So many expats and tourists visit Việt Nam and leave with happy memories and a cell phone full of photographs recording their time spent here.

The Run for the Heart event will be held from 6-11am on December 16 at Celadon City on 68 N1 Street in HCM City’s Tân Phú District.

In the last week of the ‘Black-and-White Movie Month’, the Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents (TPD) will present a screening of the German movie The White Ribbon tomorrow night, November 2.

A special music night entitled Ngửa Tay Hứng Chiếc Lá Rơi (Catching the Fallen Leaves) will be organised by Bảo Tàng Thấu Cảm (literally translated as the Museum of Empathy) at Manzi Art Space on Friday, October 26.

A new live performance entitled The Gossip will be presented by the experimental music centre Phu Sa Lab starting on Friday, October 26.

The Wicked Halloween party will be held from 7.30pm to 10pm on October 31 atthe  AB Tower on 76A Lê Lai Street in HCM City’s District 1.

The Star Live Halloween and Indie Rock event will be held from 7pm to 10pm on October 31 at the Star Academy of Art on 16A Lê Hồng Phong Street in HCM City’s District 10.

The Winter Melodies Classical Music Concert will be held from 6:30pm to 8pm on October 27 at Salon Saigon on 6d Ngô Thời Nhiệm St in HCM City’s District 3.

Before moving to Việt Nam five years ago, Jovana Benoit – wife of the current Haitian Ambassador to Việt Nam Jean Lesly Benoit, surfed the internet to learn about the country. However, not everything she read was positive.