Việt Nam News

The Books for rural areas of Vietnam programme, carried out by The Center for Knowledge Assistance and Community Development (CKACD), has been awarded the 2016 UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize.

Triumphing over three other contestants and winning over 40% of the audience’s votes, Phi Phương Anh from Hà Nội has become the first winner of The Face Vietnam season 1.

The lives of children on the Trường Sơn Mountain Range in the central province of Quảng Bình are hard . But they still enjoy simple games. – VNA/VNS Photo Bùi Cường

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc today attended the ground-breaking ceremony of the Kim Quy cultural, tourism and amusement park in Vĩnh Ngọc Commune, Hà Nội’s suburban district of Đông Anh.

A South Korean traditional cultural festival will take place at the Việt Nam Art Culture Centre on September 3.

Action movie star Jackie Chan is due to receive an honorary Oscar, the Academy said Thursday, to recognise a glittering career that has seen him become a cultural icon.

Troubled singer Chris Brown has released a song shortly after his arrest for allegedly threatening a woman — and the lyrics may obliquely take aim at her.

Vietnamese chefs will present 80 traditional dishes and seafood delights to Vietnamese and foreign tourists at the Việt Nam Night Dinner at Café Indochine Restaurant on National Day  on September 2nd.

Some 30 HCM City tour operators have joined hands with the railway to organise tours to the central coastal provinces during the National Day holiday on September 2.

Travellers Notes

ZeroStation of HCM City this week launched a new project called In/VISIBLE (AIS) Station that brings together 45 Asian artists and curators in the region.

Spanish tenor Placido Domingo performed on Wednesday at the opening of Dubai Opera, a venue the emirate hopes will boost cultural life in the Gulf business hub, organisers said.

Photo of the day-Hope for brighter future

Desriac Loic of Thai team SICT won the eighth stage of the VTV International Cycling Tournament for the Tôn Hoa Sen Cup on Wednesday.

The monthly music show  Music Story of the Old Quarter organsied by the Centre of the Old Quarter’s Culture Exchange will come back on September 9.

Việt Nam’s Book of Records, Vietkings, has recognised the Bunny-Enjoying-Moonlight lantern on the square of Vincom Mega Mall Times City as the biggest of its kind in Việt Nam.

Parks, cinemas and theatres in HCM City will be alive with festivities in celebration of the 71st anniversary of National Day on September 2.

 “Funny”, “friendly” and “very handsome” are the first words that many people in Việt Nam, especially girls, say when they talk about Saleem Hammad after meeting him in real life or seeing him on television.