(VOV) - Thousands gathered in Melbourne, Australia to kick-off the Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations with the light-up of iconic lanterns amidst the backdrop of thunderous sounds of firecrackers and roaring lions. 

The directors of two Vietnamese films which, for the first time ever, have been selected in the same year for the Busan International Film Festival, slated to run next month, have revealed how ready they are to share their stories and promote works of the independent Vietnamese film sector.

(VOV) - Miss Vietnam contest was launched since 1988 and is held biennially. Let’s have a look at the fourteen Miss Vietnam winners over the past twenty-eight years

Vietnamese high school students will be introduced to Maori art and culture during the New Zealand Education and Culture Roadshow, which runs until September 25.

(VOV) - A Vietnam festival known as Vietnam Festa Kanagawa held recently in Yokohama city introduces Vietnam’s culture, arts, music, fashion and cuisine. A gallery of photos: 

The annual Vietnam International Fashion Fair is running in HCM City's Tan Binh Exhibition and Convention Centre.

The country's leading archaeologists met over the weekend during a 3-day conference held in Hue City, which included announcements describing new archaeological discoveries.

(VOV) - “Making paper masks, enjoying the Mid-Autumn Festival” is a project run by painter Trang Thanh Hien and students of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts. 

As always there’s a wide choice of moon cakes available in Hanoi for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival.

Singing groups from across the country will gather to celebrate the fifth National Festival of the Traditional Then Singing of Tay, Nung and Thai ethnic groups, which will take place in the northern province of Tuyen Quang from September 24 to 26.

Star-shaped lanterns, paper masks, tin-made ships, lion heads and paper doctors are traditional toys still sold in Hanoi on the occasion of the Full-Moon Festival.

The first Tam Giac Mach Flower Festival will be organised in the northwest province of Ha Giang from November 13-15.

(VOV) -The Goethe Institut will present Beethoven’s 10 sonatas for violin and piano in four recitals by violinist Nguyen My Huong and pianist Dao Trong Tuyen from September through December. 

The second runner-up of 2015 Miss Ao Dai Vietnam beauty contest, Nguyen Thi Le Quyen would be representing at Miss Grand International 2015 and Miss Supranational 2015 beauty pageants.

Hungarian dance troupe 4 For Dance will perform in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi bringing a unique style of combining traditional folk dance with virtuoso rhythm and a lot of humour.

(VOV) -Welcome to Vietnam, a video clip by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which introduces beautiful landscapes, friendly people, traditional culture, and delicious food of the country has been launched to the internet recently.

(VOV) - A New Zealand’s culture and education promotion programme will be implemented on September 17-25 as part of activities to mark 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between New Zealand and Vietnam. 

Ho Chi Minh City’s streets and markets are especially colorful these days with lanterns and moon cake boxes laid out for the Mid-Autumn Festival, or Trung Thu, which is just around the corner.

As many as 11 artists who perform and teach the art of chau van (ritual) singing and dancing have been awarded "Folk Artisan" title by the Vietnam Folk Arts and Literature Association.

(VOV) - Images from backstage at the Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 have recently been unveiled.

The Russian Mosfilm Week 2015 is set to kick off on September 17-19 in Hanoi and September 21-23 in the central city of Da Nang, introducing Vietnamese audiences to the best of the Russian cinematography.

Grammy-winning soul singer Joss Stone tops a long list of artists from 10 different countries performing at the second Monsoon Music Festival (MMF) in Hanoi in October.

With the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching, many families are buying moon cakes to celebrate. But some still prefer making the cake themselves, with plastic or wooden molds.

(VOV) -As many as 60 contestants had a chance to show the beauty of their body at the bikini contest in the semi-final of Miss Universe Vietnam pageant 2015 held in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa province on September 15.

(VOV) - Dutch trance music producer, DJ and radio personality Armin van Buuren will perform in Hanoi on December 13. His one-night performance has been announced on his individual website.

(VOV) - Vietnam beer festival-exBEERience Fest is set to get underway in SC Vivo City Rooftop on 1058 Nguyen Van Linh street, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City from 4.30pm on November 11-15.

(VOV) - Luong Nhu Hoc street in District 5 is busily preparing for the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is called by young Saigonese as the lantern street.  

(VOV) - Sixty contestants competed in the semi-final of Miss Universe Vietnam pageant 2015 held in Nha Trang City, Khanh Hoa province on September 15. Forty five of them were chosen to enter the final round scheduled for October 3.

The French Institute in Vietnam will present a jazz concert by French duo Emile Parisien and Vincent Peirani on September 17 at Saigon Ranger bar in Ho Chi Minh City and on September 19 at L'Espace in Hanoi.

Hollywood director and screenwriter Jordan Charles Vogt-Roberts have arrived in Ninh Binh Province to prepare for his new film Kong: Skull Island, the upcoming King Kong prequel.