A mountain stairway which was illegally constructed in the core zone of the Trang An Landscape Complex in the northern province of Ninh Binh will be demolished, news website Dan Tri reports.

Nana Chen is a Taiwanese photographer currently working on a variety of projects. Her first solo exhibition was held recently at Heritage Space in Hanoi, displaying 12 photos from DISCARDED.

 A centre for exhibiting documents and images on Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago of Vietnam was inaugurated in the central city of Da Nang on March 28.

 A ceremony was held in Tuyen Quang city of the northern mountainous province of the same name on March 28 to receive a certificate recognizing the festival of Ha, Thuong and Y La Temples as national intangible cultural heritage.

 A royal ritual Le Te Xa Tac (Worshipping the Genies of Rice and Soil) was held in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on March 27 to pray for bumper crops and prosperity, attracting a large crowd of tourists and local people.

 A tourist site in Hai Phong City has become a controversial topic due to the nude, human-shaped statues of 12 zodiac animals.

Central Da Nang city's authority has held a ceremony to inaugurate a house for exhibiting documents affirming Vietnam's sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes.

 Vietnam’s world-renowned concert pianist Dang Thai Son has confirmed that he will join the piano faculty at Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio, United States this fall.

 The 11th annual Phan Chau Trinh Cultural Awards on Saturday honored seven local and foreign scholars in the fields of music, culture, translation and Vietnam studies for their devotions to the cause of Vietnamese cultural and educational development.

 Indochine Arts Ltd. Co. on March 24 opened the first online painting transaction centre in Vietnam, aiming to prevent copyright infringements.

Events in Hanoi & HCMC on March 26-April 1 

 Vietnam Book Day 2018 will be held in Hanoi on April 18-22 to celebrate the culture’s love for the written word.

 Surpassing over 1,000 international candidates, Phan Trung Kien, a student at the Vietnam National Academy of Music, has won the only special prize at the Kyushu Music Concour 2018 in Kumamoto, Japan.

 As many as 55 paintings capturing the land and people of Vietnam and foreign countries by 14 European artists are being displayed at an exhibition at the Da Nang Fine Arts Museum. 

 Like other villages in Vietnam, people of Dam village, also known as Bich Tri hamlet, Ha Nam province, mainly live on agricultural production. 

 Thousands of Hanoians and tourists flock to the Ly Thai To Flower Park in the capital city to enjoy the beauty of the famous cherry blossoms brought from Japan during the 2018 Japan Cultural Exchange Festival.

An exhibition called “Truong Sa’s vitality-Colors of the Youth” has been organized to celebrate the 87th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Youth Month.

 Vietnamese readers will receive free access to the e-book funds of the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library and LitRes e-book store of Russia.

An art exhibition by seven female painters work on the theme of feminity is underway in Ha Noi. 

 Vietnamese director Nguyen Quang Dung is planning to do a film to remake the 2004 Hollywood romantic comedy 50 First Dates.