Visitors to London's Regents Park this summer will be met with the unusual sight of a giant penguin and a dancing hare as part of an annual sculpture fair.

Legendary designer and bibliophile Karl Lagerfeld made a pitch for immortality Tuesday by setting his very Parisian Chanel haute couture show in front of the Academie Francaise.

A woman wraps herself in a mask and protective clothing to deal with the extreme hot weather while walking along Tôn Đức Thắng Street in Hà Nội. Hanoians have struggled with scorching heat in the capital city over the past few days with temperatures of around 40 degrees Celsius. The heat wave is forecast to continue until the end of this week, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. — VNS Photo Trương Vị

From the mountainous northern province of Sơn La, Vì Thị Thu Trang won the first prize at Craft and Design Challenge launched by British Council. Trang is a member of the Thai ethnic group who earned a degree in architecture at Hà Nội Open College in 2014. She has researched Thai brocades and the Mông people’s beeswax patterns using indigo blue die since 2015.

Overseas visitors stayed in HCM City for 5.2 days on average in 2017, with foreign tourists on holidays spending four days, according to a recent survey jointly conducted by the city’s Department of Tourism and the Statistics Office.

Designs by Vietnamese architects have been shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival (WAF).

On the occasion of the 242nd anniversary of US independence, Ambassador Daniel Kritenbrink reviews a journey of his nation.

Diplomats from embassies and consulates in Việt Nam, together with hundreds of international guests, gathered to enjoy the Ký Ức Hội An (Hội An Memories) show in the ancient tourist town in Quảng Nam Province last Friday night.

Sheryl Crow says she is finished with recording albums and will put out one final full-length record next year with an all-star list of collaborators.