The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the fashion industry, driving many garment makers to lay off workers with fashion shows and new lookbooks cancelled and almost everyone going online.

Though the closure of borders across the world forced him to return home on March 18, his short time in Việt Nam to visit the Vietnamese girlfriend he met in Cuba made a big impression.

A video of an Mông ethnic elderly women in the northern province of Hà Giang crying as she was forced to sell her beloved dog to make ends meet has recently gone viral on Facebook and moved many viewers to tears.

Israeli researchers on Tuesday unveiled mysterious underground rooms with an unknown function, carved out of the bedrock near where the Second Jewish Temple is believed to have stood two millennia ago.

Musicians in HCM City are working on a new music show and offering it for free online.

Private theatres in HCM City will reopen next week with new comedy productions, two months after the social distancing period.

Actress Hồng Diễm won the Golden Kite for her performance in television series Hoa Hồng Trên Ngực Trái (Rose on Left Chest) last week.

Local artists have started to exchange ideas via online platforms such as Chợ Kịch (chokich.vn) in an effort to build a hub or “bank” of knowledge for stage performances in HCM City.