A boat goes fishing on the Thung Nai River in the northern province of Hòa Bình. Locals  have the habit of getting up at 3am to fish. They are able to catch 10-20kg of fish each trip, and this is sold at VNĐ4,000-5,000 (US$0.17-0.22) per kilogramme. — VNS Photo Thái Hà

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Cần Thơ is striving to promote community tourism at Cồn Sơn Islet in Bình Thủy District.

Singing sensation Hà Anh Tuấn will perform at the “New York – City of Dreams” concert for overseas Vietnamese in New York on August 19.

Two stones – which were found at a construction site in Quảng Ngãi City last week – were identified relic from a collapsed complex of Chăm Towers in the area.

Russia on Thursday approved the cinema release of a racy film about Tsar Nicholas II's affair with a ballerina, despite protests from opponents and even threats of arson attacks.

Female directors who have worked on TV shows like American Horror Story and Scandal say quotas are necessary to obtain more gender and racial diversity in Hollywood. 

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Among the thousands of pagodas in Việt Nam, Cổ Lễ Pagoda in the northeastern province of Nam Dinh stands out. For centuries, inhabitants have cited three strange aspects of the edifice: its architectural mix of occident and orient, its bell, and its courageous monks and nuns who joined armies to fight against invaders. 

Local people and researchers now have chance to find out more about Việt Nam’s communal house in a new book by the Relic Conservation Institute, released on Wednesday.