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 41st anniversary of the country’s Reunification Day (April 30) and Labour Day (May 1).
A special mountain market by ethnic groups in the northern province of Điện Biên will be set up on the outskirts of Hà Nội.
Đặng Văn Chu and several other witnesses of the country’s transition from the subsidy economy during the renewal period offered objects from this period to the National Museum of Vietnamese History. The objects will be displayed in August to mark 30 years since the country started the renewal process.
Painter Nguyễn Quốc Dân said that portraying different human emotions is also a way to express his own sensations and viewpoint about life. The characteristic of these works is creating impressions through endless strokes, or “colour cords” in the painter’s words.
The city’s first Ornament Plant and Pet Festival is to take place from Wednesday to May 5 in Vinhomes Riverside ecological urban area in the Long Biên District.
Young songwriter-singer Vũ Cát Tường won her second consecutive award for favourite composer at this year's HCM City's Television (HTV) Awards.
Emerging singer-songwriter Sơn Tùng-MTP won Singer of the year award at the annual Music Devotion Awards by the Vietnam News Agency’s Sport & Culture daily on Sunday.
“My Name Is…”, a new music game show based on the format of Dutch-based media company Endemol International, will be broadcast on HCM City Television (HTV) early next month.
More than 100 documents and photos featuring the life of late veteran Vietnamese-French painter Lê Bá Đảng and his art are on display in Huế City.
Young people are encouraged to participate in a contest of finding hip-hop dancers for a show staged by the French-based art troupe Compagnie par Terre in HCM City early May.
More music shows on television began appearing about 10 years ago after Việt Nam Television (VTV) launched the annual show Bài Hát Việt (Vietnamese Song) featuring young singers and bands. The show attracted thousands despite the popularity of K-pop among youth.
Great interest has been expressed by Buddhists and archeologists, as a 2,000-year-old Buddhist book of palms is put on display in an exhibition in Huế.
Theatres that stage dramas in HCM City are facing unprecedented financial difficulties, while dramas aimed at adults are losing audiences, according to the director of the IDECAF Drama Theatre.
A monthly food festival will be organised for the first time this weekend at the Youth Culture House in HCM City by Diadiemanuong.com, a well-known social network that helps customers find suitable restaurants.
The Vietnam Writers’ Association and family members of late poet Ngân Giang recently celebrated the anniversary of her 100th birthday.
An exhibition showcasing maps and documents proving Việt Nam’s sovereignty over the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) and Trường Sa (Spratly) archipelagos opens today in this province’s Mỹ Tho City.
Residents of the An Vĩnh Commune on the island of Lý Sơn in central Quảng Ngãi Province held a festival to honour fallen sailors. The sailors who were the island natives gave their lives to safeguard the country’s maritime sovereignty over the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) and Trường Sa (Spratly) archipelagos.
Talented designer Nguyễn Công Trí’s latest collection, called Lúa (Rice), will open Việt Nam International Week 2016 at the Gem Centre in HCM City tonight.
