Việt Nam News

Thanh Hoá hosted a record 3.8 million visitors in the first half of 2016

The Sài Gòn Railway Transport Company will add more luxury trains on the HCMC - Phan Thiết route in the south-central province of Bình Thuận and on the HCMC - Nha Trang City route in Khánh Hoà Province.

Activities featuring the traditional culture of ethnic families in the north central region will be organised at the Việt Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hà Nội for two days, starting next Monday.

Vĩnh Hy Bay, with its crystal clear blue water body, is critically acclaimed as the Hạ Long Bay of the Middle Part of Việt Nam.

The Observatory will host a three-night event featuring international and local musicians on June 23, 24 and 25.

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The full original version of Carmen will be staged by performers from Việt Nam, France, Thailand and Korea for two nights in HCM City next week.

Among the hundreds of tailor shops in the ancient town of Hội An, O-Thala is a new brand that was launched in December last year. The brand is the brainchild of an expat from Denmark, designer Louise Bach Mogensen.

The Musica Amore string quartet will play a night of chamber music titled Romance in Classic on Sunday, June 26 at 8pm at Heritage Space.

The Summer Tourism Festival 2016 kicked off yesterday in the central square of Quy Nhơn City in the central province of Bình Định.

An intimate live-show from the dreamy folk/rock/pop quintet Hanging Up the Moon, a mainstay of the great Singaporean music underground, will take place at Hanoi Rock City (HRC) on Sunday.

Exclusive interview with Howard Limbert, the leader of the British Cave Association expedition team which just discovered 57 new caves in Quảng Bình Province

While some children run back and forth through a large metal frame, some men gather by a small table, re-arranging two halves of a round metal object. A square wood pillar stands right in front of the entrance, urging people to touch it while passing by. 

On Wednesday, June 29, Kinergie Studio will host a workshop titled “Connect and Create with Contemporary Dance”.

Fifty-seven grottos have been discovered in the central province of Quảng Bình, home of Sơn Đoòng Cave, the world’s largest cave.

The award-winning documentary Công Binh-The Lost Fighters of Viet Nam, highlighting the history of Vietnamese peasants conscripted for  France during World War II, has been shown in Hà Nội.

Ka Đơn Church in Đơn Dương District in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng has come in second place at the 6^th International Prize for Sacred Architecture.

On the occasion of Việt Nam Journalism Day, June 21, Viêt Nam News talks to Đỗ Doãn Hoàng, one of the country’s most prolific investigative journalists.