The pearl crown which will be awarded to Miss Ocean Vietnam 2017 is worth VND3.2 billion (US$140,000), according to the organizing committee of the pageant.

 Hanoi International Queer Film Festival (HIQFF) 2017 will be held at the August Theater in Hanoi from April 3-7.

 The ‘Fourth Vietnam Book Day 2017’ programme will take place at Thong Nhat park, Hanoi from April 6 to 10, opening a series of activities in response to Vietnam Book Day (April 21).

 Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia on Thursday received the 2016 Prince Claus Awards from the Embassy of the Netherlands.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vogue recently released an article featuring outstanding design collections of Asian designers at Tokyo Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2017, including ‘Em Hoa’ by Vietnamese designer Cong Tri.

 The preparation for the death anniversary of the Hung Kings and the 2017 Hung Kings Temple Festival in the northern province of Phu Tho has been completed, said the organising board.

 L’Espace will present a screening of Il eùtait une foreât (Once upon a Forest) on April 7 and 9.

 K-pop singers from Girls’ Generation (SNSD) band, one of the most popular groups in South Korea, will join the NCT127 boy band onstage at the free Going Together concert at My Dinh National Stadium on April 1.

 Tomorrow, the Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH) will host a cultural lecture on the theme ”Female Heroes in Viet Nam”.

Located along banks of the Red River, the ancient villages in Long Bien District, Hanoi still maintain their traditional rituals and games.

 A photo of Mu Cang Chai terraced rice fields by a Vietnamese photographer has secured third prize in the Sony World Photography Awards 2017 which was competed by 220,000 photographers from across the world.

Dozens of singers and musicians will perform the works of late songwriter Trinh Cong Son at a free outdoor concert to be held on HCM City’s Book Pedestrian Street on Friday night.  

 The country’s greatest roller coaster, Queen Cobra will be launched at Asia Park in the central coastal city of Da Nang on April 1.

 Professor Ha Dinh Duc said he totally approves of the idea to install a huge turtle statue at Hoan Kiem Lake.

 The trailer of the upcoming television series Living with Mother-in-law, which was released on March 21, has attracted a record-breaking 7.3 million views on its Facebook fan page.

 Some 1,000 tons of harvested sugarcane in Ninh Hoa Town in Khanh Hoa Province remains unused on the field after an environmental incident at Khanh Hoa sugar refinery two weeks ago, Nguoi Lao Dong reports.

 Pianists will gather at a Passionato concert which the Saigon Classical Music Group will hold on March 31 at the Southern Women’s Museum in District 3, HCMC.

 Winner of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2016 Nguyen Thi Ngoc Chau is now in Seoul for the Seoul Fashion Week from March 27 to April 1.

 Best songs taken from blockbuster movies will be performed in a concert at HCM City Opera House on April 8-9.

 Hundreds of photos and items on Hung King worshipping rituals and over 500 antiquities from the era of the Hung Kings to the 19th century are on display at Hung Vuong Museum in Viet Tri city, the northern province of Phu Tho.