Filmmaker Đặng Nhật Minh is among nine Hà Nội residents to receive the title of outstanding citizens 2016 from Hà Nội City. Minh is a virtuoso artist of the Vietnamese film industry. Born in central Huế in 1938, he was initially headed for a career in medicine, following his father -- noted physician Đặng Văn Ngữ. He has, so far, directed eight movies, including Bao Giờ Cho Đến Tháng Mười (When the Tenth Month Comes) in 1984. In 2008, CNN called this movie "one of the greatest Asian films of all time." Ngọc Nguyễn interviews him, full story in Công an Nhân Dân, People's Police, newspaper.

Xôi (sticky rice) is a common food made from sticky glutinous rice steamed or cooked. It’s prevalent at opulent restaurants, rustic booths on pavements and baskets of vendors sitting at small corners.

A talk show celebrating the year of Henryk Sienkiewicz was held on November 14 to commemorate the great novelist of Poland. In Việt Nam, there are more than one hundred Polish literature works of classic and modern genre translated in Vietnamese. 

The Japanese master of animation is thought to be preparing his 12th feature film, three years after announcing his retirement.

Hard rock chart-toppers Aerosmith on Monday announced a "farewell" tour for 2017, although they stopped short of saying the shows will be their last.

An unpublished sketchbook of Vincent Van Gogh's will be presented in Paris, ahead of the release in several countries of a new book displaying the works.

Ok Om Bok Festival, also called the Festival of Worshipping the Moon, took place in the Ao Ba Om (Ba Om Pond) relic site in the southern province of Trà Vinh.

On occasion of the King’s Day in Belgium on Tuesday (November 15), Việt Nam News presents an article written by Belgium Ambassador to Việt Nam, Jehanne Roccas.

The ’supermoon’ seen from Hà Nội yesterday. The event is the closest the moon has come to Earth in almost seven decades and is the closest it will come to the planet until 2034. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Đức