(VOV) -The Vietnam Embassy in Tokyo participated in the 39th Asia-Pacific Ladies Friendship Society (ALFS) Festival and Charity Bazaar held on April 8, 2015 at the ANA Intercontinental Hotel in Tokyo.

The fourth Coconut Festival was launched in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre on April 7. 

(VOV) -Miss Ao Dai Vietnam Tran Ngoc Lan Khue has been named by two famous magazines, (Missosology and Sash Factor), as a potential top 10 contestant for Miss World 2015.

(VOV) - Five Vietnamese artists in printed painting will meet their seven Belgian counterparts at an art exhibition scheduled to take place in Hanoi from April 10-20.

Celebrated American singer/actress Demi Lovato has confirmed she will make it to a music event in Ho Chi Minh City next month.

(VOV) -About 14,000 tour packages and 15,600 air tickets have been sold at Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM 2015) after the four-day exhibition.

Duyet Thi Duong, considered the oldest theater in Vietnam, has been restored and is now open to the public in Hue.

Entitled, 6,700 Nguoi Vi 6,700 Cay Xanh (6,700 People for 6,700 Trees), a one-hour documentary talks about Hanoi residents' love of trees.

A TV series on the American war in South Vietnam began airing on Vietnam Television's VTV1 channel this week, as part of the station's screening to mark the 40th anniversary of the country's Reunification Day, April 30.

The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera's (HBSO) chamber music on April 9 will feature top Vietnamese violinist Bui Cong Duy and the well-known Trio Fugu from the US.

The Argentina-Vietnam Cultural Institute (ICAV) and the Cuba-Argentina Friendship House screened the Vietnamese film “Canh dong hoang” (The Abandoned Field) in Buenos Aires on April 5 to celebrate Vietnam’s 40th anniversary of Southern Liberation and National Reunification (April 30, 1975). 

(VOV) - Hoi An town has little space for trees, but the presence of street trees make the ancient homes more beautiful. 

The two American partners who set up HCM City-based architecture firm HTA + pizzini have exhibited photo and text-based works and installations that highlight the concepts driving their architectural practice and reveal their creative responses to the city.

(VOV) -France’s Le Monde newspaper has published a book about President Ho Chi Minh, a figure that won national independence for Vietnam. 

The scorching sun in Ho Chi Minh City on the afternoon of April 4 did not keep around a hundred of people away from slugging it out on the 2015 International Pillow Fight Day.

Nguyen Tran Trung Quan is expecting to win at the annual Music Devotion Awards ceremony on April 6, which will be held at the HCM City Opera House.

The project on restoring and preserving documentary films kept at the National Documentary and Scientific Film Production Studio will be continued with the assistance from the Belgium’s Wallonie - Bruxelles Delegation.

(VOV) -The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has launched the national tourism week themed “connecting world heritages” in Thanh Hoa province. 

The Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) 2015 officially opened in Hanoi on April 3, adopting the theme "Vietnam – The Land of Heritage."

(VOV) -Villages of Co Tu ethnic minority people in Ta Bhing village, Nam Giang district, Quang Nam province, have become a popular tourist destination in recent years.

Ideas and suggestions on balancing tourism development and heritage preservation were put forwards at a tourism conference on the sidelines of the Vietnam International Tourism Mart in Hanoi on April 3.

Tay Thien festival, one of the major northern spiritual events, began on April 3, drawing a wave of people making pilgrimages to pray for a new year of good health, happiness, and prosperity.

(VOV) - The annual – Hanoi Sound Stuff – music festival will kick off on April 9 in three venues in the city with a star-studded line-up of internationally talented musicians taking to the stage.

(VOV) - A Hanji Contemporary Korean Paper Art exhibition showcasing 15 artworks by Yang Sang Hoon has opened at the Korean Cultural Centre in Hanoi.

Rapper Suboi has been the first Vietnamese artist to appear at the global music festival, South by Southwest (SXSW).

The 2015 Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival is set to take place at Hanoi’s Thang Long royal citadel on April 11-12, bringing fluffy pink scenery to the capital city dwellers. 

A photo of two women sewing a giant fishing net in central Vietnam has won the top prize at the world’s famous photo contest organized by US magazine Smithsonian.

The French group Thylacine will present an electro music concert at Cargo Bar in HCM City on April 8, iLL Beats Saigon and the French Institute in HCM City have announced.

"Fast & Furious 7" and "Avengers: Age of Ultron" are two blockbusters opening the summer movie season in April.

(VOV) - A watercolour art exchange exhibition opened at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi on April 1, displaying 47 artworks by 22 painters from Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia.