Việt Nam News

Bách Hoa Bộ Hành, or the 'Parade of a Hundred Flowers', is a cherished annual year-end event in Việt Nam.

The nominations for the coveted British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) 2025 are finally out.

The northern province of Quảng Ninh, home to UNESCO-recognised Hạ Long Bay, is expected to welcome 11 luxury cruise ships with nearly 16,000 international visitors in the first month of 2025.

The HCM City Theatre Association offered 400 Tết (Lunar New Year) gifts to poor artists and their families last weekend.

The Vietnamese traditional Tết holiday (Lunar New Year), the biggest and most important festival, is fast approaching.

Spring is all around and Tết is FAST approaching, which can be seen ALL around Hà Nội. Peach blossom and kumquat trees in Nhật Tân and Tứ Liên are ready to decorate homes. The bonsai is important to Vietnamese Lunar New Year the same as pine trees to Westerners at Christmas. Let’s enjoy the spring atmosphere in the gardens!

This year's flower season is being hailed as one of the most beautiful in recent memory, abounding with large blossoms.

The capital city of Hà Nội has made British magazine Time Out list of the world’s 50 best cities in 2025 for its stunning culture and history coupled with brilliant food.

The exhibition, entitled Đảng Cộng Sản Việt Nam - Những Mốc Son Lịch Sử (The Communist Party of Việt Nam – Brilliant Milestones), provides an overview of the founding of the Communist Party of Việt Nam and the 13 Party Congresses, with many valuable documents and artefacts.

One of Pakistan’s most iconic singers, Atif Aslam, has decided it’s time to give back to young artists with a new music programme called Borderless World.

UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Culture Ernesto Renato Ottone Ramirez has shared his interest in Việt Nam’s heritage nomination and conservation dossiers and his readiness to provide assistance at a recent meeting with Ambassador Nguyễn Thị Vân Anh, Việt Nam’s Permanent Representative to UNESCO.

For about a week now, the unexpected early bloom of cherry blossoms has drawn a large number of visitors to enjoy a pre-Tết (Lunar New Year) spring experience in Đà Lạt City in Lâm Đồng, even though there are still two weeks until the Lunar New Year of 2025.

Rotavirus infections are particularly common during this season, and many children are affected by gastroenteritis due to this virus.

The two trains -- one leaving from Hà Nội heading to HCM City, and the other going in the opposite direction -- depart for the first time on Lunar New Year's Eve.

The three cars -- a Pobeda, a Peugeot 404,and the ZIS 115 -- were used by President Hồ Chí Minh over 15 years. They were officially named national treasures for their historical importance.

Many local and international visitors took part in a parade around Hà Nội's Old Quarter in traditional Vietnamese clothes on the opening day of the Tết Việt Tết Phố 2025 (Vietnamese Tết Street Tết) on Sunday.

In Việt Nam, flowers are not just decorative; they hold deep cultural significance during the Lunar New Year season, symbolising prosperity, luck, and new beginnings.

Since the start of 2025, the port has welcomed four cruise ships with nearly 6,000 passengers, primarily from Europe and the US.