Fans paid their respects en masse Tuesday to US music icon and "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin, whose body lay in a golden casket while dressed in a red dress and matching stilettos in Detroit.

Though they face each other across the Ô Lâu River, the old village of Hội Kỳ in Quảng Trị Province has had very different fortunes from its sister village Phước Tích in Thừa Thiên-Huế Province.

It has been nearly seven years since Vietnamese filmmakers started talking about establishing the Cinema Support Fund at the 17th Việt Nam National Film Festival in 2011 in the central province of Phú Yên. Although a proposal for the fund was submitted to the Government and it has been discussed many times over the years, it still has not been launched.

The Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu Province Sea Festival kicked off on Tuesday night at Vũng Tàu City.

A new exhibition of 78 thủy mặc (ink and wash) watercolour paintings by 40 Chinese-Vietnamese artists has opened at the HCM City Fine Arts Association.

The National Cải Lương (reformed opera) Festival 2018 will open on Wednesday in Long An Province.

Paris-based Vietnamese model and fashion show producer Jessica Minh Anh will celebrate the seventh iteration of the Catwalk on Water fashion show on September 4.

A photo exhibition featuring 70 photos of bird species will open at the Furama Đà Nẵng resort in celebration of Viet Nam’s National Day from September 1-3.

In Vietnamese cuisine, there are many creative ways of preserving food, including fermenting, using salt and smoking. But there is one method which is not only helpful in preservation but can create a natural flavour for the food, and that is drying it under the sun.