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.

 The fourth HCM City Biennale Art Exhibition for Young Artists will be held at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum next month.

Covering 4,000sq.m in a new residential area in HCM City’s District 2, Snow Town is becoming a popular venue for a different kind of entertainment.

  The first runner of Miss Vietnam 2015 Nguyen Tran Huyen My has announced on her Facebook fan page that she has been selected to represent Vietnam at Miss Grand International 2017 pageant.

Phu Tho on March 28 opened an exhibition to introduce documents and items related to the UNESCO-recognised intangible cultural heritage of Phu Tho’s Xoan singing, as part of activities to celebrate the Hung Kings’ Temple Festival 2017.

 A concert to mark the 25th anniversary of Vietnam – the Republic of Korea (RoK) diplomatic relations will take place on April 1 at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi.

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.