Vietnam's tourism ambassador Ly Nha Ky worked with leaders of the ABC taxi firm in the Philippines on October 13-14 to obtain votes for Ha Long Bay as one of the new Seven Natural Wonders of the World.

Vietnamese people will have the chance to learn about the special cultural and socio-economic features of the Republic of Korea (RoK) at a cultural event which opened in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang on October 14.

A Japanese film festival themed “Love” will be held at the National Cinema Centre in Hanoi from October 20-26.

The Ha Nhi ethnic people in Bat Xat District in northern mountainous Lao Cai province live close to nature. That may be the reason why their costume is mainly green, in keeping with the colour of the mountains and forests of the northwest.

Artists from the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) along with Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji and violist Le Hoai Nam will be on a performance tour in the US.  

More than 100 artists from 15 ca tru (ceremonial singing) clubs from across the country are attending the National Ca Tru Festival in Hanoi from October 13-16.   

Images from the career and style of the late German photographer Sibylle Bergemann are now on display at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi.

The Centre for Conservation of Co Loa relic- Hanoi ancient citadel is working with the Archaeological Institute to dig five holes in Kinh Thien Palace area in the middle of the Thang Long Imperial Citadel.

A Japanese language festival will be held at Hanoi Foreign Trade University on October 16 by the Vietnam-Japan Human Resources Cooperation Centre (VJCC).

A French jazz trio, including main artist Cedric Hanriot, will perform at the French Cultural Centre L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, in Hanoi on October 20.

Vietnam Pictorial (VNP) of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) officially added the Lao language on its website http://vietnam.vnanet.vn on October 12.

DreamWorks Animation's 3D animated film Puss in Boots has been dubbed into Vietnamese for release in November. 

The photographic exhibition entitled ‘Vietnam’s World Heritage 2011’ opened at 29 Hang Bai, Hanoi, on October 10 to introduce the international community to the country’s images and its tangible and intangible heritage.

Representing Vietnam, the 20-year-old Truong Nam Thanh won the third prize and “Most favourite contestant” title in the final of Manhunt International 2011 which was held in Seoul, the Republic of Korea on October 10.

An exhibition featuring 40 black-and-white images by photographer Sean Sutton documents the work of the Mines Advisory Group (MAG), a humanitarian organisation dedicated to clearing away the remnants of conflict in communities worldwide and which has been disposing of landmines and unexploded ordnance in Vietnam since 1999.

Pianists from the US, Bulgaria, Singapore, the Republic of Korea and Ukraine will join talented pianists from across Vietnam to perform at the first-ever piano festival, to be held in HCM City from October 18-23.

More than 100 pieces of artwork created by some of the country's most outstanding artists between the 1930s and 1970s are being exhibited at the HCM City Museum of Fine Arts. 

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK) and the Vietnamese Students’ Association in Korea (VSAK) hosted the seventh Vietnamese Students’ Festival in the capital city of Seoul on October 9.

Germany’s Ma’a lot-Quintett will take part in European Music Festival 2011 in Hanoi and HCM City.

Ly Nha Ky, tourism ambassador of Vietnam, met with a number of businesses involved in tourism and entertainment industry in Hong Kong, China on October 9.  

More than 140 artists from 23 ca tru (ceremonial singing) clubs nationwide will perform in the National Ca Tru Festival in Hanoi from October 13-16. 

Sixteen Vietnamese singers on October 9 tried to vie for the final round of the second Vietnam-China Friendship Singing Contest.   

The Russia – Vietnam Friendship Association and the Institute of Orient Studies under the Russian Academy of Sciences have presented a book titled “Soviet Union/ Russia – Vietnam: Cooperative Milestones”. 

Vietnamese artists performed at the Midosuji Kappo Festival in Osaka, the third largest city of Japan, on October 9, as part of activities to promote the country as a tourist attraction to Japan. 

Diwali - "Festival of Lights," one of India's biggest festivals, will be held in Hanoi on October 29.

A senior Government official has said Vietnam attaches importance to preserving cultural heritage while boosting industrialisation, modernisation and international integration.

Vietnamese photographers had an overwhelming victory in the 6th international artistic photography contest 2011, winning three out of five gold medals.

Five dancers from Spanish arts troupe Bellet Cristina Hoyos will perform in Hanoi and HCM City next week as part of activities to celebrate Spain's National Day in Vietnam.

A photo exhibition documenting former Cuban President Fidel Castro’s visit to the central province of Quang Tri in 1973 opened on October 7.

Eighteen-year-old Cao Hoang Yen was named second runner-up at the Miss Princess of the World contest in the Czech Republic on October 1.