An exhibition displaying old photos and documents relating to the fight of the Vietnamese people against French-Spanish coalition forces in Đà Nẵng in 1858-60 opened at the Nghĩa Trủng Hòa Vang (the Hòa Vang Martyrs Cemetery) in Cẩm Lệ district on August 29.

Malaysia will celebrate its 61st National Day on August 31. Ambassador Dato Mohd Zamruni Khalid shares a message with Việt Nam News readers on the occasion.

A ceremony was held to receive 80 memorabilia including souvenirs, paintings and documents donated to Hồ Chí Minh Museum in Hà Nội for public exhibition.

The statue of Polish archaeologist and architect Kazimierz Kwiatkowski, known as ‘Kazik’ (1944-1997), who significantly contributed to the preservation of many Việt Nam heritages, has been presented to Relics Preservation Institute, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Elder Nguyễn Bá Đạm won the Grand Prize for his books on Hà Nội at the 11th Bùi Xuân Phái Awards ceremony held yesterday at Vietnam News Agency.

The People’s Committee of Long An Province expects to welcome 1.3 million tourists this year, up 24 per cent over last year.

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.