US famous singer Bob Dylan’s first performance night in Vietnam took place at RMIT university in Ho Chi Minh City on April 10.  

After 3 days of competition, the third international kite festival came to an end in Vung Tau city on April 10.  

The first festival for young people from ethnic minorities will take place in the Culture-Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups in Dong Mo, Son Tay, Hanoi on April 17, with the participation of thousands of young people in ethnic minority.

The 8th “One Heart, One World” charity event was held at the Friendship Palace in Hanoi on April 9.

“Vietnam is always in my heart,” German journalist Hellmut Kapfenberger has told Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Do Hoa Binh before leaving for a working visit to Vietnam.

Khmer people in the southern region in general and the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long in particular, always consider pagodas their community’s religious, cultural and spiritual centre, holding a firm position in their social and spiritual life.

Fifty paintings by celebrated musician Trinh Cong Son are on display online, giving his fans all over the world the rare chance of discovering the world, people and love through their icon's paintings instead of music.

The famous French trademark, Chanel made its official debut in the Rex Hotel in HCM City on April 7 after operating in Vietnam for nearly three months.

Hanoi will join several big cities across the world to celebrate the first ever Malbec World Day on April 17 to honour the famous wine.

The seventh Hue Festival will be held next April in the central province of Thua Thien- Hue, local authorities said.

A prize-giving ceremony for the third “Vietnam Today” photo competition themed “Dynamic and friendly Vietnam” was held at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi on April 8.

Hoa Lu Festival, the largest and most spectacular in the northern province of Ninh Binh, openned on April 8.

The third international kite festival opened in Vung Tau city in the southern province of Ba Ria Vung Tau on April 8.

Rhythms of Jazz, performed by Vietnamese artists, broke through into an open space of the RoK Culture Centre on April 6 to open the first show of this year’s “Art Corner on Wednesday” programme.

Doan Thi Kim Hong will be the first Vietnamese jury member in the final show of the Mrs America Pageant 2011 to be held on April 14.

The Hanoi Sound Stuff Festival 2011, the fourth of its kind in a row, will be held on April 15-16.

The two-day kite festival of the Southeastern region officially opened in Vung Tau City on April 6.

Japanese pianist, Tamura Hibiki, will perform together with artists of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) under the baton of conductor Honna Tetsuji, at the Hanoi Opera House on April 8-9.

Doan Thi Kim Hong will be the first Vietnamese jury member in the final show of the Mrs America Pageant 2011 to be held on April 14.

An exciting discovery of ancient tombs and artefacts that date from as long as 10,000 years ago has been announced in the Tang River Valley in the central province of Quang Ngai.

Singer Tung Duong was awarded the prize of Devotional Music 2010 at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on April 5.

Top boy band from the Republic of Korea (RoK) Super Junior will end their tour of Asia with a performance at Go Dau Stadium in the southern province of Binh Duong on May 7.

Eighty calligraphy works by Vietnamese, Chinese and Korean calligraphers are on display at an exhibition that opened in the northern province of Phu Tho on April 4.

Three new species have been found at the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh, according to the park’s management board.

An international exhibition on calligraphy and posters to mark the death of Vietnam’s legendary founders, the Hung Kings has been held in the northern province of Phu Tho.  

My Fair Lady, a classic British opera, has been performed in Hanoi from April 1-10 by 29 foreign amateur artists in Vietnam.

Vietnamese audience will have the opportunity to enjoy the first Hollywood 3D cartoon dubbed in Vietnamese “Rio” as from April 8 – the day it is premiered throughout the world.

A cultural exchange between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) was held on April 3 in Tuy Hoa city in the south central province of Phu Yen as part of activities to celebrate the 2011 National Tourism Year.

The Hanoi Children’s Palace, the Japan Centre for Cultural Exchanges in Vietnam and the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Association co-held a Japanese singing festival in Hanoi on April 3.

The northern province of Phu Tho is preparing facilities and activities for this year’s commemoration of the nation’s legendary founders, the Hung Kings.