On April 22 thousands of young Hanoians gathered for the third annual Color Me Run-a Vietnam’s most amazing and colorful race at at Vinhomes Riverside Ecological Urban Area.

 Over 130 photos featuring the beauty of landscapes and daily life across the country are being displayed at an art photo festival held in Hanoi from April 20 to 25.

 Performances of hot-air balloons will be organized from April 27 to the opening ceremony of the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2017 on April 30.

 Vietnam has a rich treasure of traditional musical instruments, of which bamboo instruments are the oldest.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The movie “Ice and the Sky” (La Glace et le Ciel) (France, 2013, 113’) by director Bertrand Tavernier will be screened at the L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi and April 28. 

 The temple management board has prepared 100 sets of clothes to lend to tourists who wear short skirts or unsuitable clothes. 

 Two students from Hanoi on Thursday won the Taste of Australia culinary competition after beating three other teams at the final of the first nationwide culinary contest.

 Hue Monuments Conservation Centre, on April 22, kicked off a promotion programme, "Golden Tourism Week at Hue Heritage Site", phase 1 (April 22-28) at various relics under the Hue Heritage Site system.

 The former Imperial Palace in Hue will be lit up every night thanks to a light system installed by the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre, the local government body that manages the monuments.

 The Chu-ru are one of several indigenous groups living in Vietnam’s Central Highlands.

 On the evenings of April 26-27 aficionados of the music of Franz Peter Schubert will be able to hear the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra all-stars play his chamber music masterworks at L’Espace.

 Designer Xuan Thu will introduce her latest collection inspired by traditional lacquer art at a fashion show at the National Museum of Vietnamese History on April 23.

 Street dance fans will have a chance to see impressive moves by dancers from Asian countries at the Viet Nam Youth Theatre on April 22 and 23.

“Tuong” (classical drama) is considered a “specialty” of Tho Ha village, Van Ha commune, Viet Yen district, northern Bac Giang province.

A group of artists, Nguyen Phuong Quyen, Tran Thi Suong and Nguyen Ngoc Giang Thanh won the first prize at the 4th HCM City Biennale Art Exhibition for their art work titled "Alluvial Eyes".

 Dozens of paintings featuring the rhino have been made on many streets in HCM City which aims to raise awareness in protecting the endangered animal.

 Nearly 100 Vietnamese movies and documentaries will be screened from April 25 to May 23 to celebrate Liberation and National Reunification Day, Labour Day, Dien Bien Phu Victory Day, and late President Ho Chi Minh’s birthday.

 Greek-born Swedish DJ Steve Angello, a member of Swedish House Mafia, will perform at Ravolution Music Festival in Ho Chi Minh City on May 12-13.

 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).