An exhibition, featuring 38 photos inspired by daily life in Việt Nam, will be held in HCM City on April 7. 

Two new stamps have been issued in France to celebrate the 45th anniversary (April 12, 1973 - April 12, 2018) of diplomatic ties between Việt Nam and France.

Elephants used their trunks to shower floral-clad Thais with water on Wednesday in a street fight celebrating the kingdom's traditional new year, a raucous festival known as Songkran that will bring revellers out for a nationwide water battle this week.

Two dinosaur skeletons marketed as hip design objects – one of a diplodocus, the other of an allosaurus – sold for more than 1.4 million euros (US$1.7 million) apiece at auction in Paris on Wednesday.

 Xăng Khan, a traditional festival of the Thái ethnic group, where herbalists pay tribute to gods and ancestors who taught them to cure ailments, will be part of an  event to celebrate the Việt Nam Ethnic Groups’ Cultural Day on April 19.

For Will Frith, born in the US to an American father and Vietnamese mother, a visit to Việt Nam in 2004 ignited a passion for coffee that would change his life.

The historical play Thái Hậu Dương Vân Nga (Queen Mother Dương Vân Nga) by famous scriptwriters Hoa Phượng and Chi Lăng will be restaged in a new version to celebrate 100 years of cải lương (reformed opera).

Book lovers of all ages will flock to Thống Nhất Park, Hà Nội, to celebrate Việt Nam Book Day 2018 on April 21.

The Russian Centre of Science and Culture will celebrate International Day of Human Space Flight and International Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics tomorrow in Hà Nội with a free entry event.