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The Huong Pagoda Festival, the longest of its kind in Vietnam, is set to open in Hanoi’s outlying district of My Duc on February 11 and last until May 1.

The Tet book street festival 2024 of Ho Chi Minh City kicked off on February 7, expected to be a worth-visiting destination during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

The annual Spring Calligraphy Festival will open this weekend at Literature Lake, part of Hanoi's Văn Miếu – Quốc Tử Giám (Temple of Literature), recreating the national ancient traditional spaces.

Le Hoang Phuong, fourth runner-up at Miss Grand International 2023, has been named on the list of the leading 50 candidates for Miss Grand Slam 2023, as announced by Global Beauties.

The Ban Flower Festival, a highlight of the National Tourism Year 2024, is set to open in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien on March 16.

The Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City will host the S20 Vietnam Songkran Music Festival, the first event of its kind, from May 11 to May 12.

Doan Thu Thuy, the Vietnamese representative to Miss Global 2023, won the fourth runner-up title in the grand final of the competition held in Cambodia on January 18 evening.

Vietnamese artist Tia-Thuy Nguyen's exhibition Sparkle in the Vastness has become one of the highlights of the Almine Rech Gallery in Paris when it opened to the public in January.

The annual “Xuân Quê Hương” (Homeland Spring) will take place in Ho Chi Minh City on February 1 - 2 with the participation of about 1,000 Vietnamese expatriates.

Vietnamese representative Doan Thu Thuy has officially unveiled the outfit that she will wear during the semifinals of Miss Global 2023, which is scheduled to take place on January 13 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The third running of the HCM City Night Run Eximbank 2024 will be held on May 18-19 with an expectation of more excitement and records by marathoners.

The 12th Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF 2024) will take place in the central city of Da Nang in early June with a series of events and five competition nights.

Soloists of the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will perform a concert at the Opera House on January 6 to welcome the New Year.

Doan Thu Thuy, the Vietnamese representative at Miss Global 2023, is set to attend the 10th edition of the global pageant which is due to take place in Vietnam and Cambodia in January, 2024.