The “Deutschlandfest 2017” will take place for the first time at Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden in Ho Chi Minh City on April 22, said Germany Consul General to the city Andreas Siegel said at a press conference on April 19.

The Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi is buzzing with activities to promote ethnic cultural values. 

 Classical Indian dances were introduced in two workshops held at the Indian Cultural Centre in Hanoi on April 18-19.

VOV.VN - On April 19, an array of Vietnamese celebrities Thanh Hang, Ho Quang Hieu, Ong Cao Thang and Phuong Linh gathered at a brand name advertisement event on April 19 in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Emily Hong Nhung, top nine at Miss Tourism Metropolitan International 2016, has been designated as ambassador for the second International Hot Air Balloon Festival within the framework of Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2017.

Vietnam's tourism officials said "Kong: Skull Island" director Jordan Vogt-Roberts will make a short film to promote the country and encourage his Hollywood colleagues to make movies here.

Duong Dai Lam, professor at the Hanoi-based Military Culture and Arts College, has won first prizes at two classical music competitions in Poland and Russia. 

Seventy royal items dating back to the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) are being showcased at the Museum of History of Ho Chi Minh City, giving an insight into the last feudal dynasty of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - A solo exhibition by artist Florian Nguyen entitled – Les gestes de nos mémoires (The gestures of our memories) will open on April 21 at the French Culture Centre, L’Espace, located at 24 Trang Tien, Hoan Kiem District in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - For the first time ever, Alessandro Martire will perform an intimate 'La Vita' piano concerto set in Vietnam. 

VOV.VN - Vietnamese showbiz star Ho Ngoc Ha and 50 students dressed in white long dresses (Ao Dai) riding bike on streets of the central province of Quang Binh on April 18.

About 100 reporters in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on April 18 voted for the Devotion Music Awards at the Vietnam News Agency’s offices in the two cities.

VOV.VN - Families of Diem Huong, Pham Anh Khoa and Trinh Kim Chi together with 2,000 others had an unforgettable experience at a family festival held by FWD Vietnam Life Insurance in Ho Chi Minh City recently.

VOV.VN - Le Hang, former beauty pageant titleholder, has served as the leading model for a fashion show in Japan that exhibited the works of designer Sy Hoang.

VOV.VN -Designer Nguyen Xuan Thu will introduce her latest Ao Dai collection themed Hearts of Fire featuring traditional lacquer craft April 23 at the National Museum of History in the capital city of Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced it will hold a culture festival April 19-23 at the Vietnam Ethnic Group Village in the capital city of Hanoi.

Hai Van Gate, which sits atop its namesake mountain pass in central Vietnam, separating Da Nang city and Thua Thien-Hue province, has been recognised as a national relic.

VOV.VN - Miss Vietnam 2014 first runner-up Nguyen Tran Huyen My looked radiant and stylish at the press conference on Miss Grand International 2017 (MGI) in Hanoi on April 17.

VOV.VN - Singer Ho Ngoc Ha attended the launch ceremony of MV Beautiful Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City on April 17.

The Traditional Musical Instrument Solo and Ensemble Festival is taking place in the central province of Thanh Hoa.

A museum featuring waxworks of more than 100 Vietnamese artists and entertainers is now open to public in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - The top five finalists of Miss Grand International 2016 have arrived in Hanoi for a promotional tour touting the upcoming 2017 competition set for later this year in the cities of Quang Binh and Ho Chi Minh City.

The annual Week of Ha Long Tourism 2017 will take place in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh from April 28 to May 7, with the decade-long traditional Carnaval street festival to be replaced by an art performance.  

VOV.VN - Arriving at a seaside location, the Vietnam Next Top Model hopefuls slipped into an array of sizzling swim ensembles that was billed as a battle of the beach bombshells.

A photo exhibition featuring 150 photos taken by 30 photographers with disabilities opened at the Museum of Vietnamese Women in Hanoi on April 14.

VOV.VN - The top five finalists of Miss Grand International 2016 are currently on a tour in Vietnam promoting the upcoming 2017 competition set for later this year in the cities of Quang Binh and Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Hundreds of Vietnamese fans gave on April 16 a rousing welcome to K-Pop Boy Band Infinite members at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City for a special gig.

Director-producer-actress Viet Trinh of HCM City is working with Republic of Korean partners to produce the film Ba Dieu Uoc (Three Wishes), expected to be released later for this Christmas season.

VOV.VN - As many as 30 models from Europe strutted their stuff down the catwalk at the ‘One night in Paris’ fashion show hosted by designer Le Hoang Hai on April 15 in Hanoi.

The Kim Dong Publishing House has released special editions of four world classic literary works that have been elaborately illustrated by Vietnamese painters.