Việt Nam News

Travel products including hotel bookings, tour and packages will be auctioned for the first time in Việt Nam with the aim to bring more benefits for customers and boost the local travel market.

Nearly 30 talented classical music artists from Việt Nam and the US will gather to present the beauty of Baroque music -- a style of European classical music from the years 1600 to 1750 -- during the Viet Nam Connection Music Festival.

Three Russian classical novels have been translated into Vietnamese as a part of a project of translation of Russian literature books’ into Vietnamese and vice versa.

A collection of 49 outstanding paintings by Vietnamese contemporary artists are on display in an exhibition at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

More and more young Vietnamese people are interested in street photography, Vuong Bach Lien reports.

Sải Cánh Của Hoang Dã (Wings of the Wild), a photo exhibition by two Vietnamese photographers, Andy Nguyễn and Đặng Mỹ Hạnh, of their journeys into the world of wildlife will be held from August 4 to 7.

Top Vietnamese and foreign singers will spark the central city of Đà Nẵng during Cocofest on August 26-27.

Dozens of TV music shows are attracting millions of viewers who like watching music at home for free instead of going out for live shows.

A new book highlighting the sports and printed press history of HCM City was launched yesterday.

An exhibition on Japanese culture exchange entitled Ichigo Ichie 2016 (The journey of the Sun) will be held at Hà Nội – Amsterdam highschool, 1 Hoàng Minh Giám Street, Cầu Giấy District, on July 23.

An exhibition entitled Nói trong bóng tối (Speaking in the Dark) by two artists Trương Hồng Ân and Ngô Ngọc Hương will take place at Nhà Sàn Collective, Lương Yên Street, Hai Bà Trưng District on July 24.

Hà Nội authorities approved a plan to construct a new hotel in September at 22-32 Lê Thái Tổ Street, formerly home to the two-storey supermarket Intimex. The approval, however, has raised eyebrows among architectural specialists.

The ancient city of Hội An will expand the area for walking streets to Hoàng Diệu and Hội An market – outside of the old quarter – in an effort to create more space for tourists and ease the crowding of tourists in old quarters.

Potted bougainvillea vendors on a street in Hà Nội. -- VNS Photo Việt Thanh

Besides the lighthouse, the night market and the endless golden sandy beaches, a museum that houses a unique collection of arms from around the world has become an increasingly favourite destination among those visiting the coastal Vũng Tàu City in central Việt Nam.

Museum officials, artists and experts announced after attending a private meeting on Tuesday (Jul 19) that 17 paintings of  collector Vũ Xuân Chung displayed at the recent exhibition Paintings Returned from Europe at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum appeared to be inauthentic and signed by artists who had not painted the works. 

One of the most anticipated EDM (Electronic Dance Music) festivals of the summer will be held on July 23 at Hà Nội Creative City, the arts and entertainment complex located at 1 Lương Yên Street, Hai Bà Trưng District.

A boat-shaped tomb made from a tree trunk dating back to the 13th century has just been discovered at a construction site in a mountainous area in the central province of Hà Tĩnh.