Villagers in Thẳm Phẩng Village in Mường Ảng District of Điện Biên Province are celebrating Tết during one of the coldest winters in the mountain region.

Many local and international artists will gather for a world-class lights show featuring traditional and contemporary music scheduled for New Year’s Eve 2018 on Nguyễn Huệ Pedestrian Street in downtown HCM City.

Phó Đức Chính (1907-30), a leader of Yên Bái Revolution (1930), asked the headsman to let him lie on his back so that he could see the blade fall. It’s reportedly that he shouted “long live Việt Nam before the blade fell.

The arts exhibition “La sourire de la mutation” (The Smile of Mutation) featuring French, Belgian and Vietnamese artists has opened at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

Statues of traditional sacred animals guarding the gates of temples, pagodas and relics are gradually replacing fiercer looking animals designed in China, but made in Viet Nam.

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HCM City will see a sharp increase in MICE (meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions) tourists in 2018, according to the local Department of Tourism.

 Travellers to the Mekong Delta should visit Trà Sư cajuput forest in An Giang Province to enjoy its beautiful landscapes and serenity.

To mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with South Korea, the ambassador of the republic in Việt Nam, Lee Hyuk, sends a message to Việt Nam News readers.