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The first international-standard library for children in Vietnam opened at the National Library of Vietnam in Hanoi on November 16.

The biennial Da Lat Flower Festival 2017 will take place in Da Lat city, Lam Dong province from December 23 to 27, promising to bring a fragrant blossom to the Central Highlands city.

The value of gong culture, a distinctive feature of the Central Highlands region, was highlighted at a festival held in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on November 16.

DUBAI: Fairies, brides in black and hand-knit dolls take the runway in Dubai this week for the fifth Arab Fashion Week, a five-day affair focussed on instantly available "ready couture" and pre-collections.

An exhibition showcasing portraits of leaders from 21 APEC member economies made from pottery will take place at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi, from November 18-21.

Many Vietnamese beauty contestants have exhibited poor English skills during the contests, which makes it next to impossible for them to win at international beauty pageants.

The first Italy-ASEAN Week will take place in Hanoi from November 17-27, with a string of interesting activities scheduled to be held.

Vietnamese actress and director, Ngô Thanh Vân, known as Veronica Ngo, will star in the movie Star Wars: The Last Jedi, confirmed its distributor, Walt Disney Studios.

A young man in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau was questioned by police after live streaming a new movie on Facebook from the cinema.

Vietnam's representative Do My Linh has been named in the top 20 of the Beauty with A Purpose Competition at the Miss World 2017.

Photos depicting intangible and tangible heritages of Vietnam are on display at the Hồ Gươm Cultural Information Centre located in Hanoi’s Old Quarter.

The second runner up of the Miss Ethnic Vietnam 2013, Nguyen Thi Loan has just left for the 2017 Miss Universe Pageant which will take place in in Las Vegas, United States later this month.

The European Music Festival 2017 aims to honour the richness and diversity of European culture, contributing to improving the understanding and reciprocal knowledge, thus reinforcing the relations, between Europe and Vietnam.

The Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Tourism has just launched a new bilingual magazine in Vietnamese and English for tourists.

The APEC Photo Contest 2017 winners were announced at the Concluding Senior Officials’ Meeting by Dr. Alan Bollard, Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat’s Executive Director in the central city of Da Nang.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism have asked for a halt to the Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 pageant in Khanh Hoa Province after Storm Damrey struck the south-central region.

More than 70 Vietnamese and foreign guitarists will play at the International Guitar Festival 2017 organised by the Ho Chi Minh City Music Conservatory on November 8.

The Vietnam Craft Village Trade Fair 2017, known as CraftViet 2017, will take place from November 9 to 13 in Hanoi.