Colombians in the city of Itagui hauled mattresses and hammocks into the streets Sunday to mark the annual "World Laziness Day", a quirky effort to urge overstressed workers to slow down.

Some 400 Viking objects were stolen from a Norwegian museum at some time over the weekend of August 11-13, the museum’s director said on Sunday, describing the loss as "immeasurable".

A run of sold-out performances at the Hanoi Opera House this month, featuring award-winning plays and the capital’s leading actors, have experts hoping for a revival of Việt Nam’s theatrical heritage.

Thousands of local and foreign tourists flocked to Bùi Viện Walking Street in the popular backpacker area of HCM City’s District 1 as it officially welcomed walkers at its grand opening last night.

As many as 50 artworks of Vietnamese established late painter Lưu Công Nhân will be on display in an exhibition from August 26 - September 25 entitled Nét (Stroke), taken placed at Vincom Centre for Contemporary Art (VCCA).

Dozens of quan họ (love duets) artistes in Bắc Ninh Province – cradle of the traditional art form – are coming together every Saturday night to entertain audiences in a very special performance. Instead of performing in the yard of a communal house yard, which is the typical venue, the singers perform on boats on the Nguyên Phi Ỷ Lan Lake in Bắc Ninh City.

Do you have painful bowel movements? Do you feel tenderness and pain down the “valley” when you are comfortably sitting in front of your computer and this pain won’t go away? Do you wake up in the middle of the night with itching and pain, a literal pain in the ass?

An exhibition titled “The Peace Movement in Japan Supporting Việt Nam during Wartime (1954 – 1975) and the Friendship between Việt Nam and Japan” opened at the HCM City War Remnants Museum yesterday (August 20).

Various photos portraying the importance of breastfeeding are on display at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum, Hà Nội, to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week.