Drake, the Toronto rapper whose latest album Views has topped this year's charts, followed his success Monday with a film set to the music.

French and Vietnamese experts met recently in Cần Thơ to discuss how to better preserve the cultural heritage of Việt Nam, particularly in the central province of Thừa Thiên – Huế.

Lotus flowers and seeds (hoa sen) have played a vital role in Vietnamese life, cuisine and national identity for centuries. All parts of the lotus flower are utilized to create Vietnamese specialty dishes with specific characteristics and distinctive flavours.

Nearly 800 chèo (traditional opera) artists from traditional troupes nationwide are performing at the Chèo National Festival 2016 in the northern province of Ninh Bình.

A huge new exhibition about Tintin creator Herge does not shy away from showing how the cartoonist pined to be taken seriously as an artist nor his shame at his passivity during the Nazi occupation of Belgium.

Ngô Minh Hiếu, a farmer in Thường Phước 2 Commune, Hồng Ngư District in the southern province of Đồng Tháp, catches fish on the Tiền River to feed his family. – VNA/VNS Photo Mạnh Linh

Hà Tĩnh Province’s People’s Committee has received the certificate recognising Phúc Giang School’s woodblocks as a UNESCO Documentary Heritage by Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific.

The Disability Research and Capacity Development Centre in HCM City last Saturday launched a contest for students to design and upgrade public facilities to make them more usable for people with disabilities.

Well-known French photographer Réhahn Croquevielle’s photos featuring the beauty of Việt Nam are on display in France.