The fifth Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) closed at the Cultural Friendship Palace on October 31 night with an award-presenting ceremony. 

 The “Italian Voices to Chaconnes by the Masters” concert kicked off the annual Saigon International Guitar Festival in Ho Chi Minh City on October 31.

 The Singapore Film Festival will for the first time be brought to HCMC by Singapore Film Society and RICE & Partners early next month, introducing four movies by well known Singaporean directors at CGV Vincom Dong Khoi in District 1.

 The Embassy of India will hold Diwali and Dussehra Celebration at Swami Vivekananda Cultural Center in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi on November 2.

 Artist Pham Huy Thong, one of Vietnam’s most articulate and talented young artists, will hold an exhibition named “Hope – Full” at Craig Thomas Gallery in District 1 of HCMC from November 2 to 21.

 Many Polish films are being screened in Hanoi, HCM City and Da Nang as part of the Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF 2018).

 The German festival, Deutschland Fest 2018, will be held at Ly Thai To Monument in Hanoi on November 2 and 3.

 The Japanese Film Festival 2018 will take place in Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, Hue and Hanoi from November 2 to December 23.

An exhibition of Vietnamese folk paintings is underway at the Temple of Literature from October 24 to November 10.

 More than 110 silk paintings and 93 small-sized sculptures of outstanding artists are on display at the Hanoi’s Vincom Centre for Contemporary Art.

 Every year in the tenth lunar month, Xo Dang ethnic people start harvesting nice and celebrate new rice season festival. 

 Contest centered on beauty of Hanoi and Hanoians and open to both Vietnamese and foreign photographers.

 An art exhibition is displaying around 100 paintings created by eight journalists and photographers in HCM City until November 5.

More than 240 artistic photos by 192 photographers will be displayed at the Vietnam Art Photo Exhibition in Ha Long city, the northern province of Quang Ninh between October 30 and November 8.

 A group of artists have put the finishing touches to a mural featuring the flowers of Hanoi’s four seasons on a 40-metre-long and 2.2-metre-high dyke wall along Pho Duc Chinh Street near Truc Bach Lake.

Vietnamese representative Nguyen Phuong Khanh has surpassed every other outstanding contestant to win gold medal in the evening gown segment of Miss Earth 2018.

 Vietnamese representative Huynh Vy has been crowned as the Miss Tourism Queen Worldwide 2018 on October 28 in Manila, Philippines.

 Cultural experts have suggested setting up preservation and restoration centres for historical artefacts as many have been damaged due to lack of proper storage at museums.

 A contemporary dance show that places the Cham ethnic group’s culture centrestage will be introduced to local and foreign audiences next month at the Lune Hoi An performing centre in the central province of Quang Nam.

 Events in Hanoi & HCMC on October 29-November 4