The most unique and impressive collections will be on show at the Vietnam International Fashion Week (VIFW) in Hanoi next month, promising a turning point for the local fashion market by the year’s end. 

VietNamNet Bridge – The roads around the Hoan Kiem (Sword) Lake have become pedestrian streets on the weekends since September 1. 

  The exhibition “Treasures of Vietnamese Archaeology” is running at the LWL-Museum of Archaeology in Herne city, Germany’s Nordrhein-Westfalen state, attracting some 700 visitors on its opening day. 

 VietNamNet Bridge - With thousands of books of all kinds, Dinh Le Street is the bookstore of Hanoi, where visitors can findout-of-print editions. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Miss Vietnam 2010 Ngoc Han and young fashion designers showed off their latest collections at the Vietnam Spring-Summer Week 2017, which took place in Hanoi last week.

 VietNamNet Bridge - Ngoc Lu I bronze drum is a masterpiece made in the heyday of the Dong Son culture.

 French DJ Antigone will join local veterans Christ Wolter, OKO and Erol of Heart Beat, a HCMC-based group of DJs from different countries, in a gig at The Observatory in District 4, HCMC on October 6 from 9 p.m.

A concert featuring Vietnamese and Spanish sounds will take the stage at VN National Academy of Music on Friday, with performances by pianist Mario Mora, the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor David Gomez Ramirez.

Designers launched a number of inspiring collections at Elle Fashion Journey 2016 at the Gem Center in District 1, HCMC last week.

 Ai Lao singing and dancing, a traditional ritual associated with the legend of Saint Giong’s defeat of invaders, has been recognised national intangible cultural heritage. 

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and her entourage arrived in Hanoi on October 1, concluding her official visits to Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.

Vietnam Spring/Summer Fashion Week 2017 opened on September 29 with many daring sexy style cuts and colours introduced on the first day.

Handicraft fans can enjoy a traditional craft village space in Thang Long Imperial Citadel, running from Thursday till Sunday. 

 Disco band Boney M and Chris Norman, former lead singer of the band Smokie, will perform in Hanoi on October 1.

Painter Nguyen Cong Cu launched his first solo exhibition "Vision" at Dong Phong Art Gallery in Hanoi in 2002. This year, he will return to the gallery with his second solo exhibition “Vision 2”. 

 Postcards are always of great historical and social interest. Here’s a look back at images of 36 Hanoi city streets of yesteryear drawn from a stunning collection of unique historical postcards.

 Worship paintings of Vietnam’s northern ethnic groups are associated with Buddhism and Taoism and reflect ethnic cultural origin and customs.

 Poor spectators can also come to enjoy the Hope musical program which features “The last summer night,” “The street of fame” and “Reachable dreams” as the ticket price is a mere VND99,000, reports Vietnamplus.

 The Vietnam Book of Records (Vietkings) awarded the title “Youngest Folk Music Singer” to a 6-year-old girl, Tu Thanh.

Vietnamese Designer Do Manh Cuong launched his fashion collection for kids at the Vietnam Junior Fashion Week 2016 on September 22 in Ho Chi Minh City.