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The ‘Colourful Ha Long’ programme will replace the Carnaval Ha Long during the Ha Long – Quang Ninh Tourism Week 2017, which will be held from April 28 to May 7, in Quang Ninh province.

More than 100 craftsmen from Canada, the US, Germany, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea, China and Vietnam will take part in the International Kite Festival in Quang Nam province’s Tam Thanh commune from June 5-9.

The Miss Grand International 2017 pageant will not be held at Paradise Cave in the central province of Quang Binh according to local authorities.

BANGKOK: Hoards of revellers armed with plastic water guns poured onto Thai streets on Friday (Apr 14) for a second day of watery warfare to ring in the kingdom's traditional new year.

A total of 150 photos taken by 30 people with disabilities are being displayed at an exhibition that opened in Hanoi, on April 13.

Bien Ban Chien Tranh 1-2-3-4.75’ (A War Account January-April, 1975), a historical novel by Vietnamese writer-journalist, Tran Mai Hanh, was recently released in English by the National Political Publishing House-The Truth.

Five art spaces and initiatives in Vietnam will receive support from the Embassy of Denmark for their creative and innovative approaches to engaging art lovers and the general public.

Family Life, an artwork by late Vietnamese painter Lê Phổ, fetched US$1.2m at a Modern and Contemporary Art auction at Hong Kong’s Sotheby’s home late last week.

New designs have been introduced as the Vietnam International Fashion Week Spring Summer 2017 that is set to be held from April 25-28 in HCM City.

Vietnamese artists will join German and Japanese peers in a special concert at the Opera House in Hanoi on April 14.

A festival to honour domestic architects who won notable prizes at the 2016 National Architecture Awards, the Green Architecture Awards and the Housing for the Future Awards will take place in Đà Nẵng from April 19-23.

More than 300 artisans representing famous craft villages nationwide will be participating in the 2017 Hue Traditional Craft Festival, to be held in Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from April 28 to May 2.

Designer Ha Duy has been invited to participate in an international fashion showcase sponsored by the British Embassy in cooperation with the Queen Mary University of London.

An array of cultural activities kicked off on April 3 in the ancestral land of Phu Tho to celebrate the upcoming 2017 Hung Kings Temple Festival, which will be observed nationwide on April 6 or the tenth day of

As part of Taste of Australia 2017, the Australian Government in partnership with importers representing Australian wines, has delivered wine tasting events in HCMC and Hanoi.

Women from across the country have been invited to take part in Miss Ocean Vietnam 2017, an event to encourage environmental protection.

A ceremony receiving UNESCO certificate of recognition for "Practices Related to the Viet Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses in Three Realms" as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity was held in Nam Dinh.