Virginia Morris is a security and defence analyst and author based in the UK. Her research specialty is asymmetric war and terrorism. Morris cycled the Hồ Chí Minh Trail with her husband and children in 2015.

An art exhibition titled Cảm hứng Việt Nam (Inspiring Việt Nam) by young Russian painter Sasha Fishler is on display at LIVINCollective in the southern province of Khánh Hòa’s Nha Trang City.

Bình Thuận Province’s Phan Thiết City has opened a night market in Phú Thuỷ Ward, the first night market in the south central province.  

Rạch Giá City in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang has opened a tourism information centre on Nguyễn Công Trứ Street in Vĩnh Thạnh Ward to serve local and foreign tourists.

The 40-ha botanical garden of the Phong Nha – Kẻ Bàng National Park is an attractive eco-tourism destination in the central province of Quảng Bình with 500 plant species, including 133 rare and precious ones.

The second Mông (H’mông) Ethnic Cultural Festival will be held in Đồng Văn District in the northern province of Hà Giang in early October.

The Craic On Irish festival, featuring cultural exchange, sport, music and dance, will be held on Saturday to increase mutual understanding and friendly relations between Việt Nam and Ireland.

A series of pictorial books entitled Children’s Rights has been translated into Vietnamese and published nationwide.

A Thai traditional puppet show will be performed at the Hanoi Opera House tomorrow as one of the activities celebrating 45 years of ties between Việt Nam and Thailand.