Preliminary round of Miss Vietnam 2020 gets underway in southern region
Preliminary round of Miss Vietnam 2020 gets underway in southern region

VOV.VN - The preliminary round of Miss Vietnam 2020 in the southern region kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on September 26, with the event seeing the participation of numerous beauty queens and a number of outstanding contestants.

Preliminary round of Miss Vietnam 2020 gets underway in southern region
Expensive foreign fruit proves popular in Vietnamese market
Expensive foreign fruit proves popular in Vietnamese market

VOV.VN - Plenty of Vietnamese consumers are willing to spend millions of VND in order to purchase expensive foreign fruit which is currently popular within the local market.

Expensive foreign fruit proves popular in Vietnamese market
Lanterns provide colour for Hanoi street ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival
Lanterns provide colour for Hanoi street ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival

VOV.VN - Phung Hung street in Hanoi has been thoroughly decorated with hundreds of colourful lanterns in anticipation of the upcoming celebrations for the Full-moon Festival.

Lanterns provide colour for Hanoi street ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival
Hanoi family keeps tradition of making wooden mooncake moulds alive
Hanoi family keeps tradition of making wooden mooncake moulds alive

VOV.VN - Despite cheap plastic mooncake moulds being extremely popular among the domestic market, a family from Hanoi have maintained a tradition of crafting wooden mooncake molds for approximately 40 years.

Hanoi family keeps tradition of making wooden mooncake moulds alive
Winners of Explore Vietnam photo contest unveiled
Winners of Explore Vietnam photo contest unveiled

VOV.VN - A ceremony took place on September 24 at the Vietnam Military History Museum in Hanoi to award the winners of the ninth national tourism photo contest Explore Vietnam.

Winners of Explore Vietnam photo contest unveiled
Mini mooncakes all the rage ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival 2020
Mini mooncakes all the rage ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival 2020

VOV.VN - Hand-made mini mooncakes are proving to be popular products ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival 2020 due to their cheap prices and a diverse range of models.

Mini mooncakes all the rage ahead of Mid-Autumn Festival 2020
Beauty queens gather for Miss Vietnam 2020 press conference
Beauty queens gather for Miss Vietnam 2020 press conference

VOV.VN - The organisers of the Miss Vietnam 2020 pageant held a press conference in Ho Chi Minh City on September 24, re-launching the beauty contest following its postponement due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic.

Beauty queens gather for Miss Vietnam 2020 press conference
In photos: Favourite check-in spots for Mid-Autumn Festival in HCM City
In photos: Favourite check-in spots for Mid-Autumn Festival in HCM City

VOV.VN - An array of bars and coffee shops in Ho Chi Minh City have put up decorations in preparation for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, with the southern city being home to a number of popular check-in spots for guests to enjoy.

In photos: Favourite check-in spots for Mid-Autumn Festival in HCM City
Hanoi in 1989 as seen through the lens of French journalist
Hanoi in 1989 as seen through the lens of French journalist

VOV.VN - Let’s take a journey through time and look back at the daily life of Hanoians in 1989 through a series of photos captured by famous French journalist Francoise De Mulder who lived from 1947 to 2008.

Hanoi in 1989 as seen through the lens of French journalist
Traditional Mid-Autumn Festival celebration held at Thang Long Imperial Citadel
Traditional Mid-Autumn Festival celebration held at Thang Long Imperial Citadel

VOV.VN - The Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi is hosting a range of activities to celebrate the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival.

Traditional Mid-Autumn Festival celebration held at Thang Long Imperial Citadel