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.
Twenty three bronze drums, called “Bronze Drums – Resounding of the Ancestral Land”, have been presented to the Hung Temple National Historical Relic in Phu Tho province, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and President Ho Chi Minh relic site at the Presidential Palace.
The fifth Vietnamese International Film Festival (ViFF) will be held in Santa Ana, California in the US from April 7-10 and April 14-17.
Fans of the late musician Trinh Cong Son gathered at a concert in Moscow on April 1 to sing his masterpieces to mark the 10th anniversary of his death.
An international conference was held in Phu Yen province on April 2 to discuss the preservation of cultural heritage in the south-central region to develop tourism in the process of international integration.
An opening ceremony for the 2011 National Tourism Year was held on April 1 in Tuy Hoa City in the south central coastal province of Phu Yen.
An exhibition, entitled “Hanoi Portrait”, opened at 31A Van Mieu, Hanoi, on April 1 displaying 131 works by 58 Vietnamese and four American artists.
Japan’s Genki festival in Vietnam 2011, an entertainment and arts event, will take place in Hanoi on April 16-17, aiming at bringing Japanese culture closer to Vietnamese and enhancing the friendship between the two countries.
The Week of Ha Long Tourism 2011 will be the biggest ever, with a series of festivities in support of the superb bay’s bid for the New7Wonders title this year.
The Official Korea Tourism Organization inaugurated a tourism and cultural branch in Hanoi on April 1 under the management of the Republic of Korea’s embassy in Vietnam.
French TV5MONDE Asie channel will be broadcast in Vietnam with Vietnamese subtitles starting on April 2 from its third MeaSat-3 satellite feed for the Asia-Pacific Region.
Young documentary film-makers in Vietnam have been invited by the German cultural Goethe Institute Vietnam to submit short films on climate change for a competition named Vietdocs.
About 67 contemporary feature and short films by Vietnamese directors and overseas Vietnamese will be screened throughout the United States between April 7 and 17 as part of the Vietnam International Film Festival.
Vietnamese photographers have won three awards from the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) for works displayed at an international exhibition in Singapore.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has agreed to let the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism submit two dossiers on two of the country’s cultural practices to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
A delegation of 15 Indian artists will perform at the Hanoi Opera House from April 4-7, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Ethnic minority people in the Central Highlands possess a unique culture, which is highlighted by their springtime festivals and cuisine when people set aside their field work to enjoy the season.
Ken Burns, a famous US director, plans to cooperate with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) to produce a multi-episode documentary on the Vietnamese resistant war against the US aggressors.
Canadian-based bubble artist Fan Yang will perform in HCM City on April 29 and Hanoi on May 28 after targeting his 17th Guinness record in the US with a bubble surrounding 150 people.