Entertainment

Taste of Australia – an annual celebration of Australian food, beverages, and culture - will be held at Hanoi’s Thang Long Imperial Citadel on October 17.

A traditional cake festival is scheduled to be held in HCM City this month. It will feature around 100 booths selling 500 kinds of cakes.

Hanoi will organise the largest-ever open dragon boat racing competition at West Lake as part of activities to mark the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital (October 10, 1954).

The legendary band from Denmark Michael Learns To Rock will officially hold a special concert titled Take Us to Your Heart at Phu Tho Indoor Sports Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City on November 17.

Vo Le Que Anh, Miss Grand Vietnam, left Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport for Cambodia on October 3 as she heads to compete in the Miss Grand International 2024 beauty contest.

The United Nations Day of Vesak 2025 in Vietnam is expected to attract around 2,000 participants, including 1,000 international delegates from 80 countries.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has selected the film “Dao, Pho and Piano” (Peach Blossom, Pho and Piano) as its official nomination to compete in the best international feature film category at the 97th Academy Awards (Oscar).

The Bootleg Beatles, the world's premier Beatles tribute band, will light up stages in both Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi with three concerts as part of their epic 44th anniversary tour.

The Italian Film Festival 2024 is set to be held in Hanoi in late September, with Vietnamese audiences being offered the chance to delve into the rich history of contemporary Italian movies.

The second Hanoi autumn festival, which was originally scheduled to take place from September 12 to September 15, will be postponed due to the impact of typhoon Yagi and the subsequent flooding.

World-renowned string quartet Bond will hold a charity concert on October 5 in Hanoi as part of the Good Morning Vietnam series, with all proceeds from ticket sales going to assist flood victims affected by typhoon Yagi.

The Miss Earth 2024 pageant will be held in the Philippines instead of Vietnam which was originally selected to play host to the event, organizers recently announced.

The Oktoberfest festival will be held in Hanoi, Danang and HCM City in September and October.