2016 marks 30 years of Vietnam’s Doi Moi (renovation) period. VietNamNet talks with former Deputy PM Vu Khoan about the achievements of diplomatic sector in this period.

Redfoo, also known as Stefan Kendal Gordy, is a former member of American electronic dance music (EDM) duo LMFAO, has arrived in Ho Chi Minh City for YAN Beatfest 2016.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has gave permission to  Miss Ao dai Vietnam 2016 Truong Thi Dieu Ngoc to represent Vietnam at the 2016 Miss World Pageant, announced the Elite Model Company.

 Israeli conductor Shalev Ad-El will return to Hanoi for a concert on November 19 to mark the 60th anniversary of the Vietnam National Academy of Music.

 Veteran artists Dinh Y Nhi, Hoang Thi Phuong Lien and Vo Luong Nhi, who are known as closest friends since childhood, last week inaugurated a joint exhibition at Mai’s Gallery of 3A Station in District 1, HCMC.

 Women and men from across the country have been encouraged to take part in the Vietnam Fitness Model Search 2016, the first national event featuring fitness enthusiasts.

 La Vie Parisienne (Parisian Life), one of Jacques Offenbach’s most popular operettas, will be staged in a Broadway style in HCM City next week.

 Canadian film Remember won the best feature film award and its star Christopher Plummer grabbed the best actor award at the fourth Hanoi International Film (HANIFF) that closed in the capital city on November 5. 

 Models on the runway, fashionistas on the streets of Hanoi. It’s that time of the year again. The Fall-Winter Vietnam International Fashion Week (VIFW) is underway. 

 The second Vietnam Designers Fashion Week for Fall-Winter 2016 will open at the HCM City Television HTV Studio in District 1 on November 25.  

 Ballet dancers of the Talarium Et Lux theater will thrill Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City audiences with two famous classical ballets ‘Swan Lake’ and ‘Nutcracker’ at Ballet show 2016 according a press briefing on November 2.

The Nguyen was the last feudal dynasty in Vietnam, existing from 1802 to 1945. In its 143-year history, this reign experienced many ups and downs. Here are the rare photos of some emperors of the Nguyen Dynasty

 German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is on a three-day visit to Vietnam from October 30, aiming at strengthening stratic partnership between the two countries.

  Multiple activities such as water puppetry and Ao Dai (traditional long dress) performances within the ongoing “Vietnam Festa” in Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture are expected to help Japanese people understand more about the land and people of Vietnam.

 It is time to get spooked. Are you ready for ‘trick or treat’ this Halloween season? Here are some places recommended for you to celebrate this special occasion.

 The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos held a ceremony in Vientiane on October 27 to hand over nearly 100 photos and maps featuring Ho Chi Minh - West Truong Son Trail to the Lao People’s Army History Museum. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Time Magazine has used the portrait of General Vo Nguyen Giap on its cover three times and published articles about different periods in the general’s career.

A bamboo building inside Muong Museum, 80 kilometres west of Hanoi, has just been awarded a silver prize in the Cultural Architecture category by the organisers of the American Architecture Prize 2016.

 Three Vietnamese films produced by Vietnam Television have been shortlisted for the final round of the ABU Prizes 2016, which is held annually by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union.

  The fourth Latin American Film Week will take place in Hanoi from October 24-29 at the National Cinema Centre.