Renown Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel will perform in Hanoi on October 21, according to an announcement from the Youth Theatre on October 5.

The Vietnam Fine Arts Museum and the Goethe Institute opened a training course on restoring works on paper under the instruction of European experts in Hanoi on October 5.

(VOV) - Following her impressive second runner up win at the 2015 Miss Ao Dai competition, Le Quyen has headed off to Thailand in hopes of winning the Miss Grand International beauty contest set for October 5-25 in Bangkok.

A photo exhibition featuring 12 photos of Hoan Kiem Lake (Sword Lake) sceneries is opening at Hoan Kiem Lake Cultural Information Centre in downtown Hanoi.

Pham Thi Huong, 24, won the crown of Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 after surpassing other 43 contestants in the finale held in Nha Trang city, central coastal Khanh Hoa province, on October 3.

Artisans from dozens of villages will participate in an annual festival that celebrates cultural values of villages, Deputy Director of Hanoi Culture and Sports Department Truong Minh Tien said.

Conservators from local museums, fine arts colleges and fine artwork preservation centres will attend a short training course on paper artwork restoration from October 5 to 9 in Hanoi.

Water puppetry performances began in the World Cultural Heritage Site of Hoi An Ancient Town on a weekly basis as from October 2, adding a new attraction to both tourists and local people.

(VOV) - It has been unveiled that internationally acclaimed fashion designer Sebastian Gunawan will attend Vietnam International Week set to kick off on October 15 at the Gem Centre in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOV) - Fresh from her photo shoot in Milan, Kha My Van has jetted to Paris for Fashion Week— and the globe-trotting diva looked as chic as usual as she strutted down the catwalk.

Photographers Dang Ke Duc and Dang Ke Dong from the central province of Quang Nam won gold and silver medals for their colour photos at the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) awards in Serbia.

(VOV) - An exhibition featuring 40 contemporary, abstract and realism paintings by talented artists will open at the Viet Art Space facility in Hanoi October 3, the organizers of the event have unveiled.

An exhibition on Czech nationals in Vietnam and Vietnamese in the Czech Republic was hosted by the Institute of East Asian Studies of the Charles University in Prague, the Czech Republic on October 1 to bring Vietnam and its history, people and culture closer to the local public.

(VOV) - Vietnamese-born French fashion designer Sarah Linh Tran and her life partner, also former creative director of Hermes, Christophe Lemaire have launched their latest Spring/Summer 2016 collection during the Paris Fashion Week.

More than 20 chefs and pastry chefs from around the world will converge in Hanoi in early November for four days to share their skills with fellow professionals, students and the public.

(VOV) - “Speed queen” Vu Thi Huong has made a sudden appearance at the beach to have a meeting with contestants of the Miss Universe 2015 beauty pageant. 

(VOV) - The Vietnam National Academy of Music has unveiled that child piano prodigy Vincent Vu will take to the Grand Concert Hall stage October 1-2 performing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1 and Sibelius’s Symphony No 2.

(VOV) - Six world premiere love stories will unspool as part of the 2015 Japanese Film Festival, October 9-November 14 in Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh City, the organizers have unveiled.

A wide range of cultural and art activities will be held to celebrate the 61st anniversary of the capital’s Liberation Day (October 10, 1954-2015).

(VOV) -Vietnamese movie star Kathy Uyen has arrived in Hong Kong to attend the premier of famous American animated fantasy-adventure film Peter Pan. At the event, Uyen had chance to meet with the 'Wolfman' Hugh Jackman who plays the role of pirate Captain Blackbeard’.

(VOV) - Although they are a minority, the Bo Y have been able to preserve their cultural uniqueness, which includes traditional costume, architecture, and wedding and funeral ceremonies. 

The culture, rituals and customs of the Chilean people are being displayed for the first time in Vietnam through photos taken by George Munro.

Disney Live! Mickey's Music Festival, brought by Tiep Thi Gia Dinh magazine, is coming to Vietnam this autumn for the first time.

The “Lottery Win” film directed by Vietnamese-American Dustin Nguyen has been selected for the qualifying round of the Best Foreign-Language Film award at the Oscars 2016, announced the Vietnam Cinema Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on September 29.

(VOV) - A book fair themed ’Books and Heritage’ was held at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long on September 29 in Hanoi.

(VOV) - A press conference was held on September 29 in Hanoi to introduce the fifth annual “Europe meets Asia in contemporary dance” festival, which is slated for October 1-4. 

Local people in the central province of Thanh Hoa enjoyed a musical show performed by Russian art troupes at the Lam Son theatre in Thanh Hoa city on September 29.

(VOV) - An Ao Dai collection of Vu Viet Ha designer made its debut on September 28 during the Vietnam Fashion Week in Hanoi. 

(VOV) - The “Then” singing of Vietnam’s Tay and Nung ethnic minority groups is of particular importance to people in the northeast region.

The “Nghinh Ong” , or whale worshiping festival, was launched on September 28 (August 16 in the Lunar Calendar) in Vung Tau city, the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.