The Fifth Hà Nội Open Exhibition will open today, showcasing the work of professional and amateur Vietnamese and foreign artists.

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.

Both Vietnamese and foreigners have been encouraged to join the photo contest Vẻ Đẹp Của Du Lịch Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (Beauty of Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu) about Bà Rịa- Vũng Tàu Province and its people.

The Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH) will organise an excursion to the birthplace of famous Vietnamese poet Nguyễn Khuyến on Sunday, October 28.

Simple children’s stories are told in a new book by Trần Ngọc Anh Thư which has been released in Hà Nội.

An exhibition featuring documents, objects and antiques related to Đông Sơn Culture (700BC-200AD) and various Vietnamese historical reigns is being organised at the Ninh Bình Provincial Museum.

Xuân Trường Construction Company has bought a 5.5kg meteorite at an auction held in Boston recently.

The operetta Die Fledermaus (The Bat) by Austrian composer Johann Strauss II will be staged at the HCM City Opera House on Sunday (October 28).

British royal Meghan Markle recounted her own struggles to afford university as she passionately promoted female education to Fijian students in her first speech of the Oceania royal tour Wednesday.

US coffee giant Starbucks opened its first "signing store" in the United States in northeast Washington near the campus of Gallaudet, the world's only university with an entire curriculum designed to accommodate the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

The 2nd Hà Nội Alma International Guitar Festival will be held in Hà Nội from October 26 to 28, including a competition and performances.

 Authorities in the northern province of Hà Nam have announced a master plan for tourism development by 2030.

Nearly 200 artists and children participated in a music video titled Giữ Lấy Tuổi Thơ (Preserve Childhood), to appeal for society to fight violence against children, paedophilia and sexual abuse.

An exhibition featuring works by two popular Vietnamese ceramic artists – Nguyễn Trọng Đoan and Nguyễn Bảo Toàn – is ongoing at the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum.

A silk painting featuring a woman holding a paper fan by noted painter Nguyễn Nam Sơn, co-founder of the Indochine Fine Arts college, shocked experts after being sold for 440,000 euro (US$504,300) at an auction sale at Aguttes in Paris on October 22.

Archeologists in Peru have found 20 800-year-old wooden statues in the largest pre-Columbian site in the Americas, Culture Minister, Patricia Balbuena and researchers revealed on Monday.