The Sun Group has held a breaking ground ceremony for the Kim Quy (Golden Turtle) Amusement Park in Hanoi, inspired by Disneyland.

 French television channel France 24 has been permitted by the Ministry of Information and Communications to provide its English broadcast service to pay TV companies in Vietnam.

  Winners of the ninth Bui Xuan Phai – For the Love of Hanoi Awards were announced at a ceremony in Hanoi on September 8.

 Vietnam is showing its reforms and progress in tourism industry at the Pacific Asia Travel Association travel mart, which was officially opened in Indonesia’s Banten province on September 8. 

VietNamNet Bridge - French President Francois Hollande paid a visit to the Old Quarter and the Kim Ngan Temple in Hanoi while President Jacques Chirac came to the Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi.

 The HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will host a gala concert on Friday night to mark the 22nd anniversary of its first performance on September 9, 1994.

 The Consulate General of Hungary in collaboration with the HCM City Conservatory of Music will host a piano recital by Hungarian pianist Ernõ Fehér on September 10.

Ten artists, including well-known names like Vu Dan Tan and Tran Luong will participate in the one-month art show entitled "ATUM ATUM" – the first event to lauch RA Foundation – Hanoi’s latest contemporary art space.

Fashion designer Minh Hanh will introduce her latest collection titled ‘Breathing through the mountain forest of Vietnam’ at Albert Kahn Paris museum on September 22.

This month Vietnamese audiences will have a chance to enjoy thrillers, and action and romantic films, including the long-expected blockbusters Bridget Jones's Baby, Miss Peregrines Home's for Peculiar Children and Sully.

 A music video made with the participation of hundreds of singers, public figures, athletes and volunteers was released last week during the celebration of Vietnam's National Day on September 2 (1945-2016).

 A talk about the history and a definition of New Media Arts, as well as some ‘classic’ artworks of this genre will be held in Hanoi on September 15.

 "Autumn Story" - a program combining different types of Art, Poetry – Music – Painting - will take place in Hanoi on September 10.

 Popular photographer Le Bich will display his 10 collections featuring artisans making traditional toys and food for the Mid-Autumn Festival starting September 9 in downtown Hanoi. 

 Even though the buffalo fighting festival in Hanoi's Phuc Tho District was banned over concerns of cruelty to animals, the buffalo fights were still held over the National Day holiday this year.

 The ‘Hanoi – Essence of Traditional Crafts’ festival will be held at Thang Long Royal Citadel on September 29.

Storeowners on Cho Lon Street, also known as lantern street, in District 5 of Ho Chi Minh City are busily preparing to welcome hundreds of visitors and shoppers during the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival.

Artworks by students from six secondary schools in Hanoi's are showing for the first time at an international exhibition titled Rivers of the World in Vietnam’s capital and London.

 A museum specialising in traditional medicine was opened recently in the southern province of Binh Duong, 30km from Ho Chi Minh City. 

 Starting from late August 2016, more high-quality theater plays are performed at the 100-year-old Hanoi Opera House, Vietnamplus reports.