Việt Nam News

Carnival Cruise Line has announced that it will resume limited operations from Florida and Texas on August 1 after halting cruises because of the coronavirus pandemic which left some passengers trapped on its ships for weeks.

Singer Trọng Tấn is one of the nation’s top male vocalists, a leading singer of revolution-themed songs and a lecturer at the Việt Nam Academy of Music. The COVID-19 pandemic hasn't stopped him launching a charity fund called Tình Nghệ Sĩ (Love from Artists) to engage more artists nationwide in social works. He talks to Minh Thu about the plan.

Museums in Việt Nam will hold various activities to celebrate International Museum Day on May 18, following plans by the International Council of Museums (ICOM), according to a document recently issued by the Department of Cultural Heritage.

Walking by overseas Vietnamese musician Trí Nguyễn has won in the World Beat category at the 18th Independent Music Awards (IMA).

Most would-be tourists are likely to choose domestic and nearby destinations after the COVID-19 pandemic due to concerns over safety and financial constraints, travel experts have said.

Thái Bình is commonly known for its immense rolling fields, but a tastier treat it is home to is the bánh cáy, or cáy cakes, made of sticky rice, sugar, gấc (gardenia fruit), sesame seeds, carrots, mandarin peel and lard.

The suspension of all art performances due to the COVID-19 pandemic has caused vast losses to theatres across the country and has forced cultural authorities to set up measures to help them get out of the situation.

Vietnamese Trần Tuấn Việt picked up the top prize of US$1,000 for his image of Cầu Vàng (Golden Bridge) in an online photo contest.

Việt Nam has with the Covid-19 response shown an impressive determination to proactively protect community health through early detection and testing, contact tracing, quarantine, closure of schools and social distancing. What if this determination could also be applied for other public health challenges in Việt Nam?

A TV show featuring famous theatre actors and their daily activities during Covid-19 has been released on the HCM City Television.  

Kà Tum, in Khmer language means “pomegranate” or "wrapped inside", is a kind of dumpling wrapped by leaves of thốt nốt (Asian palmyra palm) that looks like pomegranate fruit.