La Rive Gauche on the ground floor of Grand Mercure Danang is offering a BBQ seafood buffet to serve diners on the occasion of Vietnam’s National Day.

The Five Continents Food Festival – World Food 2017 will be held at Hoa Lu Stadium at the corner of Nguyen Thi Minh Khai and Dinh Tien Hoang streets in District 1, HCMC from October 5 to 8.

Paradise Cruises’ newest boat called the Paradise Elegance in Halong Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh will welcome French chef Thierry Drapeau, and well-known Argentinean winemaker Maximiliano Ortiz, on board on August 24.

Renowned American DJ and producer duo Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall, better known as The Chainsmokers, will perform in HCM City on September 14 as part of their “Memories...Do not open” world tour, according to information on the website www.thechainsmokers.com.

The mural village of Tam Thanh in Tam Ky City, Quang Nam Province has won the Asian Townscape Award 2017.

Hue City is working on a pilot plan to ban vehicle traffic on the Truong Tien Bridge over the Huong (Perfume) River on weekends and make the bridge a pedestrian-only area, local media reports.

The Metropole Wedding and Convention Center is offering a signature vegetarian buffet program called “Saigon – Vegetarian Dishes,” which has been familiar with those Saigonese preferring tantalizing vegetarian buffets over the past 17 years.

Asanzo Vietnam JSC on August 15 launched its first smartphones onto the market, introducing two models Asanzo Z5 and Asanzo S5.

A chamber music concert featuring masterpieces by W.A. Mozart, Schubert, and Brahms will take place in the central coastal city of Danang on August 15.

Vietnam posted a trade surplus of US$429 million in the second half of July after falling into deficit for several months before, said the General Department of Vietnam Customs. This improvement helped push down the trade deficit in all of July.