HCM City’s coastal district of Cần Giờ is focused on exploiting its tourism potential, which includes eco-tourism, homestay tourism, leisure tourism and tree planting tours to mangrove forests, according to the chairman of its People’s Committee.

The award-winning Notos Quartet will play works by Mozart, Schubert, and Brahms under the direction of Trần Thị Nguyệt Sa at the third Đà Nẵng Chamber Music Festival on August 15.

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The values of meritocracy, multiracialism, integrity and incorruptibility guide Singapore’s growth, Ambassador Catherine Wong says in a message on the occasion of the nation’s National Day.

On the sidelines of the recently concluded Graduate Fashion Week that featured 21 collections by students of the Hà Nội-based London College for Design & Fashion (LCDF), Lê Hương spoke with UK-based educational consultant Douglas G.M MacLennan, who has worked with the college for many years.

Some 100 young traditional artists are performing at the National Traditional Art Talent Competition taking place in central province of Thanh Hóa. 

The War Remnants Museum in HCM City’s new showroom called White Doves Carry Peace contains paintings on the theme of peace, offering a place for children and victims of Agent Orange to take part in cultural exchange activities.

The newly released book Thuyền Không Bến Đỗ (A Ship without a Destination) features Vietnamese-American musician Lam Phuong’s 110 works, mostly romantic songs written in the 1960s and 70s.

Five Vietnamese cities will light up in red, blue and yellow tonight, symbolising Asean, as part of celebrations to mark Asean’s 50 Founding Anniversary.