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Award-winning pics on display in Hanoi

 An exhibition at Hanoi’s Goethe Institute gives visitors a chance to see photos by this year’s New German Photography competition award winners.

Indian band to play Da Nang festival

The Indian band Pranavanaadham band will perform a concert combining classic instruments with modern equipment at Da Nang’s Nguyen Hien Dinh Theatre on April 4 as a part of cultural exchanges between Vietnam and India. 

Bac Giang: Bo Da pagoda’s woodblocks recognised as national treasure

 Carved woodblocks bearing the Sutras of Zen Buddhism at Bo Da Pagoda in Viet Yen district, the northern province of Bac Giang were named national treasures at a ceremony held in the locality on March 31.

Music, wine pairing to be spotlighted at Taste of Australia

 The Embassy and Consulate General of Australia in Vietnam will host the third Taste of Australia programme in April.

Thai ethnic people’s ritual re-enacted

 A crucial ritual among Thai ethnic community to tribute witch doctors was re-enacted recently in Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism.

German police hand over antiquities to Vietnam

 The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany on March 29 received antiques which Berlin police seized from an unidentified Vietnamese entrepreneur in late 2016.

Taste of Australia to highlight music, wine pairing

 The Australian embassy and consulate in Viet Nam will host the third Taste of Australia programme next month (April).

Ngo Hong Quang - an artist creating East-West dialogue through music

Ngo Hong Quang has filtered the essence of folk music and blended the elements into modern life to help traditional music become popular both in this country and abroad, creating a convincing East-West dialogue through music.

Japanese, Vietnamese mimes come to Hanoi

 Japanese and Vietnamese performers will debut a theatre production entitled Without Signal! by director Shuji Ondera at Vietnam Youth Theatre on March 30 and 31.

Hanoi to host international piano festival

 The 2018 International Piano Festival will be held at the Vietnam National Academy of Music in Hanoi from August 11 – 18.

Easter Sunday celebration in Central Vietnam

 Some leading hotels in the central city of Danang and Quang Nam Province are putting on special food programs on the occasion of the upcoming Easter Day on April 1.

Fusion music concert at L’Espace Hanoi

 L’Espace will present a fusion music concert entitled Les Transplantés or Transplanted on April 7.

Festival promotes Belgian beer culture

 Belgium is a small country but it has a rich and diverse heritage to be proud of. Not only being famous in the world for chocolate, fries and diamonds, Belgium is also recognised as the country with the some of the best beers in the world.

Drench yourself in colour at Holi

Holi Festival, also know as the “Festival of Colours”, will take place in Hanoi's Kinder Park this Sunday. 

Hung Kings Temple Festival to begin April 21

 The 2018 Hung Kings Temple Festival is set to unfold at the Hung Temple Complex in Viet Tri city and neighbouring communes, in Phu Tho province from April 21 - 25.

Ticket sale begins for Danang firework festival

 The Danang International Fireworks Festival has announced ticket prices and sale locations for the event.

Exhibition features Czech graphic paintings

 An exhibition featuring humorous drawings and lithographs of Czech graphic artist Jiří Slíva is taking place at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi.

Walkway illegally built at northern heritage site to be dismantled

 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.

Expat photographer ponders life’s remnants

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.

Hoang Sa-themed exhibition centre opens in Da Nang city

 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.