The Secretariat of the Communist Party’s Central Committee has turned down a request by the HCM City People’s Committee to hold a fireworks show to celebrate the 42^nd Reunification Day (April 30) and Labour Day (May 1), according to the city’s Department of Culture and Sports.

Cẩm Kim Commune on the town’s outskirts is near, yet another world. Separated from the old town by the Thu Bồn River, this peaceful village can be reached by boat or a ten-minute bike ride.

An exhibition of 700 artefacts related to Vietnamese currency opened yesterday (April 27) at the HCM City Museum of History.

R&J Italian Lounge & Restaurant, an Italian fine dining restaurant in HCM City’s District 1, has welcomed a new chef in its newly renovated space and the jazz singer LaDee Streeter.

A group of Indian and Vietnamese archaeologists discovered an ancient road underground and some vestiges at the Mỹ Sơn sanctuary in central Quảng Nam Province while undertaking excavation and repair work since mid April.

 Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning director of The Silence of the Lambs whose four-decade career spanned a staggering array of work from romantic comedy and rock music to hard-hitting documentaries, died on Wednesday. He was 73.

Kayakers from 30 teams will race in the annual Đà Nẵng Kayak Open Race from 8am to 10am on April 30.

The Japan-Việt Nam Friendship Association of Japan’s Kawasaki City donated more than 210 bicycles to poor students yesterday, the organisation’s annual charitable donation to Việt Nam.