The Vietnam book and reading culture festival 2022 officially kicked off on April 15 at the National Library of Vietnam in Hanoi to celebrate the Vietnam Book and Reading Culture Day (April 21) and the World Book and Copyright Day (April 23).

VOV.VN - The Saigon Centre located in downtown Ho Chi Minh City is set to host the Japan Festival, the first of its kind from April 15 to April 24 with the aim of promoting Japanese culture to Vietnamese people.

VOV.VN - A Korean culture road festival organized by the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Embassy in Vietnam will be held in Hanoi from April 16 and April 17.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had separate phone talks with his Lao and Cambodian counterparts, extending his best wishes to them and the two peoples on the occasion of Laos’ Bun Pi May and Cambodia’s Chol Chnam Thmay new year festivals.

VOV.VN - The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) has joined other media agencies nationwide to attend the National Press Festival 2022 which is being held in Hanoi from April 13 to April 15 to mark the 97th anniversary of Vietnam’s Revolutionary Press Day.

Some 400 Lao students studying in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue gathered on April 10 night to celebrate Bunpimay, the traditional New Year Festival of Laos.

VOV.VN - Thousands of people attended a water splashing festival held on April 10 at Nam Lum Spring in Phong Tho district of the northern province of Lai Chau.

Bunpimay, Songkran, Chol Chhnam Thmay, and Thingyang - the traditional new year festivals of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar, were celebrated at a ceremony in Pho Minh Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City on April 11.

VOV.VN - Hung Kings worship this year themed “Sacred roots, Hung Kings land”, has been taking place in Phu Tho province from April 6-10.

VOV.VN - The organization board of Hung Kings’ Death Anniversary staged a special art programme in Viet Tri City on April 9 evening to commemorate the death anniversary of Hung Kings believed to be the founders of the Vietnamese nation.