At exactly 5pm on January 6, four ships transporting the necessities for Tết (Lunar New Year festival) preparations arrived to greet residents and soldiers at Trường Sa (Spratly) Islands, about 248 sea miles from Cam Ranh City in the central province of Khánh Hòa.

Artist Nguyễn Thu Thủy hosted a visit and talk at the Mirror House in Thống Nhất Park, Hà Nội, on January 15 with many international guests who are members of the Friends of Vietnamese Heritage group (FVH).

A documentary film about Asian openbill storks eating snails won the Green Việt Nam Award at the sixth National Environmental Festival Film, the organisers said this morning in Hà Nội.

Tea has been an essential part of Vietnamese life for thousands of years. It is believed that the refreshing beverage not only calms the mind, but also helps ward off a number of common diseases.

One of the reasons tourists return to Cù Lao Chàm (Chàm Islands), a group of eight small islands off  Hội An City, is its tour guides.

Veteran musician and writer Vũ Đức Sao Biển’s latest book, Ơi Cái Tuổi Trăng Tròn  (Hello Teenage), was released in HCM City last week. 

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has signed a decision to establish the Phia Oắc-Phia Đén National Park in the northern province of Cao Bằng.

Many people around or after their fifties complain about knee pain that occurs apparently without reason and it is described as an uncomfortable sensation that comes and goes but not bad enough to visit a doctor.

More than 10,000 people are expected to attend a music festival aimed at connecting all people, despite the age or interests, in Hà Nội on January 20.