The Vietnamese revere lotus for its natural beauty, as well as for its nutritious and medicinal properties. Every part of the lotus can be used to cook nourishing dishes and to make herbal medicines to treat many ailments.
A 19-century Buddhist statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva with a thousand hands and a thousand eyes — a treasure of the Mễ Sở Pagoda in the northern province of Hưng Yên’s Mễ Sở Commune, Văn Giang District, was stolen on Saturday.
Fillipino-born vocalist Janice Phương has become the first foreigner to win Việt Nam Idol Singing Contest 2016 at the show’s finale, held at BHD Studio in District 9, HCM City on September 30.
Movie buffs will get the chance to watch the 1968 version of Romeo & Juliet at an event in Hà Nội and HCM City on October 8-29.
The 2016 Mễ Trì Sticky Rice Flake Culture Day is held today at 1 Đỗ Đức Dục Street, Nam Từ Liêm District, Hà Nội.
The exhibition displays entries selected from a photo-voice project in which the old people were given a camera to take photos of their lives.
On the occasion of the National Day of the Republic of Korea today, October 3, Việt Nam News presents an article written by the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, Lee Hyuk
Brace yourselves: flu season is on its way to Hanoi.
Leading vocalists of Việt Nam’s chamber music scene will present a concert featuring international and Vietnamese compositions at the HCM City Opera House on October 5.
The Traditional Craft Village Tourism Festival featuring two simulation space, several booths of craft villages, delicacies and music performance attracts both Vietnamese and international handicraft fans
More than 50,000 tourists and locals took part in the Grapes and Wine Festival in central province of Ninh Thuận, which will end today (Oct 1).
The second Tam Giác Mạch Flower Festival will be organsied in the northwest province of Hà Giang between October 14 and 16.
Disco band Boney M and Chris Norman, former lead singer of the Smokie band, will perform in Hà Nội tonight (October 1).
A book of memoirs entitled “A Silent Secret Agent” was launched by the HCM City Book Distribution JSC (Fahasa) on Friday.
The European "capital" of Brussels is going to get its own version of the Pompidou Centre, the contemporary art gallery in Paris that has become one of world's biggest cultural attractions.
A book week is being organised in three book stores in downtown HCM City on October 1-9 by HCM City’s General Publishing House.
Representatives of Việt Nam’s young writers gathered at a conference in Hà Nội on September 28-29.
Local pop singer Đông Nhi will represent Việt Nam at the MTV European Music Awards (MTV EMA) 2016.
Việt Nam’s literary masterpiece Truyện Kiều (The Tale of Kiều) will appear as illustrations in a special edition calendar to be released in the upcoming new year.
