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Việt Nam’s picturesque landscape and mystic ancient monument have inspired Japanese artist Toba Mika to create several profound artworks, which are on display at the Đà Nẵng Museum of Chăm Sculpture.

Noted jazz saxophonist musician Quyền Văn Minh will host a jazz night on October 27 in downtown Hà Nội to celebrate 20^th anniversary of Jazz Club and 50th anniversary of his engagement with jazz.

Twenty-two booths are introducing a variety of typical dishes from Việt Nam’s South Central region at the Food Festival in the central province of Bình Thuận, which will end tomorrow (October 24).

Paintings on linen, by ethnic children from Quản Bạ District in the northern province of Hà Giang, will be the highlight of the Sơn Lục exhibition.

The night programme, “Citadel by night,” held at the Huế Monuments Conservation Centre will be temporarily stopped because of bad weather.

Katê Festival, the largest traditional festival of the ethnic Chăm in the country, has been recognised by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as an intangible cultural heritage.

Việt Nam’s southernmost tip Năm Căn District in Cà Mau Province has earned a reputation as home to some of the finest female crabs in the country. The district’s crab farms are not only the go-to place for crab farmers in the Mekong Delta but also farmers nationwide.

Women row boats to the Hải Bình fish market in Tĩnh Gia District, the central province of Thanh Hóa. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh