“Ha Long Bay is a wonderful landscape and I will vote for it as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World”, said Malaysian Tourism Minister Dato Sri Dr Ng Yen Yen.

The Vietnamese embassy in Sri Lanka held a meeting on November 9 to vote for Ha Long Bay as one of the new Seven Wonders of the World.

Cambodia Cultural Week in Vietnam 2011 will take place in Ho Chi Minh City, Vinh Long province, and Headquarters of Military Zone No7 from November 9, featuring special folk dances of the Khmer people.

The 17th annual Vietnam Film Festival, scheduled for Phu Yen province from December 14-17, is expected to attract about 1000 delegates who are famous artists, managers and film directors across the country.

Belgian and Vietnamese experts discussed the importance of photographic heritage in contemporary life alongside the possibility of developing a national photo museum at a seminar in Hanoi on November 8.

The Science Film Festival for kids and teenagers will be held for the first time in Vietnam from November 11-27 in nine cities and provinces including Hanoi.

Miss Vietnam 2010 Dang Thi Ngoc Han has been officially invited as a goodwill ambassador to the Charity Fund for the Elderly (CFE).

The foundation of an 11th-century stone tower has been unearthed at Dam Pagoda in the northern city of Bac Ninh, 30km northeast of Ha Noi, revealing complex features of Buddhist architecture of the period.

A workshop was held in Hanoi on November 8 to discuss the role played by photo heritage and museum in the contemporary life, and introduce the National Photo Museum of Vietnam.

The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong will spend VND30 billion on the fourth Da Lat flower festival that will take place in Da Lat city from December 30, 2011 to January 3, 2012.

The Indian Government will provide Vietnam with US$3 million to restore and preserve the My Son sanctuary – a UNESCO-recognized World Heritage site in the central province of Quang Nam.

A ceremony to launch tours of Viet Bac heritage sites was held in Bac Kan on November 7 with a special art performance.

The HCM City Ballet and Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will provide a treat to ballet buffs with the Vietnamese premiere of Nutcracker in the city this week. 

Musicians from the Viet Nam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) will provide 30 free downtown street performances during the next two months.  

An exhibition on Vietnam’s mid-autumn festival entitled “Dragon and Fairies: Exploring Vietnam through Folktales” was held at the Long Island Children’s Museum on November 5-6.  

Vietnamese beauty Ninh Hoang Ngan has taken the Asian Talent Award at the Super Model Asian Beauty Contest 2011 in Japan. 

A film by Nhue Giang, Tam Hon Me (Mother's Soul), is being shown in the US’s Universities of Hawaii, Harvard, and Princeton and Letelier theatre from now until December 1. 

A collection of comic books themed “Dragon’s Land” compiled by a group of Hanoi youths is about to be published in mid-November.  

A “Journey to Vietnam 3” charity concert on the theme of “Vietnam-Japan: dream and nostalgia” was held in Japan on November 6 to raise funds for Japanese victims of the recent tsunami and earthquakes.

Nearly 100 bicyclists from the UNESCO Cultural and Sports Exchange Club for Elderly People in Hanoi started a bicycle tour from Hanoi to Ha Long on November 6 to support the Vote for Ha Long Bay Campaign.  

French rapper and jazz artist Kad Achouri will perform in Viet Nam for one night only at the French Cultural Centre in Ha Noi on November 15.  

“From Hollywood to Hanoi”-a documentary recalling the Vietnam War several decades ago will be shown at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi at 6pm on November 5.

Issues relating to environmental and ecological changes are the subject of the Vietnam Press Cartoon contest, launched nationwide on November 3.

A mass wedding ceremony will be held for 80 couples of workers in Ho Chi Minh City on November 11.

Nguyen Van Thanh, a native of the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, is displaying 40 acrylic and modern lacquer paintings in a solo exhibition at the Art Gallery in HCM City.

A Tay elder in Lao Cai is very active in preserving the ancient tales and legends of ethnic Tay people in the moutainous region.

A project to enhance young actors' performing skills was launched in Hanoi on November 2 under the auspices of the US Embassy.

The annual meeting of the Network of Francophone Forums opened in Hanoi on November 2.

A collection of abstract oil paintings by artist Dang Xuan Hoa on display in HCM City’s Eight Gallery features different perspectives on social life.

A project to enhance young actors’ performing skills was launched in Hanoi on November 2 under the auspices of the American embassy.