Tourists will be spoiled for choice with a wide selection of cultural and tourism events in the country’s popular destinations this April. Following are a couple of festivals worth being included in summer travel plans.

The northern province of Ninh Binh will host various events this year to mark the 1,050th anniversary of the establishment of Dai Co Viet, the first feudal state of Vietnam.

Glee Vietnam, a remake of award-winning American comedy-drama TV series Glee, has been nominated for Best Scripted Format at the International Format Awards 2018.

The Acecook Vietnam JSC will fund VND3.3 billion (US$144,800) for Hue Festival 2018, becoming a gold sponsor for the event scheduled for April 27 – May 2. 

VOV.VN -Vietnamese supermodel Minh Tu has been selected as one of jury members for the first-ever martial dance fire gameshow 2018 in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Seventy contestants of the Miss Sea Vietnam Global 2018 pageant have shown off their beauty in the swimsuit competition in the semi-final round in Rach Gia City, Kien Giang Province.

The Sanskrit inscriptions on steles at the UNESCO world heritage My Son Sanctuary in central Quang Nam province will be translated into Vietnamese and English as part of a joint project between Vietnam and India.

VOV.VN - Huyen My, first runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2014, was the special guest at a Taiwan tourism promotion programme in Hanoi on April 2.

VOV.VN - The grand finale of the Vietnam Top Fashion Models contest has closed in Vung Tau City with the top prizes going to Nguyen Thi Le Nam (No. 017) and Nguyen Sy Hung (No. 054).

The culinary festival “Essence of Vietnamese food” will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from April 6-8, introducing special dishes from across the nation, as part of activities to develop food tourism.

VOV.VN - Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 H'Hen Nie and many other beauties made their appearance at a Ho Chi Minh City event on April 2.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt organised a Vietnam Cultural Day at a public library in Ismailia on April 2, with a large number of local officials and people to taking part.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese designer Do Trinh Hoai Nam has confirmed that his Ao dai collection embroidering the national flags of 42 countries will be showcased at the Cannes Festival scheduled for May 2018.

VOV.VN - Ca Hom hamlet in Ham Tan commune, Tra Cu district in the southern province of Tra Vinh has been long known for its famous woven sedge mats.

A project to preserve “dien xuong” (singing and talking), a folk singing genre which originated in Vietnam’s southern region, will be launched this week in Ho Chi Minh City.     

The Indian band Pranavanaadham band will perform a concert combining classic instruments with modern equipment at Nguyen Hien Dinh Theatre in the central city of Da Nang on April 4 as a part of cultural exchanges between Vietnam and India.

The British Council in Vietnam has announced a project worth GBP500,000 (US$702,800) aiming to help Vietnam preserve, develop and promote its music and film heritage. 

Two paintings by the late Vietnamese artist Nguyen Huyen have been sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong auction house for almost US$22,000.

The Quan The Am (the Goddess of Mercy) festival kicked off at Ngu Hanh Son (the Marble Mountain) in the central coastal city of Da Nang on April 2 (the 17th day of the second lunar month).

Vietnam’s world-renowned concert pianist Dang Thai Son has confirmed that he will join the piano faculty at Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio, United States this fall.

VOV.VN - Hundreds of local and foreign culinary delights were introduced to Hanoians at the International Street Food Festival (ISFF 2018) from March 29-April 1.

VOV.VN - The top 3 of Miss Vietnam 2016, My Linh, Thanh Tu, and Thuy Dung, showed off their regal glamour in a new photoshoot for a collection of Joli Poli evening gowns.

April each year marks some important occasions in Thailand. The National Culture Committee, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam, during its meeting on March 22, acknowledged the organizing of major cultural events, to be held in April 2018.

Ticket prices for the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival 2018 will range from VND300,000 (US$13.3) to VND2 million (US$88.5) for each night’s performance on Han River banks between April 30 and June 30.

Carved woodblocks bearing the Sutras of Zen Buddhism at Bo Da Pagoda in Viet Yen district, the northern province of Bac Giang were named national treasures at a ceremony held in the locality on March 31.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Cambodia and Vietnamese students in the country on April 1 participated in the third ASEAN+3 festival in Phnom Penh.

The Embassy and Consulate General of Australia in Vietnam will host the third Taste of Australia programme in April.

VOV.VN - Third runner-up of Miss International 2015 Thuy Van captured the spotlight in a bright and sophisticated costume by local designer Le Thanh Hoa at the Women Leaders Forum 2018.

VOV.VN - The Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (Beluxcham) held the fifth Belgian Beer Festival 2018 on March 30 in Hanoi with the support from the Belgian embassy.

A photo exhibition featuring the 25-year cooperation of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) was opened at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi on March 30 as part of the sixth GMS Summit (GMS-6) and the 10th Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Summit on Development Triangle Area (CLV-10).