The director the new Hollywood blockbuster Kong: Skull Island, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, has been officially appointed as Việt Nam’s Tourism Ambassador in the 2017-2020 tenure by Việt Nam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism at a ceremony yesterday.

The latest releases of Kim Đồng, Women and Youth Publishing House will be introduced to readers at Spring Book Festival 2017 at Việt Nam’s Women Museum on March 15.

There will be 200 booths featuring delicacies from Việt Nam and other countries at the International Food Fest 2017, to be held in Hà Nội from April 7 to 9.

The Ban Flower Festival and the fifth Culture - Sport - Tourism Festival opened in the northern province of Điện Biên on March 12 with a range of activities.

The Foreign Ministry's Culture and UNESCO Department has encouraged Vietnamese artists to present their works to Việt Nam’s embassies and consulate generals worldwide.

In the box office battle of the beasts, King Kong easily conquered Wolverine.

“I love, I share” is the theme chosen to honour the French language through a film festival, concerts and writing contests for International Francophone Day, which falls on March 20.

A mixture of lanterns, traditional music performances, songs and dances by Vietnamese and Korean artists lit up Korean Cultural Day in the ancient city of Hoi An over the weekend.

More than 1,000 voluntary students and two ambassadors of the Earth Hour 2017 campaign last Saturday rode bicycles on several streets in the HCM City’s centre to call on residents to switch off lights and unnecessary electric appliances to save energy.