VOV.VN - Final preparations have been made in the northwestern province of Dien Bien ahead of the opening ceremony of the Hoa Ban (Bauhinia) Festival and national tourism year 2024 which is scheduled to take place on March 16.

VOV.VN - The annual national press festival, the biggest yearly event in the press circle, kicked off on March 15 in Ho Chi Minh City, with the theme of professionalism and modernity of the press.

Representatives from the Party Committee, People’s Council, People’s Committee and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the south-central province of Binh Thuan visited and extended greetings to the Cham Bani community on the occasion of their traditional Ramuwan (New Year) Festival, the biggest festival for the Islamic community in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City food culture festival, which was voted as Asia's Best Culinary Festival by the World Culinary Awards in 2022, is scheduled to return to the southern city from March 26 to March 31.

As many as 65 master chefs and culinary experts from across the country will join the Pho Festival 2024, which will take place in the northern province of Nam Dinh from March 15 - 17.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese American television and film editor, Tom Cross, who is a 2015 Oscars winner, will serve as one of the judges for the Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival 2024, which is scheduled to take place from April 6 to April 13.

The 9th Japan Vietnam Festival, themed “Hold hands together - From now on”, was held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 9-10, starting a series of cultural, sport, trade and tourism activities between the two countries.

More than 100 artists are performing at the Vietnam Classical Music Festival which opened in the UNESCO Creative Music City of Da Lat, the Central Highland province of Lam Dong on March 10.

A mass parade with the participation of youth delegations from around the world has been held within the umbrella of the ongoing World Youth Festival (WYF) 2024), taking place from March 1 to March 7 in Russia's Sochi city.

The Permanent Delegation of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international organisations has participated in a food festival in Grand Saconnex in Geneva city of Switzerland.