Truong Tung Lan, who was among the top ten Miss Vietnam 2010 finalists, will be representing her country at the Miss Asia-Pacific International beauty contest in Busan, the Republic of Korea from October 1-15. 

An artwork titled The Past Moved by artist Bui Cong Khanh has been selected among the 15 finalists at the Asia-Pacific Breweries Foundation Signature Art Prize 2011 competition. 

An exhibition on Dong Son Art has opened in Hanoi to reveal a Vietnamese culture dating back to between 1,800 and 2,500 years.

Chairman of the New Open World organisation Bernard Weber has extolled the beauty of Ha Long Bay, describing it as a special landscape, different from other places of the world.

Talented individuals of any age can now register to compete in the TV show Vietnam’s Got Talent.

Ha Long Bay has received a certificate to participate in the final round of voting for the honour of being named as one of the New 7 Wonders of the World. 

A Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia cultural and tourism festival entitled “Passion Indochine” will be held in Paris, France, on September 30-October 1.

A New7wonders delegation, led by Director Jean Paul De la Fuente, arrived in Vietnam on September 26 to inspect Ha Long Bay, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

French band Subway from Marvejols in the Lozere Region will entertain capital audience in a single performance on October 5.

The Prime Minister has decided to establish a National Museum of History based on the mergence of the present Museum of Vietnamese History and Museum of Vietnamese Revolution.

The Meo Vac cattle market, held every Sunday in Ha Giang province, is unique in the northern mountainous region of Vietnam.

The traditional Kate festival of the Cham people in the southern province of Binh Thuan has attracted thousands of local people and tourists. 

The 10th Foreign Cultural Week officially opened in Paris on September 23, beginning with an exhibition themed “Cultural Heritage Route ” of Vietnam. 

An exhibition entitled “Sea, Islands and Naval Soldiers – The Ho Chi Minh Trail at Sea” opened at the South East Region Armed Forces Museum in HCM City on September 23-24. 

Super model Phuong Mai will represent Vietnam for the first time at the world modelling contest Look of the Year in Sicily, Italy from September 25 to October 1.

Professional and amateur artists from 27 clubs from the southern region will participate in the HCM City Tai Tu Music Festival 2011 that opens this weekend in the Van Thanh Tourist Park.

The Vietnamese Embassy and students in the Netherlands have attended the International Community Fair 2011 themed, “Feel at home in the Hague” hosted by The HagueOnline organisation. 

The historical Vietnamese movie Khat Vong Thang Long (Thang Long Aspiration) will go through to the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars next year. 

Super model Truong Nam Thanh who won a “Best Fitness” at “Supermodel 2010” and gold prize at Supermodel Star 2011 will represent Vietnam to attend the world model competition “Manhunt International 2011” in Seoul from September 28-October 11.

Vietnamese supermodel Pham Anh Thu finished in the top 5 of the Asia Pacific Supermodel Contest which concluded at the Sheraton hotel in Bangkok, Thailand on September 19.

British DJ Eddie Halliwell, acclaimed by leading dance music magazine Mixmag as Greatest DJ of All Time in its 2010 poll, will stir up the atmosphere in Hanoi on September 24 night.

A Vietnam Culture Days festival officially kicked off in Russia on September 20, sponsored by the International Cooperation Department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Mexican guitarist Paco Renteria will return to Viet Nam for a performance at the Ha Noi Opera House on September 25.

The Hanoi Flower Festival 2012 will open in the capital city of Hanoi from December 30, 2011 to January 2, 2012.

A Vietnam food week was held in the four-star Novotel Bangkok Fenix Ploenchit hotel in Thailand on September 11-18, attracting crowds of local and international visitors.

Vietnam Festival 2011 titled “Beloved Vietnam – Beloved Japan” closed at Yoyogi Park, Tokyo on September 19.

State President Truong Tan Sang on September 17 received in Hanoi painter George Burchett, son of the late Australian journalist Wilfred Burchett.

The Vietnam Festival 2011 opened at Yoyogi Park in Tokyo on September 17 under the theme “Beloved Vietnam”.

French communist representative Ian Brossat expressed his special admiration for President Ho Chi Minh at the press festival held by the French newspaper L’Humanite in the outskirts of Paris.

The Vietnam Navy Museum cooperated with the Military Command in Phu Yen province to open an exhibition entitled ‘The Sea, Islands, naval soldiers, and 50 years of tradition of the Ho Chi Minh Trail at Sea’ on September 16.