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Vietnamese native wins best costume award at Mrs World

Việt Nam’s Trần Thị Diễm Trang (Kelly Trang Trần) won the Best Traditional Costume award at the Mrs World Pageant, which was held in Dongguan, China, and ended March 12.

Former pharmacist, 92, star pupil

Former pharmacist, 92, is star student of her English class

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Hoàng Tùng is now one of very few mime artists left in Việt Nam. He is seen as the only one to hold solo shows.

Việt kiều writes of his love of Hà Nội

Overseas Vietnamese writer expresses love and miss of Hà Nội through his books

French activist gives museum mementos from Ho Chi Minh

Some mementos from late President Hồ Chí Minh held by a French peace activist and his family were given to the Hồ Chí Minh Museum yesterday.

Composer Thanh Tung dies after long battle with illness

Thanh Tùng, who composed many love songs, died yesterday in Hà Nội after eight years of illness.

Adventure race comes to Quảng Bình

Quảng Bình to host Tú Làn Adventure Race 2016

Elephant racing festival hosted

The Ethnic Cultural and Elephant Racing Festival in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Đắk Lắk attracted several thousand foreign and local visitors over the weekend.

Vietnamese chefs to serve a taste of "Gout de France"

Famous chefs from Việt Nam will join more than 1,000 chefs from all over the world for the second "Gout de France" (Good France) to celebrate French gastronomy on March 21.

Michelin star chef Gary Rhodes cooks up in VN as UK Culinary Ambassador

One of the UK’s most celebrated Michelin star chefs, Gary Rhodes, is in Việt Nam to present UK cooking techniques and delicious dishes during a food week in Hà Nội and HCM City.

Quảng Trị Province set to preserve war tunnel

The central Quảng Trị Province will preserve a part of a war tunnel used during the American war for tourism

First Hội An International Food Festival kicks off

Hội An is hosting its first international food festival from March 14-20.

Francophone Day celebrated in VN with food, films

Việt Nam will once again honour the French language through a film festival and concerts to celebrate International Francophone Day, which falls on March 20.

Xoan singing an intangible cultural heritage of humanity

Việt Nam is waiting for guidance from UNESCO in helping to reclassify xoan singing from being a world’s intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent protection, to simply being an intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

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Exhibition highlights women’s role in disasters

The exhibition reviews the project entitled “Strengthening women’s capacity in disaster risk reduction to cope with climate change,” launched by the Việt Nam Women’s Union and UN Women in 2013.