With its karst topography and poetic peaks, the northwestern province of Bắc Kạn offers travelers majestic landscapes and exciting discoveries. One of them is Hua Mạ Cave in Quảng Khê Commune, a hidden gem of impressive stalactites and mysterious legends.

A phở (noodle served with beef or chicken) shop in a small alley in Ha Noi’s old quarter. – VNS Photo Thái Hà

A new production by Việt Nam Television (VTV) Film Centre and Ryukyu Ashahi Broadcasting Corporation will be aired on VTV channel 1 on Sunday.

A ceremony to set up a cây nêu (New Year’s tree) on the 23rd of the last lunar month (January 20) will kick off a series of activities discovering Vietnamese traditional Tết (Lunar New Year festival) at the Việt Nam Museum of Ethnology.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Weeknd and the Pixies will play the inaugural Paris edition of Lollapalooza as the longstanding US alternative culture festival expands.

Britain's prestigious Tate institution, which runs four of the country's best known art galleries, announced on Tuesday it would have its first female director with the appointment of Maria Balshaw.

British conductor Simon Rattle on Tuesday called for a new concert hall in London to make the city more competitive on the international music scene, as he takes up his baton at the London Symphony Orchestra.

Various traditional customs of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year will be featured this Sunday, January 22, at So Village’s communal house on the western outskirts of Hà Nội.

A newly-launched artbook entitled 5 Mùa (Five Seasons) features more than 100 paintings selected from entries to an online painting contest held recently by the Kim Đồng Publishing House. Contest organisers receive nearly 490 paintings from 296 artists, including amateurs and professionals in Việt Nam and from abroad. Artist Khoa Lê, one of the contest jurors and organisers, speaks about the contest and potential of the artbook.