Việt Nam News

Beautiful images of Việt Nam’s world heritages are being introduced to the South Korean people at an exhibition at Yoondang Arts Hall in Seoul.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has recently given the nod for excavation at an archaeological site in the northern province of Phú Thọ.

Sài Gòn Philharmonic Orchestra will stage a special concert to celebrate the anniversary of HCM City Music Conservatory’s 60^th birthday in HCM City this weekend.

The Goethe Institute will screen popular fairytales Sleeping Beauty and The Bremen Town Musicians which are based on the Grimm brothers’ stories.

 The HCM City will host its annual Southern Fruit Festival at Suối Tiên Tourist Park in District 9 from June 1-9.

Đỗ Bích Thúy is a popular name in literature circles with 16 works, including the story Tiếng Đàn Môi Sau Bờ Rào Đá (Jew’s Harp Sound behind a Rocky Fence). The story was adapted into a movie, which won several international and domestic awards.

A concert titled “Canada and Việt Nam in Harmony” featuring artists from the two countries will take place on Thursday.

Farming Kindergarten, designed by Võ Trọng Nghĩa Architecture Company, has been listed as one of the top 30 architectural designs in terms of aesthetics.

The second Vietnamese opera will debut on Thursday at the Hà Nội Opera House marking a milestone for Vietnamese opera art. The first one debuted some 40 years ago.

Various Vietnamese films will be screened at CGV cinemas until May 31, aiming to promote the national film industry.

French pianist Jean-Louis Haguenauer of Indiana University (US) will stage a chamber concert at the French Institute in HCM City on Thursday, accompanied by four Vietnamese musicians from the Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO).

A woman and her children from the Mông ethnic group go to harvest cassava in Mường Pồn Commune, Điện Biên District of northern Điện Biên Province. - VNS Photo Đoàn Tùng

Often critisised as lack of professional procedure, the artists and art dealers in the country are trying to make art autions more professional. The first art auction in Việt Nam with five art works will take place in Hà Nội on May 28.

Vietnamese epic poem Lục Vân Tiên (The Story of Lục Vân Tiên) has been launched for the first time in three languages -- Vietnamese, English and French.

Việt Nam and the US have made several efforts to strengthen friendship through cultural exchanges but it isn’t enough for mutual understanding, according the president of the Việt Nam-US Association.

There are more than one million people of the Mường group throughout Việt Nam’s north and central regions. They reside in valleys along of Đà River in the north and Mã and Bưởi rivers in central province of Thanh Hóa. The Mường people possess a rich folk literature and arts of folk lullabies, legends, epics and gongs.

Vietnamese researcher Thái Kim Lan is showcasing old, rare áo dài in her collection at an exhibition and installation which opened Wednesday evening in Huế.

Việt Nam has gained two more UNESCO world heritage items following a consensus at the 7th Memory of the World Committee for Asia and Pacific summit.