VietNamNet Bridge - The top five beauties of Miss Grand International 2016 are now in Vietnam to promote the 2017 competition set for later this year in Quang Binh and HCM City of Vietnam.

 The Miss Grand International (MGI) 2017 will run from October 5 to 26 in Ho Chi Minh City, Quang Binh and Phu Quoc of Kien Giang province, and is expected to attract tourists to these destinations.

 The Traditional Musical Instrument Solo and Ensemble Festival is taking place in the central province of Thanh Hoa.

 A museum featuring waxworks of more than 100 Vietnamese artists and entertainers is now open to public in Ho Chi Minh City. All the waxworks were made by Vietnamese artisans.

 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.

 VietNamNet Bridge - French-Vietnamese artist Florian Nguyen will introduce his latest artworks at the exhibition “Gesture of Memories” at L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien, Hanoi from April 21 to June 4.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The British Council, in collaboration with Kilomet 109, has opened PHIÊU (Unburdened Journey), a multi-media exhibition exploring the relationship between traditional crafts and contemporary design in Hanoi.

 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 – Four types of classical Indian dance, Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi and Odissi, and traditional dance makeup techniques will be introduced by aprestigious Indian dance delegation. 

Dvořák’s 8th Symphony, one of the most famous Romantic symphonies of the 19th Century, will be presented to classical music enthusiasts on the night of April 19 at the HCM City Opera House, No. 7 Lam Son Square, District 1, HCM City. 

VietNamNet Bridge – The exhibition “Manga Hokusai Manga: Approaching the Master’s Compendium from the Perspective of Contemporary Comics” will be organized from April 18through May 2 at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi.

 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 musical landscape has been turned upside down when the public this week learned that numerous popular songs have not been approved, meaning performing such musical pieces is illegal. 

 The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism yesterday signed a document to recognize the Hai Van Gate as a national relic site, the Hue Monuments Preservation Center announced.

 The Red Dao ethnic community in the northern province of Lao Cai has a rich culture. Their wedding ceremony is among these cultural features.

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

 As many as 30 models from Europe strutted their stuff down the catwalk at the ‘One night in Paris’ fashion show hosted by designer Le Hoang Hai on April 15 in Hanoi.

 The Kim Dong Publishing House has released special editions of four world classic literary works that have been elaborately illustrated by Vietnamese painters.

 The HCM City Department of Information and Communication plans to open more “book streets” to meet local residents’ reading and entertainment demand.