The Vietnamese film ‘The Way Station’ by director Pham Thi Hong Anh has been selected among top 16 best films in the final round of the 39th Cairo International Film Festival.

 Located on the 2nd floor of the collective house No.5, Dinh Le Street, Hanoi, Mr. Le Luy - owner of Mao bookstore still diligently "keep the fire" for reading culture in the city for nearly 30 years now.

 The panpipe of the Thai ethnic minority in Muong Lo, Yen Bai province, is considered the soul of local Thai folk singing and culture.

 Visitors could get a look back at the glorious days of Hanoi in the "Dien Bien Phu battlefield in the air" at the exhibition "Recalling memories" in Hoa Lo prison relic site.

 An exhibition displaying over 300 ancient Oc Eo artefacts opened at the National Museum of Vietnamese History in Ho Chi Minh on November 29.

 The Tony Award-wining comedy Lend Me Tenor by Ken Ludwig will be performed by the Dragonfly Theatre at Soul Live Project in Ho Chi Minh City on December 1-3.

 The final round the ongoing 2017 Miss Universe Vietnam beauty pageant will be delayed to the end of the year.

Vietnamese indie band tour brings it to city, Art for You offers affordable works, German band to rock the city, Xmas Art Market 2017 to be held in District 2, Nutcracker heralds the Christmas season, Origami to go on show in town

 French Vietnamese director Tran Anh Hung is giving the final touches to the script for his new movie project on French cuisine, titled Dodin Bouffant.

 Porta Chiusa, a clarinet trio from Switzerland with a strong focus on compositions using microtonal and multi-phonic techniques, will perform on December 1 at  Heritage Space, Dolphin Plaza, 28 Tran Binh Trong, Hanoi.

 Vietnamese and South Korean artists will perform together in a concert on Sunday at the Hanoi Opera House to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of Viet Nam – South Korea diplomatic relations.

 The poonah paper of Hanoi`s Yen Thai village is an ancient paper art handed down for centuries.

Vietnamese representative Ngoc Tinh was crowned Mister Manhunt International 2017 on the grand finale of the pageant in Bangkok, Thailand on November 27.

 The Seaphony orchestra will make its debut at the Vietnam Ethnic Music Concert in the Hanoi Opera House on December 12. 

 Director Luong Dinh Dung is planning to adapt one of his novels, 578, about paedophile gangs into a VND60bn (USD2.6m) film with 600 actors.

 Ten paintings by noted Vietnamese artist Le Pho (1907-2001) were sold at high prices at an auction sale held by Christie’s Hong Kong on November 26.

 Valuable documents are being displayed at an exhibition titled A Century Alongside The Nation’s History to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the National Library of Viet Nam.

The 20th Vietnam Film Festival has dazzled the central coastal city of Da Nang for the last few days. 

Vietnamese archaeologists have found artifacts in the central province of Gia Lai that belonged to ancient humans about 5,500 years ago.

In continuation with the Liszt Recital 2016, this year, the themed series concert by pianist Luu Duc Anh will continue its 2nd issue with the works of Johannes Brahms on the occasion of the 120th death anniversary of the talented German composer.