Locals look forward to the holiday season, and Hanoi's Old Quarter is a hive of activity as Christmas preparations get underway.

The "Bach Hoa Bo Hanh" or "Parade of Flowers" is a celebration of the Vietnamese national attire, showing young people's love and pride for the nation's cultural heritage.

Children’s art workshops offer a dynamic cultural experience, introducing young participants to the vibrant world of contemporary Vietnamese art.

Music lovers in Vietnam are soon to be enthralled by a line-up of spellbinding and enchanting concerts in the European Music Festival 2017.

A film based on the true story of Jérôme Kerviel, the French trader convicted for a big-money fraud in 2008 will be screened on 17 Nov at L’Espace.

The “TRIO” exhibition, presenting artworks created by Le Huu Hieu, Nguyen Van The and Van Trong.

A drama film which focuses on three women of different generations whose lives are interconnected by the novel “Mrs Dalloway” by Virginia Woolf.

An electro-acoustic composed improvisation with experimental artists Cao Lan & Gregor Siedl.

“Slices”, a solo exhibition of wood burn, acrylic on wood paintings by Hanoi-based artist Ngo Van Sac will open on 17 Nov.

From 18 to 21, an applied fine art exhibition, featuring the portraits of the APEC economic leaders 2017, will be held at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi.

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

The Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam proudly presents “Lecture and Demonstration about NINJA” in cooperation with Japanese National University, Mie University on 16 and 17 of November in Hanoi.

Comedy night with the winner of Best Live Stand-up at the 1994 British Comedy Awards.

An exhibition dedicated to late President Ho Chi Minh opened in Paris, France to mark the 30th anniversary of UNESCO’s Resolution 24C/18.65 in 1987, urging UNESCO member states to join in the commemoration of the centenary of the birth of the president (1890 - 1990).

Photos depicting intangible and tangible heritages of Vietnam are on display at the Ho Guom Cultural Information Centre located in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, which gathers many international tourists everyday.

The event “FILMstoryteller 13: When Cinema Speaks Poetry” which comprises two film screenings: “Poetry” on November 15 and “The Postman” on November 29.

The annual Type Directors Club exhibition which showcase 213 selected typography designs from 50 countries.

The group exhibition entitlted “Memories 2” will open on 15 and be on display until 30 Nov at Huong Ngo Art Space, 3rd floor Nola café, 89 Ma May st., Hoan Kiem, Hanoi.

As many as 130 artworks of Vietnamese and South Korea artists are on display at South Korea - Vietnam Fine Arts Exchange Exhibition that opened on Saturday in Ho Chi Minh City.

The making of the ceremonial costume and the special gift for leaders at the APEC Vietnam 2017 shows the quintessence of traditional crafts from the host country.

Music lovers in Vietnam are soon to be enthralled by a line-up of spellbinding and enchanting concerts in the European Music Festival 2017.

From November 17 to 26, a programme to honour the capital city’s cultural heritages will be held in the Hanoi Old Quarter.

On November 11, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, launched the Vietnam - Japan cultural space in Hoi An ancient town, the central province of Quang Nam.