Author J. K. Rowling on Monday marked the "wonderful" two decades since her Harry Potter creation first hit the shelves, starting a global literary phenomenon which has inspired a generation.

A surfing memoir already hailed as a classic won the inaugural Prix America Monday for the best book published in or about the US.

The “Blue Silk of Việt Nam,” as the central province of Khánh Hoà is sometimes referred to, lives up to this description effortlessly, with its sparkling beaches.

French director Oliver Lorelle’s Ciel Rouge (Red Sky), which is set in Việt Nam during the early years of the Indochina War and shot entirely in the country’s northern mountainous areas, will premiere in Hà Nội on Wednesday and in HCM City on Thursday.

Vietnamese model Nguyễn Minh Tú, 24, has officially been named one of the three finalists in Asia’s Next Top Model 2017.

Vietnamese pop singer Tim (Trần Nguyên Cát Vũ) won first prize at the 27th Asia Model Awards, held at Seoul, South Korea late last week.

Huế residents voiced their anger after the tomb of a king’s wife was razed during construction of a parking lot near the mausoleums of emperors Tự Đức and Đồng Khánh.

The central province’s Culture, Sports and Tourism department has introduced eight new destinations in promoting tourism service in the province this year.

Young painter Phạm Hồng Minh is doing his best to prepare for his first live painting performance in HCM City in July.