Vietnamese representative Huynh Nguyen Mai Phuong has bowed out of the Top 23 of Miss World’s talent contest.

Nguyen Phuong Thao, hailing from Hai Phong City, will compete in the Little Miss Junior Idol World 2024 pageant which is scheduled to take place from March 27 to April 1 in Thailand.

A slew of new entrants is added onto the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Việt Nam in fields such as folk performing arts, traditional festivals, oral literature, scripts, and traditional handicrafts.

The first ever Vietnamese-language book about the origin of Italian opera has been launched in Hanoi, offering music lovers a new source of information about this theatrical art.

A contest seeking the best photographic works in 2024 was launched on February 29 by the Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition, under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The Pho (Noodle) Festival 2024 will be held from March 15-17 in the northern province of Nam Dinh – the birthplace of renowned Pho Co.

The 9th Vietnam-Japan Festival will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from March 9-10, aiming to tighten the friendship between the two countries, said the city’s Director of External Affairs Department Tran Phuoc Anh.

Last year, Vietnam box office reached US$150 million, or around 90 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, from a total of 1,100 screens. Not bad for a market that in 2010 only had 90 screens and annual revenue of less than $15 million.

An exhibtion showcasing a collection of paintings introducing legendary animals in Vietnamese culture and history will be organised in HCM City from March 1 to March 10.

As many as 42 handicraft artists have been honoured with the title of the Hanoi artisan in 2023, with a ceremony held at the centre of Vietnamese craft village quintessence in Gia Lam district, home to Bat Trang Ceramic Village, on February 28.

Heritage and ancient customs passed down from generation to generation are the precious legacies of the ancestors and must be well preserved.

Box Office Vietnam (BOVN) could be sued for copyright infringement for collecting information about revenue of movies from online ticket booking websites and cinema complexes in Vietnam.

The annual Tran Dynasty's Thai Mieu temple festival kicked off at An Sinh commune of Dong Trieu town in Quang Ninh on February 27, or the 18th day of the first lunar month, with the event attracting thousands of visitors.

Thousands of women across the nation will dress up in Ao Dai (traditional long dress) in support of Vietnam Ao Dai Week from March 1 to March 8 as they celebrate the 114th anniversary of International Women’s Day.

An international jazz festival is scheduled to take place in Nha Trang city in the southcentral coastal province of Khanh Hoa from April 27 to May 1, with the event being the first of its kind in the region.

Hanoi has not only become known worldwide for its specialties such as phở and bún chả, but also Phu Thuong sticky rice, which was chosen to serve local and foreign journalists and guests at the North Korea-United States Hanoi Summit a few years ago.

The honor helps promote the community-based tourism and crafts in communes of Tan Hiep in Cham Islands, off the coast of Hoi An, and Cam Thanh in the suburban area.

As of February 26, “Mai”, a movie by comedian Tran Thanh became the highest-grossing film in Vietnamese cinema history.

Miss Eco Teen 2021, Bella Vu, has been honoured with the Youth Humanitarian Work prize as part of The Orion Star Awards 2024.

Huynh Nguyen Mai Phuong, the Vietnamese representative at Miss World 2023, is anticipated to be named as the winner of the upcoming beauty pageant, according to predictions made by beauty website Pageanthology.