Việt Nam News

Bị bẫy (Trapped), an exhibition spotlighting the impact of humans on Nature, was launched yesterday at Hà Nội Creative City (HNCC) in Hai Bà Trưng District.

Actor Paul Blackthorne arrived in Hà Nội to promote his campaign to help protect rhinos from poaching.

Australian indigenous people are telling their stories through paintings on display for the first time in Việt Nam.

The trail starting from Hồ Chí Minh Highway led my companions and I deep into the forest. The atmosphere started to change within the first few steps. Standing beneath the shade of the dense forest foliage or upon the huge rocks along the spring, despite the harsh sun and arid wind blowing through, we still felt cool and comfortable as if we gotten lost in a foreign land.

 The Cái Răng Floating Market, one of the largest floating markets in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta, is a must-see destination in Cần Thơ City as it reflects the delta’s colourful river life.

The Tương Bình Hiệp lacquer village in the southeastern province of Bình Dương is an attractive tourism destinations as its lacquer products are famous nationwide and exported to many countries, including Germany, France, Canada and Japan.

Summer tours are expected to be busy this year as travel firms have launched several promotions, including tours priced 15-40 per cent lower than the previous summer.

The Quảng Ninh Province People’s Committee has approved two new tourism routes that include beautiful mountains, forests and historical, cultural and revolutionary heritage sites in Hoàng Bồ District.

The Bà Chúa Xứ Festival, a national intangible cultural heritage held in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang, will take place at Bà Chúa Xứ Temple in Châu Đốc Town on May 29 – June 2.

Vietnamese water puppets are being introduced for the first time to the world, and it’s not by Vietnamese artists.

The Goethe Institute will welcome spring with a recital this year.

Azerbaijan and Việt Nam share several cultural similarities despite the distance which separates the two countries, said participants at the recent conference entitled The Parallels of Azerbaijani and Vietnamese Cultures.

Do you need to be back in Hà Nội and ready for work, refreshed on Monday morning? A weekend trip to Mai Châu may be the perfect getaway.

A new book on the late President Hồ Chí Minh was released today in HCM City to celebrate the president’s 126^th birthday on May 19.

After 30 years of working abroad, Nguyễn Ái Quốc (the pseudonym of President Hồ Chí Minh) returned to Việt Nam in January 1941. He led the revolutionary movement from the front and gained independence for the Vietnamese people.

 House No 48 on Hàng Ngang Street in Hà Nội, where President Hồ Chí Minh wrote the Declaration of Independence that gavebirth to the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam on September 2, 1945, has been listed among the nation’s special historical and cultural sites.

Two major photo exhibitions opened in HCM City on Tuesday to celebrate the 126^th birthday of former President Hồ Chí Minh.

The HCM City Ballet and Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will grace the city with a concert to celebrate the 126^th  birthday of President Hồ Chí Minh, May 19.