Bảo Hiên cake was also considered bánh tiến (cake to offer the King) and became famous nation-wide.  In the 1990s the cake won the first national gold medal at the Giảng Võ Exhibition Fair in Hà Nội, for its aroma and excellent quality.

Minh Lộc, a former photojournalist with Việt Nam News Agency, is celebrating the 42nd anniversary of Liberation Day with a showcase of his photos of Vietnamese soldiers and citizens who took part in the resistance war.

The studio where film Kong: Skull Island was shot in Ninh Bình Province is being restored and will open to tourists this Saturday, April 15. 

Hải Phòng-based Mai Văn Phấn has become the second poet from Việt Nam to be honoured with the prestigious Cikada Prize.

A concert, titled Tôi Đi Tìm Tôi (I Seek Myself), to commemorate the 16th death anniversary of Vietnamese legendary musician Trịnh Công Sơn will be held at Soul Convention Complex on April 14-15.

Alley No 50 on Hàng Bạc Street in Hà Nội dons bright colours, courtesy Scott Matt, a 23-year-old American who wants the small alley make a difference. Anyone who passes through the alley should feel satisfied, he says. Scott hopes that the alley will soon become as famous as other tourism hotspots like the Hoàn Kiếm (Sword) Lake and  Tạ Hiện Street. – VNS Photo Trần Công Đạt

Musicians from Việt Nam National Symphony and Orchestra (VNSO) and artists from WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne and Japan will perform a concert to celebrate VNSO’s 100th show on April 14.

US cable network Showtime said on Sunday it is to release Risk, a documentary from Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras about controversial WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Veteran actress Ruta Lee paid tribute to screen icon Debbie Reynolds on Sunday, praising her lifelong friend for a showing a brave face to the world despite her private anguish.