VOV.VN - The second International Watercolour exhibition opened in Hanoi Museum on October 23, featuring 200 works of 216 artists from 45 world nations. 

The UK’s Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra (RPCO) will play at the Hanoi Opera House on November 4, treating local music lovers to a night of romance and drama.

A series of culinary events and trade promotions will be held during “Un Mois En France” (One Month in France) programme in November. 

The Ho Chi Minh City General Publishing House has launched the 11th Book Week to celebrate its 40th anniversary.

Vietnam’s picturesque landscapes and mystical monuments have found katazome expression at the hands of Japanese artist Toba Mika.

The presentation ceremony for 2017 Golden Lotus Bud Awards, which honour budding film directors, in Hanoi on October 22 revealed winners of short films, teen-made films and documentaries.

VOV.VN - 120 contestants of Miss World 2017 were selected for "Dances of the World" on October 22 in China.

VOV.VN - Miss Vietnam 2016 Do My Linh has met the other contestants at Miss World 2017 in China.

VOV.VN - Contestants of Miss Ocean Vietnam 2017 showed off their sensational figures in a bikini contest, taking place in Phan Thiet City.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese representative at Miss Earth 2017, Ha Thu has ranked third in the evening gown contest.

VOV.VN - The three-day Fashionology Festival 2017 closed in Ho Chi Minh City on October 22, leaving good impression on audience. Following are nice images during the event:

A symphony concert with the performance of German conductor Gudni Emilsson, violinist Trong Binh and the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra will be held on October 28 at the Hanoi Opera House, 1 Trang Tien, Hanoi.

The festival runs from Oct 27, 2017 to Jan 14, 2018 in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang.

VOV.VN - Earlier this month, the Goethe institute in Hanoi hosted a concert which blended Vietnamese folk music and romantic verses by German poet Heinrich Heine.

The German newcomer band DER RINGER is packing up to tour across Asia this autumn. They will kick off in Vietnam in October and then continue to the Philippines, China, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Japan and Mongolia.

VOV.VN - Me Tri village in Hanoi’s outlying Nam Tu Liem District is famous for its tradition of producing Com or green sticky rice.

More than 200 photos featuring the beauty of Vietnam’s seas and islands are being showcased at Joseph Gallery in Paris, France.

Paintings on linen, by ethnic children from Quan Ba district in the northern province of Ha Giang, will be the highlight of the Son Luc exhibition.

The Northwest Cuisine Festival opened in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai on October 20 as part of the National Tourism Year 2017.

Kate Festival, the largest traditional festival of Vietnam’s Cham ethnic minority people, has been recognised by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as an intangible cultural heritage.

VOV.VN - The collection "City of Love" by Vietnamese designer Ha Nhat Tien was launched at Fashionology Festival 2017 on October 20 in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese representative Do My Linh competed in the traditional dance contest of the Miss World 2017 pageant on October 21 wearing a lotus dress. 

The Museum of Cham Sculpture in the central city of Da Nang on October 20 opened an exhibition titled “The World of Vietnam in Microcosms” by Japanese artist Toba Mika.

 A representative from the Cambodian Defence Ministry presented outstanding literature and art works lauding Vietnam – Cambodia, and Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia friendship to the Vietnam’s Defence Attaché Agency in Phnom Penh on October 20. 

The ethnic Cham Brahman people flocked to the Po Sah Inu tower in Phan Thiet city of central Binh Thuan province to attend the Po Sah Inu Goddess costume carrying ceremony – an important ritual of the Kate Festival.

Seven sculptors and ten painters from Spain, Singapore, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Vietnam have been living and working together for an entire month. 

Vietnamese students staged a performance opening an outdoor musical event in Sochi, Russia, on October 20, as part of the ongoing 19th World Festival of Youth and Students.

VOV.VN - Representatives from Venezuela, Peru, Jamaica, Thailand, and Vietnam have been selected among the 20 outstanding faces of Miss Grand International 2017, according to Global Beauties website.

VOV.VN - Miss Universe Vietnam 2015, Pham Huong joined Seoul Fashion Week in the Republic of Korea on October 19.

Art Vietnam Salon Gallery (in conjunction with the Japan Foundation – Asia Centre) will host the exhibition “Gang of Five, Chancing Modern” at the Vietnam Film Studio, No. 4 Thuy Khue Street, Hanoi from October 21 to November 19.