Dang ethnic group’s T’dra branch, also known as ho mu’uan, were first discovered in the early 2000s by Vo Quang Trong, Director of Vietnam Museum of Ethnology. 

 Vietnamese representative Bui Phuong Nga and other beauties at Miss Grand International put on some impressive performances during the national costume contest in Myanmar on October 12th.

 Vietnamese representative Bui Phuong Nga’s portrait won a place amongst the Top 9 photos at the Miss Grand International 2018 pageant, according to organizers of the global beauty contest.

 The book titled I See Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass by children’s best selling author Nguyen Nhat Anh is being introduced at the 2018 Frankfurt International Book Fair which runs October 9-14.

 Duong Lam Village in Son Tay Town in Hanoi’s outskirts, the first-recognised old village in Vietnam, is home to many houses dating back up to 400 years. 

 Phan Dinh Phung Street in Hanoi has been revived with beautiful mural paintings featuring the beauty of the capital city. 

 Many artists have criticised several local singers who signed their names on a painting which was auctioned in HCM City recently. 

 The central province of Thua Thien-Hue is planning to relocate some 4,200 households from the Hue Citadel area to better preserve the relic.

 Along with the more traditionally domesticated animals – such as dogs, cats, chickens, and pigs – there have been many more unique species that families are starting to regard as pets, including reptiles!

 American conductor Christopher Zimmerman, music director of Fairfax Symphony Orchestra in the US, will lead a Scheherazade concert at the HCM City Opera House on October 19.