Ho Chi Minh City is launching a series of activities at the Book Street and Paris Square in District 1 to celebrate Vietnam Book and Reading Cultural Day (April 21) until April 22.

VOV.VN - The 11th southern traditional cake festival is getting underway in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho from April 17 to 21, displaying around 100 distinctive savory and sweet types from the southern region.

VOV.VN - Japanese author Ono Eriko, famed for best seller comic book Miiko Desu! / Kocchi Muite! Miiko, held an exchange with Vietnamese book lovers in Ho Chi Minh City on April 20.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese People’s Daily Nhan Dan on April 19 released saxophone legend Kenny G’s Going Home – a special music video that popularizes Vietnamese tourism.

VOV.VN - The Nghinh Ong (whale worshipping) festival, an annual ritual where fishermen come together to pray for a good haul of fish from their catch, took place in Dong Hai district of the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu, on April 18.

“Ben trong vo ken vang” (Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell) by Vietnamese director Pham Thien An has won the best feature film award at the 21st Asian Film Festival held in Rome, Italy.

A dossier has been built by the People’s Committee of the northern mountainous province of Lang Son to seek the UNESCO recognition of Lang Son Geopark as a global one.

VOV.VN - Visitors and residents of northern Phu Tho province dubbed the land of ancestors were enthralled by a spectacular fireworks display that lit up local sky on April 17 evening in commemorate of Hung Kings, the founders of the Vietnamese nation.

VOV.VN - Google Arts & Culture debuted an online exhibition on April 18 showcasing the Trang An Landscape Complex in Vietnam’s northern Ninh Binh province to mark its 10th anniversary of UNESCO recognition as a World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site.

VOV.VN - For every Vietnamese person, the Hung Kings’ Temple Festival, also known as the Hung Kings’ Death Anniversary, has become a spiritual symbol, providing a sense of origin, and the convergence of the national cultural identity and values.