Israeli archaeologists announced Sunday they have uncovered a rare site dating back some half a million years – just next to a modern highway and only several metres underground.

The 12^th International Gastronomy Festival in HCM City showcasing special local and international dishes will be held from January 11-14 at Lê Văn Tám Park in the city’s District 1.

The stamps, featuring the image of a dog with folk imprints, were designed by painter Phạm Hà Hải,who won the competition Folk Material in Lunar New Year Stamp held by the ministry in 2017.

French singer France Gall, who shot to fame in the 1960s with a series of hits and a sexually suggestive song about lollipops written by Serge Gainsbourg, died Sunday aged 70, her spokeswoman announced.

The typical Hanoian winter, cold and rainy, makes it an ideal environment for many seasonal diseases like influenza. But other so-called childhood diseases like mumps and measles also have a tendency to flare up during this season. 2017 has seen a drastic increase in measles cases in Vietnam. Although measles affects mostly children, non-vaccinated adults are equally as vulnerable and prone.

Movie star and producer Ngô Thanh Vân launched her new film projects on Vietnamese myths and folk stories this week in HCM City.

Old houses in Tân Tịch Hamlet, Cao Lãnh City, in the southern province of Đồng Tháp, are being decorated in a colourful manner as part of the Australia-Việt Nam Mural Village art project, which is being conducted within the area.

An exhibition displaying 37 art photos promoting the values and diversity of Vietnamese people and culture by renowned French photographer Réhahn opened last Saturday in HCM City.

A woman from the Ê đê ethnic minority was crowned Miss Universe Việt Nam 2017 after the final round of the beauty pageant was held yesterday evening in Nha Trang, in the central province of Khánh Hòa.