Vietnam is gifted with rich and diversified natural landscape. But it’s only when the movie I See Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass hit the screen that movie fans were amazed how beautiful the Phu Yen peaceful countryside is.

 The New Rice celebration is a time-honored tradition of ethnic groups in the Truong Son range.

  A museum is a place to preserve and uphold a country’s cultural and historical heritage. In recent years, the Vietnamese government has paid closer attention to using museums to improve people’s spiritual and cultural life and attract more visitors.

 A Classical and Contemporary music concert featuring the TANA Strings Quartet will take place at L’Espace in Hanoi on April 13.

 A selection of noteworthy artistic and cultural events in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

 Luu Hong Quang, together with his mentor, People’s Artist Dang Thai Son, is the pride of Vietnam’s classical music sector, as he has earned a lot of the world’s musical prizes.

 The Australian Embassy and Consul-General in Vietnam are hosting the second annual Taste of Australia promotion during the month of April 2017. 

 Foodies will have chance to satisfy their taste with over 1,000 dishes at the Food Fest 2017, an international gastronomy and cultural event scheduled to take place in Hanoi from April 6 to 8.

 Vietnam photographer Tran Minh Dung has been named winner in the National Awards category of the Sony World Photography Awards 2017 with his photo of Mu Cang Chai terraced rice fields.

Following are a collection of photos from Hanoi Mardi Gras sponsored by the embassy of Australia in Vietnam on March 24 for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex community.

 The village banyan tree, water well, and communal house yard have long been icons of the Vietnamese village.

 A painting exhibition, the Meet of March, will feature 50 paintings by 10 local artists in celebration of the 42nd anniversary of central Da Nang city’s Liberation Day (March 29).

 Rehann Croquevielle  is one of the most renowned portrait photographers worldwide. Leaving behind his hectic life in France, the photographer has chosen Vietnam as his second home over the past 10 years. 

 The second National “Don Ca Tai Tu” Festival will be held in the southern province of Binh Duong from April 8-12.

 The 2017 ASEAN Film Festival was launched at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 27 in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of ASEAN.

 The Chon Auction House has emerged as a destination for foreign tycoons and rich Vietnamese people who want to invest in local arts, a trend expected to grow in future.

 The second Young Photography Festival has just launched in Hanoi. 

 Vietnam attended the Francophone festival held in Yebles commune, Seine et Marne province, in the outskirts of Paris, on March 25-26.

 Three foreign film projects in Vietnam have been approved by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism this year.

 The 2017 Phan Chau Trinh Culture and Education Award was presented to Vietnamese-French Professor Cao Huy Thuan at a ceremony in HCM City on March 24 night.