Việt Nam News

Phan Đăng Di becomes the first Vietnamese independent filmmaker to have film being shown commercially in France from April 20.

Thousands of people are visiting the Hùng Kings' Temple Complex in Việt Tri City,  Phú Thọ Province to pay tribute to the people’s ancestors, the Hùng kings, on their death anniversary. The festival official begins on the tenth day of the third lunar month, which falls on April 16 this year.

The first official tour to Cồn Cỏ Island in the central province of Quảng Trị will be launched on April 17 by local authorities and the Quảng Trị Trading Corporation.

Trịnh Vĩnh Trịnh, younger sister of the late great Trịnh Công Sơn, will sing at the annual memorial concert for the composer in HCM City next week.

Noted composer Nguyễn Ánh 9 died yesterday from a respiratory disorder and other diseases after a three-week stay at a local hospital. He was 76.

With the theme “Việt Nam – The paradise of sea and island tourism,” the VITM focused on introducing the tourism potential of the coastal provinces and offered many sea and island tourism products. Thousands of tourist packages, with discounts of up to 40 percent, will be offered at the event.

Some 100 reporters, music critics and columnists gathered on April 14 at the Vietnam News Agency in Hà Nội and its HCM City branch office to vote for the Music Devotion Awards.

Students of the Tân Lạc Junior Secondary School in the northern province of Hòa Bình leave school to return home after their class ends. – VNS Photo Đoàn Tùng

Long Biên Station will turn into stage for a contemporary art 

Street flower vendors in Hà Nội’s Old Quater. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh

Some mysterious paintings on a high cliff in central province of Thanh Hóa have drawn the attention of scientists.

A live music show and auction of handmade items made by handicapped people from Thương Thương Centre will be held on Sunday in Hà Nội’s Cầu Giấy District.

A fashion show for disabled women will be staged at 31 Nguyễn Thái Học Street in the ancient city of Hội An on Sunday.

A French film programme in Đà Nẵng will screen at Lê Độ Cinema, 46 Trần Phú Street, tomorrow.

An entertaining book was penned by a group of four longtime friends, stunning and accomplished French women, who share their wisdom of the salon, bistro and boudoir according to love, style, and bad habits.

Two French filmmakers have made short animated films on Vietnamese society.

A 20-photo collection called The Story of Hanoia Lacquer will show how craftsmen turn a wooden block into refined and sophisticated lacquer products, including tea boxes, vases and décor plate at the Ancient House 87 Mã Mây from Friday, April 15.

On Saturday, April 16, the Friends of Vietnam Heritage group will organise an excursion to Thành Chương’s Việt Palace, in Sóc Sơn suburban, about 30km from city’s centre.