9 - 15 October
Halloween Festival 2017
Visitors to the event will experience a Halloween carnival, with various fascinating and mystical games, in an enchanting festive space.
Open daily until Tuesday 31 October
Ba Na Hills Resort
Admission fee is 600,000 VND per person which includes a 2-way cable car ticket and entertainment activity fee.
Viet Nam - South Korea Cultural Exchange Festival
Visitors to the festival will have the opportunity to enjoy the sexy dances with popular K-Pop songs, and to wear South Korean traditional costumes, as well as to try specialities of this country.
Open daily until Monday 30 October
The Nui Than Tai Hot Springs Park, Hoa Phu Commune, Hoa Vang District
Admission fee is 600,000 VND per person
APEC Film Week
Entitled ‘Creating New Dynamism, Fostering a Shared Future’, the week aims to connect the cultures of APEC member economies through the showcasing of their outstanding movies, as well as to build a peace, stable, dynamic and prosperous Asia-Pacific community.
As many as 11 films from 11 APEC member economies have been selected to be screened during the week, including two documentaries.
Thursday 12 to Monday 16 October
Le Do Cinema, 46 Tran Phu
Free tickets are now available at the theatre
‘Truc Chi - Loi Cua Song’ exhibition
The exhibition will feature some arts pieces made from ‘Truc Chi’, including a 120m-long replica of a river. These works, which are done by 10 artists of the ‘Viet Nam Truc Chi Arts’ project during 9 months, will be displayed in combination with light, sound and video systems.
‘Truc Chi’ is a kind of paper made from bamboo pulp. The bamboo paper discoverer for contemporary arts is artist Phan Hai Bang who developed new techniques for the treatment of this material. Based on the traditional process of making the paper, Mr Bang created a new form of arts ‘Trucchigraphy’, in which artists can create their works on ‘Truc Chi’ paper.
Open until Saturday 14 October
Da Nang Fine Arts Museum, 78 Le Duan
Free admission
Tuong street performance
Apart from enjoying impressive Tuong performances, visitors will be introduced to the art of Tuong mask drawing and its dress codes. In addition, they will have the opportunity to have their photos taken in Tuong costumes which will be available for hire at the event.
At 7.00pm on Sunday 15 October
Eastern end of the Han River Bridge
Free to watch
‘Bai choi’ (singing while acting as playing cards) performance
Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 October 7.00pm - 9.30pm
On the pavement of Tran Hung Dao at the eastern end of the Rong (Dragon) Bridge in Son Tra District.
Participation fee is 20,000 VND per person
‘Charming Da Nang’ musical programme
This 60-minute programme opens with a stage presentation highlighting the city’s most impressive sites such as the Da Nang International Airport, the Han River and the tall buildings. It is followed by delightful performances of singing, dancing and traditional Vietnamese musical instruments, each of them showcasing the culture and beauty of Da Nang, and Viet Nam as a whole. Interestingly, there is a song named ‘Charming Da Nang’ which was written specifically for this programme.
Open daily at 8.00pm
The Labour Culture House, 2 Cach Mang Thang Tam
Tickets, priced at 800,000 VND, can be bought at the Culture House.
Musical performance
A nightly musical performance featuring famous local, national, and overseas Vietnamese singers.
Every evening from 8.30pm
Memory Lounge, 7 Bach Dang
Tickets can be booked on 0511 3575898 or 0905881360
Dragon’s head breathes fire and squirts water
Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 October 9.00pm
The eastern end of the Rong (Dragon) Bridge
Free to watch
Han River Bridge swings open
Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 October 11.00pm
The Han River Bridge
Free to watch
Football
After the over 2-week break in the V-league season, matches in the 21st round of the league will resume on 13 October with SHB DN facing Long An at home.
Sunday 15 October 5.00pm
Hoa Xuan Stadium, Cam Le District
Tickets priced between 15,000 VND and 35,000 VND
Movies:
Geostorm (No age restriction)
After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world’s leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. However, something has gone wrong as the system which is built to protect the Earth, is attacking it. As a result, it’s a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything and everyone along with it.
From Friday 13 October
CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong
CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen
100,000 VND per ticket
I Can Speak (No age restriction)
Ok-boon, an elderly woman, has filed 8000 complaints in total to the district office over the past 20 years. When Min-jae, a stickler Level 9 civil official, is assigned to take a number for her complaints and great tension rises. One day, Ok-boon witnesses Min-jae speaking English like a native and begs him to teach her. When they spend more time together, they start to understand and communicate with each other and become closely like a family. Thanks to this, Min-jae later understands the reason why she must study English.
From Friday 13 October
CGV Vinh Trung Plaza, 255 - 257 Hung Vuong
CGV Vincom Mall, 910A Ngo Quyen
100,000 VND per ticket