Việt Nam News

A play titled Vịt Trời Trúng Độc (Poisoned Wild Duck) was performed at the Opera House in the northern city of Hải Phòng last night. The play is based on Norwegian Henrik Ibsen’s The Wild Duck from 1884 and is a combination of actors and marionettes.

The first volume of War Memoirs by French President Charles de Gaulle was recently published in Vietnamese.

On Saturday evening, seven giant lotus flowers floating on the central Hương River in Huế were lit up to inaugurate a cultural week celebrating Buddha’s 2560th birthday.

Hùng Kings Temple dedicated to ancestors of Vietnamese people will be built on Trường Sa (Spratlys) Archipelago next year.

Vietnamese readers, particularly youth, will have more opportunities this summer to learn more about the country’s history after the release of new books.

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Đờn ca tài tử (southern folk music) bands from 11 provinces in the Southeastern region of the Mekong greater basin gathered in Bình Dương Province at an event on May 15 to prepare for a festival to be held next year.

A national contest for young choreographers will be held in mid June in the southern city of Cần Thơ to promote young artists.

An Bàng Seaside Village, a home-stay complex in An Bàng beach of Hội An city, has received the ASEAN Homestays 2016 award from the Việt Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

Làng Sen Festival 2016, which will celebrate late President Hồ Chí Minh’s 126^th birthday, will officially kick off tomorrow in Vinh City and Kim Liên Commune with a variety of activities.

Dozens of ancient traditional long dresses, part of the private collection of a Vietnamese living in Germany, will be exhibited at the Huế Culture Museum this month.

The exhibition entitled "The Meeting Point" opens until June 5 in Hà Nội

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Artists and the public are still talking about Việt Nam Feature Film Studio (VFS), the country's largest State-owned film studio, which held its initial public offering in mid-April.

A novel by German author Karin Kalisa about expatriate Vietnamese was released in Vietnamese recently in Hà Nội.

Although they have different backgrounds, four female performers of the Giao Thời (Transition) band have all faced challenges and worked hard to make a strong impression on the country’s music scene

Paintings portraying lotus are on display to celebrate President Hồ Chí Minh's birthday.