Việt Nam News

A private museum in the southern coastal city of Vũng Tàu featuring 2,500 ancient weapons collected from around the globe recently re-opened after a four-year shutdown.

The number of international visitors to Việt Nam in April is estimated to reach 789,484 arrivals, down 3.8 per cent over last month and up 11.9 per cent year-on-year, according to the General Department of Statistics.

IDECAF Stage and Hồng Hạc Stage, two of HCM City’s leading private drama troupes, are preparing to stage new plays aimed at young audiences this summer. 

From Hà Nội to Tam Cốc, Overnight by Motorbike.

A concert to promote the new action movie Truy Sát (Tracer) will take place in Hà Nội gathering actors and actresses participating to the film and many pop singers.

As many as 200 objects and historic photos are on display at the Hồ Chí Minh Museum in downtown Hà Nội featuring Hồ Chí Minh and Viet Nam’s first National Asembly elections.

A Vietnamese film on childhood titled Tôi Thấy Hoa Vàng Trên Cỏ Xanh (I See Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass) has won Best Film at the TFF Kids International Film Festival 2016.

Israel’s well-known Halleluya Dance Group and Polish MM3 will perform at the opening ceremony of the Huế Festival 2016 on Friday after their performances in Hà Nội.

The Heart Beat will present DJ and music producer Shifted, aka Guy Brewer, from the UK at The Observatory on May 6. This will be his debut performance in Asia.

Bretons in Vietnam to host Celtic music fest

Tomorrow, Hanoi Cinematheque will present a screening of the classic production of Jacques Offenbach, The Tales of Hoffman, an opera often categorised as an “opera fantastique” because it contains elements of the surreal and supernatural. 

An international kite festival will be kicked off on Saturday at Ecopark – a new urban residential area in Hưng Yên Province, about 13km from Hà Nội centre.

The French Cultural Centre in Huế will host a launch event for the photo book Hue –The City of Cyring Stones by Philippe Bouler and Sébastien Laval at  3 p.m. tomorrow.

A child works at an incense manufacturing factory in Khoái Châu District of the northern Hưng Yên Province. According to the International Labour Organisation, 100 million children work in dangerous and poisonous environments every year, 30 per cent of whom are in Mekong sub-region countries. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh

A music band from Denmark will attend the Huế Festival – the largest biennial festival in Việt Nam on May 2 & 3.

The tour staged non-profit performances, provided health care services and encouraged people in the remote and mountainous areas to study. Lý spoke about the tour, which was held across 17 provinces and cities.

Some 17 works of seven best young architects are displayed at the first Sài Gòn Architects Exhibition which is being organised at the HCM City Architecture University up to May 5.

Streets and parks in HCM City will be alive with festivities in celebration of 41^st anniversary of the country’s Reunification Day (April 30) and Labour Day (May 1).