Việt Nam News

Nguyễn Thị Lệ Nam Em will represent Việt Nam at Miss Earth 2016 which will be held in the Philippines in October.

A solo oil on canvas exhibition entitled Hiện Thực Qua Đôi Mắt (Reality through the Eyes) of young artist Nguyễn Đinh Duy Quyền will be held at the Việt Nam Fine Arts Museum on August 5.

French director Regis Wargnier and actress Catherine Deneuve of Indochine — which won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film — will attend the 4^th Hà Nội International Film Festival (HANIFF), festival organisers said.

Professional and amateur singers of vọng cổ (nostalgic tunes), a traditional genre of southern music, have been invited to take part in an online contest. 

The Quảng Bình People’s Committee has approved a three-year pilot project for using electric vehicles to transport tourists on several main roads in Đồng Hới City from August 2016.

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Beautiful songs about Hà Nội’s autumn will be performed at the DIVA Việt Nam: Autumn Reunion­ concert that is held at Cultural Friendship Palace on August 13.

The perennial music composed for the animations of Japan’s Studio Ghibli will come to audiences at concerts held August 19 and 20 at the Rec Room venue.

Violinist Sindri Lederer from German, viola artist Juliet White-Smith from the US, cellist Zoe Martlew from England, Pianist Antonio Koster of German and Vietnamese Trio Brio will perform at Đà Nẵng Chamber Music 2016 at the Nguyễn Hiển Dĩnh Theatre on August 21^st.

Creative and trendy fashion designs by graduates from the Hà Nội-based London College for Design and Fashion Studies (LCDF) will be introduced next weekend at a fashion show and exhibition entitled "Limitless".

Nominations for the 2016 Golden Lotus Bud Awards were announced on Friday for three categories, including short films, teen films and documentaries.

An exhibition of handicrafts from four regions of that country has opened with the aim of showcasing the fineness, creativity and diversity of Thai art and culture.

Amateur Nguyễn Đức Kiên beat 13 other contestants in the 7-9 years-old category at the Thailand 6th Mozart International Piano Competition to win first prize.

The drama Dạ Cổ Hoài Lang (Night Drumbeats Cause Longing for Absent Husband), a production by talented scriptwriter Thanh Hoàng, will be restaged in a new version in the US next month.

Photo of the day

The touching Vietnamese folk song Người Ơi, Người Ở Đừng Về (My Darling, Please Don’t Leave) has been performed for the first time ever by a group of diplomats from the Canadian Embassy in Việt Nam and famous singer Tùng Dương.

About 10,000 fans will participate in the Fun Beach Festival, a music festival, at East Sea Park in Đà Nẵng from August 12 to 14.

A farmer dries vermicelli in the Quỳnh Hậu trade village in the central province of Nghệ An. The photo is an entry in the “Golden Moment” media photo competition launched by the Vietnam News Agency. – VNA/VNS Photo Trần Văn Yên