Vietnam’s air transport market showed positive signals during the upcoming Hung Kings Commemoration Day and the April 30–May 1 holiday, with booking demand distributed relatively evenly and no widespread localised congestion reported.

The recognition of Mui Ne among Booking.com’s top global trending destinations for 2026, alongside Bilbao (Spain), Barranquilla (Colombia), Philadelphia (the US) and Guangzhou (China), underscores a shift in Vietnam’s tourism toward greater distinctiveness and depth.

A Vietnamese children’s picture book about healing and rediscovering peace has captured international attention, with Khu Vườn Trong Tim Ta (The Garden Within Us) earning a place on the BRAW Amazing Bookshelf list of 150 outstanding titles worldwide.

Located in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City, Nguyen Van Binh Book Street has, over a decade of formation and development, become an “undercurrent” nurturing reading culture and shaping the humanistic urban identity of the southern largest hub.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Austria Vu Le Thai Hoang on April 1 met with the family of acclaimed Austrian children’s writer Mira Lobe in Vienna, honouring her enduring contributions to global children’s literature and the lasting impact of her works in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - “La bande dessinée sans frontières” (comics without borders), a Francophone comic festival, is scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City for the first time on April 4.

The fourth Book and Night Culture Festival opened on March 27 at Ho Chi Minh City Book Street in Sai Gon ward under the theme “Colours of Culture”.

Nearly 200 Lao–Vietnamese bilingual titles are on display at the sixth International Book and Culture Festival in Vientiane, reflecting the close and enduring ties between Vietnam and Laos.

More than 50 outstanding books and book series across five different categories were honoured at the 8th National Book Awards ceremony held in Hanoi on March 8.

An exhibition of paintings and books titled “Vietnamese Soul on French Soil” opened on March 7 (local time) in Val-de-Marne, part of the Ile-de-France region.