(VOV) - With their bright colours and intense fragrances – lilies, roses, daffodils, and other flowers signal that spring has arrived and symbolize the expectation and joy for the coming year.

A beautiful cave system with magnificent stalactites has been discovered on the Dong Van karst plateau near Lung Khuy village commune in the northernmost province of Ha Giang.

A music gala put together by formers students of the Hanoi Conservatory of Music, the first of its kind, will be held at Viet House in Berlin on April 4.

Russian pianist Ilya Rashkobskiy will perform with the Vietnam National Symphony and Orchestra (VNSO) under the baton of Grammy-award winning David Alan Miller on April 3-4.

For married artists Christiane Campioni and Tobias Kuester Campioni, Vietnam has always been an inspiration. But now it's also a home for them and their sons.

(VOV) - Around the globe, mobile food businesses are not unique and they have been a tried- and-true business model that’s fed generations of eaters.

(VOV) - Speed films such as “Speed”, “Gone in 60 Seconds” or “Fast & Furious” are considered the masterpieces of the world, which are most favourite all time. 

Ready for a big car chase? The seventh installment of the famous action series “Fast & Furious” will premiere in Vietnam on a giant screen at the country’s first IMAX theater, cinema operator CGV has announced.

(VOV) - Vietnam and Ethiopia unveiled on March 31 that they have reached an agreement to cooperate in the field of heritage management, said Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh.

Wandering the Ho Thi Ky flower market at night is an exciting experience in the life and culture of Saigonese.

(VOV) - Delegates attending the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-132) report they were fascinated on the evening of March 29 with the spellbinding fire dances of the Pa Then ethnic people. 

Books will be the centre of attention through the end of April as a string of events are set to celebrate the 2nd annual Vietnam Book Day (April 21). 

(VOV) - On March 29, National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong hosted a solidarity gala night at the Culture-Tourism Village of Vietnamese ethnic groups in Dong Mo, Son Tay district, Hanoi, welcome parliamentarians to the 132nd the Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly (IPU-132).

As part of the ongoing Inter-Parliamentary Union's 132nd General Assembly, a city tour around Hanoi and a visit to the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Dong Mo have been organised for participants and their relatives.

Japan's Shoya Nakajima scored a double to make it two-out-of-two wins at the 2016 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers with a 2-0 win over Vietnam on March 29 at the Shah Alam Stadium in Selangor, Malaysia.

The increase in popularity of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s culture, also known as Hallyu, has taken root in numerous Asian countries, including Vietnam, through cinemas, game shows, cuisine and fashion trends, highly influencing the youth in the country. 

The Giay people care a great deal about marriage and the continuation of the family line but less concern about family’s wealth or poverty. For them, the most important things are morality, family tradition, and respect. 

Marcelo Pino, Chile's most-talked about young sommelier, will take part in a Chile Wine Tour to introduce that country's wines in HCM City on March 31.

Hat boi (classical Vietnamese opera) is now an old-fashioned art which only marks its presence in some parts of southern Vietnam. 

American trio Fugu will perform works of modern musicians like Miguel del Aguila, Maria Newman, Rebecca Clarke at the free monthly concert for young audiences at the HCM City Opera House on the evening of March 29.

The southern province of Kien Giang on March 27 held a ceremony to announce a Prime Minister’s decision recognising Phu Quoc prison in Phu Quoc island district as a special national heritage site.

Visitors to a weekend Thai festival at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology can mingle with artistic dance performers and learn about the country's cuisine.

(VOV) -The semi- and final rounds of the 2015 Miss Universe Vietnam pageant will take place at the 7,500 seat Crown Convention Centre located in the central province of Khanh Hoa’s Nha Trang city this coming August.

The Halong cherry blossom festival 2015 entitled “Peace – Prosperity – Cooperation and Development” will take place from April 2 to 5 in Halong City in northern Quang Ninh province.

New exhibition "Chao Saigon" (Hello Saigon) displays 40 black and white photos taken by Nguyen Thanh Tung and enlarged on canvas.

(VOV) - Chefs from Saigon Morin Hue hotel on March 26 completed a 26-metre long banh tet (cylindrical glutinous rice cake) to celebrate the 40th anniversary of liberation of Thua Thien Hue central province. 

(VOV) -The Cultural Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups has planned a large number of spectacles to showcase the traditional customs and festivals of the nation’s ethnic minority groups during the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly.

(VOV) -The Vietnam Fine Arts Museum has announced that 46 works by 23 artists from Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand have been selected for an exhibition presenting a cross-section of Asian contemporary watercolour.

(VOV) -An exhibition entitled ‘Into Karishma's World’ of Indian girl Karishma Kannan is set to take place at Sheraton Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City on March 27 as a fund raiser for underprivileged children in HCM City.

(VOV) - Mrs. Asia Isabelle Liow and Mrs. Malaysia Rachel Sua arrived in HCM City on March 26 to attend the international female leaders forum at the invitation of Mrs. World 2011 Thu Huong.