A photo exhibition of the best images from the Shakespeare Lives in Photography competition opened yesterday in Hanoi.

The dress symbolizing the flame performed by Vietnam's Lan Khue at the Miss World 2015 pageant has been voted as the most beautiful night gown at international beauty pageants in 2015 by the Global Beauties judges.

 Nominations for the Devotion (Cong Hien) Music Awards 2016 were announced by the The Thao & Van Hoa (Sport and Culture) Newspaper on March 24.

 The Prime Minister has approved the largest-ever restoration project of Hue imperial citadel costing VND1, 274 billion (US$57 million), announced the People’s Committee of Thua Thien-Hue Province on March 21.

 Six Flags Entertainment has announced to open amusement and water parks in Vietnam.

 The nomination paper for Xoan singing to be recognised as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity must be submitted to UNESCO before March 31.

 Painter Vu Kim Thu from Hanoi introduced Vietnam’s fine arts and her own work at a kickoff event for the Vietnam culture week in Pretoria, South Africa on March 22.

 Artist Y Wang living in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, often called “the storyteller of legendary nights”, will bring a night like this to Hanoi on March 25.

 Located beside West Lake, ThonArt (Village Art) centre was founded on March 12 by a group of traditional arts lovers with their enthusiasm, aspirations and passions and it is expected to be the home of many kinds of traditional arts.

 VietNamNet Bridge - The Cherry Blossom Festival took place this weekend in Hanoi to celebrate mutual understanding and friendship between the two countries.

 About 100 woodblocks and paintings created by painter Tran Nguyen Dan will be displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Hanoi from March 21 to 27.

 Hundreds young people in ao dais have participated in a Ao Dai Cycling Event in HCM City to promote tourism and the ao dai as casual clothing.

Four of the globe’s top DJs – Sick Individuals, Joey Dale, Julian Calor, and Manse – are set to perform on March 25-26 in Hanoi under contract from the Dutch recording label Revealed Recordings.

 Young talented dancers will gather on March 30 for a performance at the Hanoi's Cultural Palace which is expected to draw thousands of spectators, according to choreographer Tuyet Minh.

VietNamNet Bridge – Surpassing 230,100 entries, the photo featuring lanterns in the Huong River in the ancient capital city of Hue, Vietnam reached the final of the Sony international photo contest 2016.

 Director Nguyen Hoang Diep, who won three awards at the Fribourg International Film Festival last year, has become a jury member for the event this year.

  Some 20 art troupes from 15 countries worldwide will attend the 9 th Hue Festival which takes place in central Thua Thien-Hue province from April 29 to May 4.

The International Hot Air Balloon Festival 2016 will be organized in Thua Thien-Hue in May with the participation of pilots and balloonists from many countries around the world.

 Vietnamese director Nguyen Phuong Anh’s movie The Third Wife has just won the Non-Hong Kong Project Award at the Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF).

 Various Japanese bands and artists will perform in the Cherry Blossom Festival this weekend to celebrate the mutual understanding and friendship between the two countries.