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Sixteen buffaloes have been chosen for the annual Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival set to be held on September 11 in the northern city of Haiphong's Do Son Ward.

The skies over Ha Long city in the northern province of Quang Ninh will be full of hot air balloons during its first-ever festival in early September.

Classical music lovers in Hanoi will be offered a treat as internationally renowned trumpet virtuoso Sergei Nakariakov and conductor Olivier Ochanine headline a special concert titled “Brilliance in Harmony: A Night of Musical Mastery”.

Vietnam has officially been confirmed as the host country of Mr World 2024, with the event rescheduled to take place in November instead of September as previously planned.

The new horror-comedy movie entitled Làm Giàu Với Ma (Betting with Ghost), will be launched in cinema theatres nationwide on August 30, before being screened in five Asian countries and territories.

Local fans of cosplay, anime and manga, throughout Vietnam can explore the ultimate cosplay competition in the biggest festival in central Vietnam at the Japanese Mikazuki Danang Resort & Spa on August 10-11.

Vietnamese horror-comedy “Don’t Cry Butterfly” will have its world premiere at the Venice Critics’ Week, the Venice Film Festival sidebar which is dedicated to first-time filmmakers taking place from August 28 to September 7.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO Ha Kim Ngoc is attending the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in New Delhi from July 21 – 31.

Thousands flocked to a coastal town in western Indonesia Sunday to watch a clash between ornate mythical effigies before they are cast into the sea, in a centuries-old ritual born from a Shiite holy day of mourning.

The final night of the Miss Tourism Vietnam 2024 pageant is scheduled to take place on July 20 in Cam Pha city in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

Missosology, the world’s leading publication on beauty pageants, on July 16 named Vietnamese beauty Nguyen Phuong Nhi among the Top 20 Timeless Beauty 2023 shortlist.

The Gods of Martial Arts (GMA) series will be officially started next month at the Lien Phong MMA dojo in Ho Chi Minh City.

Finland’s JoHo Pyro Professional Fireworks won the Danang International Fireworks Festival 2024 (DIFF) after a breath-taking performance on the Hàn River with their final show Made of Young Generation.