Việt Nam News

Hà Nội Museum has recently added a special item to its collection: a wooden replica of Mông Phụ Village Gate, one of the unique architectural structures in the ancient village of Đường Lâm on the outskirt of Hà Nội.

Fun Beach Festival, one of the country’s biggest music and camping festivals, will be held in Vũng Tàu on April 29 and 30.

Eleven international and local DJs will perform at the Ravolution Music Festival 2017 in District 2 on May 12-13.

South Korean pianist Kim Jee Hee will present a piano recital at the HCM City Conservatory of Music on April 22.

Amazin LêThi, a former professional bodybuilder with a global career spanning over 20 years, has shifted her focus to community work, hoping to "give back" some of what she got over the years from her native and adopted countries and communities.

Playback theatre is a type of improvisation theatre in which the audience tells stories and watches them performed on stage. The first playback theatre show organised by Life Art nearly six years ago – and probably the first in Hà Nội – enthralled audiences.

The Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH) will present the FVH Film Night on April 20.

On April 18, at 6pm, L’Espace will host a book launch for Voyage en Europe – Foire de Marseille, exposition internationale à Paris (Journey to Europe – Marseille Fair, International Exhibition in Paris) by Nguyễn Công Tiễu, a Vietnamese scientist specialising in agricultural research before 1945.

Tomorrow, the Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH) will host a cultural lecture on the theme ”Female Heroes in Việt Nam”.

L’Espace will present a screening of Il eùtait une foreât (Once upon a Forest) on April 7 and 9.

What started out as a gesture of good will has become Richard Hughes’ passion and destiny as he knocks on doors and crosses oceans in search of justice for Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange.

Hanoi Social Club – one of the most intimate live music venues in Hà Nội – on Saturday will bring audiences the fresh sounds of Chris Wilson, an Irish singer and songwriter from Swords County in Dublin.

You are invited to the exhibition SLAMthơ – Poetic Labyrinth, which will open 6pm Thursday at L’Espace.

From 7pm to 9pm tonight, Tranquil will host the 5th episode of its Xóa series – a  poetry reading series to shape fresh experiences of language--entitled Musicality of Poetry.

In February, I finally realised the dream that I had nurtured for several years: travel in Việt Nam and discover the country of my maternal grandfather.

The Friends of Vietnam Heritage will host a photo exhibition and lecture by photographic artist Colonel Trần Hồng from his collection of photos taken during time spent with General Võ Nguyên Giáp.

The International Comedy Festival will be held in HCM City on March 20, 21 and 22 with three shows at different venues.

The Tokyo-based band VM5 will host a music show at Yoko Café on March 26 as part of the VM5 Asia Tour 2017.