We were desperately searching for a respite from the scorching hot weather that the capital city experienced a week or so ago when a friend suggested the Rooftop.

Series of cultural performances through out a week of the 6^th Quảng Nam Heritage Festival showed off the precious values of the central province, and impressively introduced  traditional lifestyle and heritages to domestic and international visitors. 

All deputies and participants signed the Hội An Declaration on Urban Heritage Conservation and Development 2017 at the International Conference on Urban Heritage in Hội An on Wednesday.

Could the very existence of croissants in France be in danger? Bakers warned Tuesday that a vertiginous rise in the price of butter was slashing their profit margins and threatening an entire industry.

New York on Tuesday renamed a Manhattan street corner after Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor, Nobel peace laureate and humanitarian who died last year. The southwest corner of 84th Street and Central Park West on the Upper West Side was permanently renamed "Elie Wiesel Way" at a ceremony attended by city officials under the baking heat of an early summer heatwave.

Poor marketing, brand promotion and dull design were blamed as major obstructions for silk trade of Việt Nam expanding to worldwide.

A Lự woman in Tam Đường District, Lai Châu province listens to radio news. For ethnic minorities in poor remote areas, radio is the main medium used to learn of State and Party policies. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh

French singer and songwriter Joyce Jonathan held three live charity concerts in Việt Nam last week to raise funds for street children through the Poussières de Vie (Dust of Life) organisation. Laureate of the prestigious NRJ Music Awards 2011 in the category Francophone Breakthrough of the year, the 27-year-old singer and songwriter talks with Vương Bạch Liên before her concert in Hà Nội.

The first HCM City Piano Competition kicked off last night with the participation of about 200 contestants. The competition is hosted by HCM City Music Talent Training Conservatory, and it is open to all young professional and amateur pianists from six to 24 years until June 18.