Việt Nam News

A competition for promoting understanding among member countries of ASEAN has been launched in Hà Nội.

Picturing Autism Vietnam is an ongoing photo exhibition by American photographer Debbie Rasiel at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum featuring people with autism from six countries around the world.

Trần Hưng Đạo Primary School’s class 5/5 students are happily singing Lý Cây Bông, a traditional song of southern Việt Nam with memorable and meaningful lyrics, in a music class.

Hundreds of cherry blossom branches will be brought in from Japan to adorn the 10^th Japan Sakura Festival, which is scheduled in Hà Nội on April 16 & 17.

Việt Nam’s best fashion designers and their international counterparts will show their collections in the third Việt Nam International Fashion Week.

HCM City People’s Committee plans to include traditional music as an extracurricular activity in 48 primary and secondary schools in the upcoming 2016-2017 academic year and all schools in the 2017-2018 year.

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Lý Sơn and Bình Châu islands and the vicinity in this central province might become global geoparks.

The Hunter team won the Tú Làn Adventure Race 2016 in the central Quảng Bình Province on Sunday.

Vietnamese filmmakers are working on new projects, including romance, action and horror films slated for release this summer.

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Women from Bát Tràng Village in Hà Nội’s Gia Lâm District attended the village’s traditional festival yesterday. – VNS Photo Việt Thanh

The Ministry of Culture has launched a writing contest on farmers and new rural areas  Cả Nước Chung Sức Xây Dựng Nông Thôn Mới (We build new rural areas) for amateur and professional writers.  

The fish-worshipping festival of the central city has been recognised as one of seven National Intangible Heritage items by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

First short films made by people with disabilities in Việt Nam were shown at Công Nhân Theatre on April 2.

The Golden Kite Prize awards ceremony will be held in Hà Nội on April 20. The prize is the country’s most prestigious cinematic award.

Rồng (Dragon) Bridge, which spans the Hàn River in the central city of Đà Nẵng, won the 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award during the annual Outstanding Projects and Leaders Gala in Arlington, Virginia, USA. The award was announced last week in the US.

In recent years, local choreographers and dancers have brought dance close to the people, who often ignored this art form in the past