As many as 100 outstanding posters featuring Vietnam’s struggle against the US are being showcased at the exhibition held at the 23/9 Park in Ho Chi Minh City from April 10.

Craft workers from traditional villages nationwide will gather in the former imperial capital city of Hue to display their handiwork over five festive days at the Hue Traditional Craft Festival.

A Vietnam Spring Press Festival 2015 opened at a ceremony in Vientiane, Laos on April 10 on the occasion of the Lao traditional New Year Festival Bun Pi May. 

The 12th charitable art programme “One Heart-One World” will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 17 to draw the community’s attention to caring for disabled and orphaned children.

(VOV) -The Azerbaijani history and culture research center and the Azerbaijan Embassy in Vietnam on April 10 first co-hosted a seminar featuring parallels of Azerbaijani and Vietnamese culture.

The 2015 Sa Pa Culture and Tourism Week will take place from April 28 to May 3 in foggy Sa Pa town in northern Lao Cai province.

(VOV) -Well-known American actress Maggie Q and her husband, actor Dylan Mc Dermott were warmly welcomed at Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi on April 9.

(VOV) - Quang Binh provincial People’s Committee and the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) have agreed to broadcast live a programme on Son Doong and En caves on Good Morning America in May.

As one of the most typical products of ethnic minority people in the mountainous region, tho cam (brocade) now has entered daily lives of people in the lowlands who do not use the materials only for its original purpose, i.e. to make clothes, but have taken advantage of its colorful appearance and durable quality to make accessories, toys, and stuffs for home decoration.

“Luong is more than just an individual artist. He uses his artistic skills and his personality to create dynamism, a movement that inspires others, which has impact on the fabric of the surroundings. What would any society be without people like that?”, said Netherlands Ambassador to Vietnam, Ms Nienke Trooster.

The organizers of an upcoming major festival, which is scheduled for later this month to pay homage to the country’s founding kings, have said they will not allow visitors and journalists to use drone cameras during the event for safety reasons.

A private museum was inaugurated on April 9 in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh to preserve and uphold Muong ethnic culture. 

(VOV) - There have been massive pillow fights in cities around the world, including Vietnam.

(VOV) -Nine Vietnamese and Norwegian artists will display their paintings at an art exhibition scheduled to take place at Engervannsveien 31 in Norway from April 11 through May 3.

A cultural extravaganza promoting the vibrant traditional customs of the Republic of Korea (RoK) will be featured at the first RoK-Vietnam Cultural Festival, taking place at the Quan Ngua Sports Palace in Hanoi on April 11.

The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre has just bought a rickshaw used by Queen Mother Tu Minh, mother of King Thanh Thai (1879-1954), at an auction held in Paris.

(VOV) - Sungha Jung, a highly talented guitarist from the Republic of Korea (RoK) is returning to Vietnam for two concerts on April 18 and 19 in Hanoi and HCM City respectively. 

(VOV) -The Vietnam Embassy in Tokyo participated in the 39th Asia-Pacific Ladies Friendship Society (ALFS) Festival and Charity Bazaar held on April 8, 2015 at the ANA Intercontinental Hotel in Tokyo.

The fourth Coconut Festival was launched in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre on April 7. 

(VOV) -Miss Ao Dai Vietnam Tran Ngoc Lan Khue has been named by two famous magazines, (Missosology and Sash Factor), as a potential top 10 contestant for Miss World 2015.

(VOV) - Five Vietnamese artists in printed painting will meet their seven Belgian counterparts at an art exhibition scheduled to take place in Hanoi from April 10-20.

Celebrated American singer/actress Demi Lovato has confirmed she will make it to a music event in Ho Chi Minh City next month.

(VOV) -About 14,000 tour packages and 15,600 air tickets have been sold at Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM 2015) after the four-day exhibition.

Duyet Thi Duong, considered the oldest theater in Vietnam, has been restored and is now open to the public in Hue.

Entitled, 6,700 Nguoi Vi 6,700 Cay Xanh (6,700 People for 6,700 Trees), a one-hour documentary talks about Hanoi residents' love of trees.

A TV series on the American war in South Vietnam began airing on Vietnam Television's VTV1 channel this week, as part of the station's screening to mark the 40th anniversary of the country's Reunification Day, April 30.

The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera's (HBSO) chamber music on April 9 will feature top Vietnamese violinist Bui Cong Duy and the well-known Trio Fugu from the US.

The Argentina-Vietnam Cultural Institute (ICAV) and the Cuba-Argentina Friendship House screened the Vietnamese film “Canh dong hoang” (The Abandoned Field) in Buenos Aires on April 5 to celebrate Vietnam’s 40th anniversary of Southern Liberation and National Reunification (April 30, 1975). 

(VOV) - Hoi An town has little space for trees, but the presence of street trees make the ancient homes more beautiful. 

The two American partners who set up HCM City-based architecture firm HTA + pizzini have exhibited photo and text-based works and installations that highlight the concepts driving their architectural practice and reveal their creative responses to the city.