Rice for the poor

A proposal to build a statue of a turtle beside Sword Lake, located in the heart of the capital city, was submitted to the Hà Nội People’s Committee earlier this week.

Bả trạo singing has been passed down for generations in the fishing villages of Núi Thành District, in the central province of Quảng Nam.

The fourth Vietnam Book Day 2017 will take place from April 6-10 at Tống Nhất Park in Hà Nội, introducing 40,000 book titles of various genres to readers.

HCM City’s tourism industry will strengthen co-operation with official agencies, district administrations and various industry stakeholders to improve tourism promotion and marketing, city officials have said.

Việt Nam Writers’Association will present posthumously Devotion Awards to Vietnamese literary works that have not received either awards from the association, the Alliance of Arts and Literature Associations or national arts and literature awards since the beginning of this year.

Vietnamese architect Võ Trọng Nghĩa on Thursday received the 2016 Prince Claus Awards from the Embassy of the Netherlands.

The first works by Nobel laureates following the prize inevitably draw extra attention. For Bob Dylan, his release is as unorthodox as his selection for literature’s top award.

It is still four months away but excitement was building for Game of Thrones Thursday as the latest trailer for the seventh season brought together three main characters.