The Hanoi Amateur Water Puppet Festival 2023 will be held in late April and early May, aiming at preserving Vietnam’s unique intangible heritage and meeting the public’s demand, according to the municipal Department of Culture and Sports.

VOV.VN - The southcentral city of Quy Nhon in Binh Dinh province will host a hot air balloon festival for the first time, with the event scheduled to take place from April 25 to May 5.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese and foreign classical musicians are set to perform at the Vietnam Connection Music Festival which will be back at the Vietnam National Academy of Music in Hanoi on April 16 and April 22 following a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Embassy of Laos in Vietnam hosted a ceremony in Hanoi on April 11 evening to celebrate the Lao traditional New Year festival Bunpimay.

Vice President and Secretary General of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Nguyen Thi Thu Ha on April 10 visited and congratulated Khmer people in the southern province of Soc Trang on their traditional New Year festival Chol Chnam Thmay.

VOV.VN - The 19th Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Festival attracted roughly 190,000 visitors with travel firms grossing VND105 billion in revenue during the course of the four-day event, according to details given by the Department of Tourism of Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien paid a courtesy call to Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Gen. Chansamone Chanyalath in Vientiane on April 10.

VOV.VN - The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Tuyen Quang province recently held a press conference in Ho Chi Minh City to announce the upcoming launch of the second international hot air balloon festival 2023.

A cultural exchange event took place in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on April 9 for Lao and Cambodian students studying at the local chapter of the Da Nang University to celebrate their traditional New Year festivals Bunpimay and Chol Chnam Thmay.

The Vietnam Festival in Japan, themed “Hope”, opened at Ikebukuro park, Tokyo, on April 8, starting a series of exchanges on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties.