Vietnamese currencies through history has been featured at an exhibition that opened in Ho Chi Minh City on April 27 on the occasion of 42nd anniversary of the Southern Liberation Day (April 30) and International Museum Day (May 18).

 The Vietnam International Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2017 officially opened in Ho Chi Minh City on April 25 evening.

VietNamNet Bridge - After the first performance in August 2013 at the Saigon Opera House, the ballet “Cinderella” will be on stage again at the HCM City Opera House on April 28 and 29.

VietNamNet Bridge - ‘c.r.e.a.m inc’, an art/culture street entity and brainchild of Gia Luu, a Vietnamese born American currently residing in Hanoi, will take place in Hanoi on April 27.

Gu Bla, one of the main sculptural works used in the Cor ethnic group’s buffalo sacrifice festival in Tra Bong district in the central province of Quang Ngai, is slowly being forgotten as the festival’s popularity decreases. 

 The Indian Embassy in Vietnam inaugurated an Indian cultural centre in Hanoi on the evening of April 20, as part of activities marking the two countries’ 45-year diplomatic ties (January 7, 1972-2017) and 10-year strategic partnership (2007-2017).

 A series of reading activities targeting children has been launched on the HCM City Book Pedestrian Street to celebrate Vietnamese Book Day (April 21).

In celebration of the food festival “Taste of Australia” this year, the audience are invited to the screening of the film “The Dressmaker” by director Jocelyn Moorhouse at JW Marriott Hotel.

 The Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi is buzzing with activities to promote ethnic cultural values. The activities aim to celebrate Vietnam Ethnic Groups’ Culture Day on April 19th.

Uruguayan photographer Christian Rodriguez has taken moving images featuring the lives of circus performers behind the curtain in Vietnam. 

 Seventy royal items dating back to the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) are being showcased at the Museum of History of Ho Chi Minh City, giving an insight into the last feudal dynasty of Vietnam.

 Choi Chnam Thmay is the traditional New Year of the Khmer people living in the Mekong Delta.

As part of the Spring Cinema program, the movie “Fortune Favors the Brave” will be screened at the Hanoi Goethe Institut in Hanoi and the Salon Van hoa Ca Phe Thu Bay in HCM City on April 19.

 VietNamNet Bridge – “Caprice”, a complicated and humorous triangle love story that won the award for Best Film at the 2015 Cabourg Film Festival,will be screened at L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi on April 21 and April 23.

 The annual Week of Ha Long Tourism 2017 will take place in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh from April 28 to May 7, with the decade-long traditional Carnaval street festival to be replaced by an art performance.  

 VietNamNet Bridge - The exhibition “Poetic Amnesia” of female artist Phan Thao Nguyen will be held at The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre, 15 Nguyen U Di, Thao Dien, District 2, Ho Chi Minh City from 15 April 15– June 2. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Inspired by memories associated with the countryside, by folktales and family fables of Vietnam, three artists share their accounts at the exhibition “Looking for the Divine Beings” in Hanoi.

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

 Critically acclaimed pianist Nguyen Bich Tra will perform in a concert at the HCM City Opera House on April 19.

 Learning Vietnamese is becoming more popular with foreigners living and working in Vietnam. In addition to the language, they are learning more about Vietnam and its people.