A photo capturing a woman respectfully burning an incense and praying for whale’s soul taken by Nguyễn Việt Thanh received Grand Prize from a photo contest of the US Mission Vietnam.

Vietnamese and Korean pianists and vocalists will host two concerts in the HCM City this week at the Conservatory of Music and the Opera House.

More than 300,000 books and 3,000 office and school supplies as well as child’s toys worth VNĐ5 billion (US$220,000) are for sale at discounts of 20-50 per cent at the HCM City Books Distribution (Fahasa) Fair that began on Friday.

The last living musician of the Nguyễn Dynasty (1802-1945), Lữ Hữu Thi, died of old age in his home in Huế on Thursday. He was 106.

As many as seven first, 17 second and 25 third prizes were awarded yesterday to fine art works by students from 22 art and culture institutions throughout the country.

Popular painter Nguyễn Thu Thủy is representing Việt Nam at the Berlin Art Week, which is being held between September 13 and 18.

Travel firms that organize inbound tours for US nationals are concerned about the recent changes in visa fees. 

The two surviving Beatles took to the blue carpet on Thursday for the London screening of a new documentary, with the film's archive footage described as "very emotional" by Paul McCartney.

Marc Jacobs, the creme de la creme of American designers, brought New York Fashion Week to a glittering finale Thursday, delivering a must-see show starring multi-colored dreadlocks and towering platform boots.