The highest level of Rome's ancient Colosseum will be opened to the public for the first time in 40 years on November 1, Italy's culture minister said Tuesday.

Karl Lagerfeld built a huge waterfall and flooded the vast Grand Palais for his spectacular Chanel show Tuesday on the final day of Paris Fashion Week.

Famed film director Đặng Nhật Minh spoke about film making in the state-subsidised economy.

A variety of activities have been celebrated throughout the Việt Nam in recent days to create a joyful Mid-Autumn Festival to all children, particular the disadvantaged ones and those in the remote mountainous areas.

Hà Nội with bustling streets, street vendors, colonial old buildings that reflect the French-architect influence, former Soviet-style communal residences, and undiscovered city’s corners – all have been presented vividly in a documentary of former French ambassador to Việt Nam Jean-Noel Poirier.

Hà Nội audiences will have a rare chance to enjoy what some would describe as the strange world of contemporary arts with a performance by painted artists performing in a pond full of water. The work is by artist Đào Anh Khánh.

Oktoberfest, the biggest annual German food and beer festival, will take place this evening (Oct 4) at the Windsor Plaza Hotel in HCM City.

An art exhibition of trúc chỉ (bamboo paper) – titled Listen To The River, was debuted for the first time at the central city’s Fine Arts Museum on Saturday, displaying a structure of a bamboo paper river.

The Việt Nam–Republic of Korea (RoK) Friendship Week was launched on Sunday in HCM City to celebrate the 25^th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries as well as the RoK’s National Foundation Day (October 3).