Việt Nam News

The second week-long Hội An International Food Festival will take place from March 20 with the participation of 12 international chefs showcasing their countries’culinary specialties made with herbs and ingredients from Hội An.

The three main regions of Việt Nam are characterized by different climate and soil conditions that result in different traditions and customs, and some of these have to do with which traditional dishes are favoured and how they are prepared when Tết, the Lunar New Year, is celebrated.

Though veteran artists are still shining, 2016 was the year that saw several young talents in movie and theatre emerge from  working hard to make their mark on the domestic entertainment industry. These performers have made fans and critics stand up and take notice.

Professor-composer Ca Lê Thuần, who helped develop classical music in the country, passed away last Friday (January 20) at Thống Nhất Hospital in HCM City after a period of time of being treated at the hospital for a stroke.

Already popular for its beautiful terraced rice fields, a district in mountainous Yen Bai province hopes to expand the tourist season with yellow canola blooms,  Đinh Hữu Dư reports

A fashion show to highlight áo dài (Vietnamese traditional dress) will open the Áo Dài Festival 2017 on HCM City’s Nguyễn Huệ Pedestrian Street in District 1 on March 3.

This year children will have a chance to discover traditional Tết paintings at Văn (Literature) Lake, part of Văn Miếu – Quốc Tử Giám (Temple of Literature – First National University) relics in Hà Nội.

A project to preserve hát bội (classical drama) and bài chòi (a traditional game combining folklore singing and lottery picks) has been approved by the Bình Định Province’s People Committee in an aim to attract tourists and preserve traditional theatre by 2020.

Huế Monuments Conservation Centre yesterday erected a nêu pole in the former Imperial Citadel following a re-enactment of a ceremony conducted by high-ranking mandarins under the Nguyễn dynasty (1802-1945).

Students officers from Army Officer College No. 1 and members of the Youth Union of the Việt Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism make traditional chưng cakes for the poor in Sơn Tây provincial town, Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Hà

Painting exhibitions and demonstrations of traditional Tết celebrations are among activities being held in celebration of Tết, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, at heritage sites in Hà Nội's Old Quarter.

Local and foreign hand-made and organic food growers and suppliers will join the second Evergreen Farmer’s Market at the city’s Dragon Bridge Square on Trần Hưng Đạo street on January 22nd.

More than 200 golfers from Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, China, Korea and Việt Nam will compete in the JG Golf Championship Đà Nẵng 2017 on March 25-26.

Cameraman Lý Thái Dũng of Vietnamese film Cha Cõng Con (Father and Son) won Best Cinematography at the Barcelona Planet Film Festival.

With its karst topography and poetic peaks, the northwestern province of Bắc Kạn offers travelers majestic landscapes and exciting discoveries. One of them is Hua Mạ Cave in Quảng Khê Commune, a hidden gem of impressive stalactites and mysterious legends.

A phở (noodle served with beef or chicken) shop in a small alley in Ha Noi’s old quarter. – VNS Photo Thái Hà