Saudi Arabia's first cinema in over three decades will open on April 18 in Riyadh, authorities said on Wednesday, after a ban was lifted last year as part of a far-reaching liberalisation drive.

Lusk was a former vice president with the American marketing agency Cramer-Krasselt and digital marketing lead at Microsoft Việt Nam. Now he runs his own marketing agency called Clickable Vietnam but his first love has always been to travel.

A festival of traditional then singing, featuring art troupes from 16 provinces and cities in the country, will be held in the mountainous province of Hà Giang on May 13-14.

A play featuring 50 artists of two leading theatres in Hà Nội and HCM City will be staged later this month to celebrate 100 years of cải lương (reformed opera).

The central city of Đà Nẵng’s culture department has received two donated stone sculptures – Sea Wave by Norway’s Oyvin Storbaekken, and Mother’s Milk by Vietnamese Phạm Hồng – to install on the Hàn River bank and Mỹ Khê beach.

Sanskrit inscriptions on stone slabs at the Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Quảng Nam province, will be translated into Vietnamese and English, as part of a joint project between Vietnamese and Indian scientists.

The British Council in Việt Nam has launched a new project to preserve Vietnamese cultural heritage in music and film.

Nguyễn Hữu Thông from Việt Nam won the grand prize in the 2017 Smithsonian Photo Contest for his photo, Breakfast at the Weekly Market, announced Smithsonian.com.

Pop star Demi Lovato has caused a sensation among her fans through a sensual, in-concert makeout session with fellow singer Kehlani.