Việt Nam News

Beating other talented contestants, Hồ Văn Cường from the southern Tiền Giang Province has won the first season of Vietnam Idol Kids 2016.

 Excellent song, circus acts, magic, dance and martial arts were performed by street artists on Saturday in a gala evening held at September 23 Park in HCM City’s District 1.

Việt Nam’s most in-vogue songstress, Hồ Ngọc Hà, will appear on July 29 before an audience in Hà Nội with a series of ballads.

A new project has been launched to teach Vietnamese ethnic minority children how to protect themselves against sexual harassment and assault by strangers in such tourist hotspots as Sa Pa.

A woman from the Mông ethnic group on her way home at Lũng Cú Peak, in northern Hà Giang Province’s Đồng Văn District. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh

Recent rains have eased droughts affecting biological diversity at two protected sites: the Láng Sen Wetland Reserve and Tràm Chim National Park in the Mekong Delta provinces of Long An and Đồng Tháp. 

The Uống Có Trách Nhiệm (7 Film Fest – Responsible Drinking) contest is accepting films from Vietnamese aged 18 and over in the categories of directing and screenplay writing.

The country’s northwest region has been chosen as the theme of National Tourism Year 2017.

Amanda Huỳnh, a Vietnamese lawyer working in France, sold three of her 40 paintings on Thursday for US$9,000, half of which will be contributed to poor students through her Amanda Foundation.  
 

Côn Đảo has recently been ranked number four in the top 10 best places to travel in Asia list of 2016 by Lonely Planet Magazine.

As many as 38 scientists throughout the country analysed issues concerning the ecology, history and folk culture of people living in the coastal region and on islands - to promote sea tourism and to confirm Việt Nam’s sovereignty over its territory and waters - at a workshop held yesterday in the central city of Quảng Ngãi.

Farmers in Bình An Commune, Lâm Bình District, in the northern province of Tuyên Quang, happily harvest their bumper crop from the spring rice season. – An entry for the photo contest Khoảnh khắc vàng (Golden Moment) by Vietnam News Agency (khoanhkhacvang.vnanet.vn) by Hà Thế Đô

About 1,000 artists from several Southeast Asian countries will perform at a festival in Đông Hà City in the central Quảng Trị Province from July 18 to 25.

Goasean, the first ASEAN travel channel, has suggested five Vietnamese dishes to try when travelling to HCM City.

Shy young children often hide their faces with their hands when they meet new people. They refuse to talk to strangers and run away when unknown people try to photograph them. Their parents are also reserved. But if you are kind to them and are really interested in their lives, they open their hearts to you.

Mẫu Sơn Summer Tourism Festival was organised by the Lạng Sơn Province Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on July 9, with thousands of people and tourists attending.

The Việt Nam Museum of Ethnology in Hà Nội has received the Việt Nam’s Leading Tourist Destinations Award for the second time from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The 17m long and 4m wide wooden bridge is a big tourist attraction in the ancient city of Huế. It is an arch bridge with both sides being protected by railings with balconies. The bridge spans an irrigation canal extending from the entrance of the village to its end.