Beating other talented contestants, Hồ Văn Cường from the southern Tiền Giang Province has won the first season of Vietnam Idol Kids 2016.

 Excellent song, circus acts, magic, dance and martial arts were performed by street artists on Saturday in a gala evening held at September 23 Park in HCM City’s District 1.

Việt Nam’s most in-vogue songstress, Hồ Ngọc Hà, will appear on July 29 before an audience in Hà Nội with a series of ballads.

A new project has been launched to teach Vietnamese ethnic minority children how to protect themselves against sexual harassment and assault by strangers in such tourist hotspots as Sa Pa.

A woman from the Mông ethnic group on her way home at Lũng Cú Peak, in northern Hà Giang Province’s Đồng Văn District. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh

Recent rains have eased droughts affecting biological diversity at two protected sites: the Láng Sen Wetland Reserve and Tràm Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta provinces of Long An and Đồng Tháp. 

The Uống Có Trách Nhiệm (7 Film Fest – Responsible Drinking) contest is accepting films from Vietnamese aged 18 and over in the categories of directing and screenplay writing.

The country’s northwest region has been chosen as the theme of National Tourism Year 2017.

Amanda Huỳnh, a Vietnamese lawyer working in France, sold three of her 40 paintings on Thursday for US$9,000, half of which will be contributed to poor students through her Amanda Foundation.