Tourists will be spoiled for choice with a wide selection of cultural and tourism events in the country’s popular destinations this April. Following are a couple of festivals worth being included in summer travel plans.

 Vietnamese remakes of foreign films and scripts will not be considered for the Kite Awards – the most prestigious cinematographic awards in the country.

 Model Xuan Lan has unveiled the list of eight brands and designers who will be taking part in the Vietnam Junior Fashion Week (VJFW) 2018.

Vietnam has carried out a number of international cooperation programmes on animal waste treatment, with a noteworthy example being the Low Carbon Agricultural Support Project under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations presented the Medal for Peace and Friendship among Nations to outgoing Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Vietnam Lee Hyuk.

 The fifth volume of the six-volume Czech-Vietnamese encyclopedia made debut in Prague, the Czech Republic on April 4.

Vietnam has over 14.41 million hectares of forest, of which, standardized area is over 13.71 million hectares, with forest coverage ratio of 41.45%, according to latest statistics by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 Foreign remittances are estimated to amount to US$13.8 billion for 2017, the highest growth rate of the past five years and a year-on-year increase of 16%, according to the latest statistics provided by the World Bank.

The Republic of Korea's conglomerate CJ's CJ CGV Vietnam, the leading film distributor and movie theatre operator in Vietnam, reported VND2.8 trillion ($122.7 million) in revenue in 2017.

 VietNamNet Bridge – When he was a child, a journey north to Canada from his home in Milwaukee was considered serious travelling to Jason Lusk.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Forest Protection Department in the central province of Quang Nam said it has issued a 15-day work suspension notification to six forest rangers.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Huu Thong from Vietnam won the grand prize in the 2017 Smithsonian Photo Contest for his photo, Breakfast at the Weekly Market, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thanh Liem, a leading paediatric surgeon, has been awarded the 2018 Nikkei Asia Prize in the Science and Technology category.

The central city of Da Nang’s culture department has received two donated stone sculptures – Sea Wave by Norway’s Oyvin Storbaekken, and Mother’s Milk by Vietnamese Pham Hong – to install on the Han River bank

 Motorbikes from the 2000s generate 416% more hydrocarbons, 3,220% more nitrogen oxides, and 8,065% more carbon monoxide than motor cars made in the same decade, research reveals.

 Grab will have to be responsible for paying Uber’s tax arrears according to a Vietnamese tax official.

 The Lien Chieu District People's Committee has proposed to the authorities of Da Nang City to recover 6,300 square metres of land which has illegally used by a resort project.

Vietnamese photographers Nguyen Huu Thong and Tran Tuan Viet have emerged triumphant at the 15th annual Smithsonian Photo Contest.

 Farmers in Ninh Thuan are facing difficulties feeding and watering their sheep even though the dry season has just started.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Huy Viet has became the first Vietnamese blind person to complete the Ha Long Bay Half Marathon (21km).