Children play on the Ôm Seaside in Xuân Phương Commune, Sông Cầu Town in the central province of Phú Yên. The seaside area, with its beautiful landscape, clear and pure seawater and colourful coral and fish, is expected to attract more visitors. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Hà

The Cửu Long (Mekong) delta province of Bến Tre launched a culture-tourism week on Tuesday (August 29) to celebrate National Day, September 2.

The HCM City Music Centre, in co-operation with its partners, will organise a special music and song programme on Saturday in the Bến Thành Theatre  to mark the 8^th anniversary of Việt Nam Music Day.  

Hundred couples who work at factories will hold a group wedding on September 2,  organised by the Young Employee Assistance Centre (YEAC).

After months of anticipation, the first official “food street” in HCM City opened on Monday (August 28) in District 1.

Mèo vờn nhau (Two cats), a 1979 lacquer painting by Vietnamese artist Nguyễn Sáng, has fetched US$101,000 at the 6th session of Chọn’s Auction House in the capital city. 

Artist Lê Thúy will show her silk paintings at a solo exhibition in ION Art Gallery,  Singapore, from September 1 to 24.

People will be able to get an insight into late president Hồ Chí Minh’s road to revolution with the documentary film Ngọn Đuốc Thế Kỷ (The Century Torch), to be aired by Việt Nam Television on September 2, Việt Nam’s Independence Day.

Miss Việt Nam 2016’s first runner-up Huỳnh Thị Thùy Dung will compete at Miss International 2017, to be in November in Japan.