Beyonce is set to voice Simba's childhood friend turned love interest Nala in the live-action remake of Disney's The Lion King, the singer and studio announced Wednesday.

The cấp sắc (maturity ritual) of the Dao ethnic group may be recognised by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage.

More than 200 titles of books featuring Russia and its people are on display at the HCM City Book Street on Nguyễn Văn Bình Street in District 1 as  part of Russian Culture Week launched by the city government Monday.

Rap superstar Kanye West is back nearly a year after suffering a breakdown – making a brief musical appearance in which he appears to keep his feud with Taylor Swift alive.

Amsterdam will enforce a new ban on ’beer-bikes’ this week after years of complaints by locals about rowdy tourists getting drunk and disorderly while pedalling along its famous canals.

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Female archaeologist Nguyễn Thị Hậu, deputy general secretary of the Việt Nam History Association, introduced her latest book on urbanisation and heritage preservation in HCM City last week.  

An art space has been launched on the east side of the Rồng (Dragon) bridge in Trần Hưng Đạo Street as part of the city’s street-art programme in hosting the 2017 Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Summit on November 5-11.

The capital city’s People’s Committee will host the Tourism Promotion Festival on November 3-5, at Lý Thái Tổ Park beside Sword Lake.