Việt Nam News

Artist Nguyễn Minh Châu, a member of the Việt Nam Fine Arts Association,  recently had his first solo oil on canvas exhibition at the Toong Coworking Space at 8 Tràng Thi Street.

More than 110 Overseas Vietnamese youths from countries worldwide began a four-day tour of Thừa Thiên-Huế, Quảng Nam, Quảng Ngãi and Đà Nẵng as part of ‘Việt Nam Summer Camp 2016’ on July 19-23.

Smile For You, a classical concert that aims to spread love and sympathy to impoverished and underprivileged children, will take place at V-Art Club inside the Indochina Plaza Hanoi this Saturday night.

An exhibition entitled Hà Nội Impressions is displaying photos of beautiful landscapes and the tempo of development in the capital.

Alvaro Meza, dubbed the Vallenato King from Colombia, will perform and talk with Hanoians during a concert tonight.

Pop singer Khánh Hòa has launched an album and music video of romantic songs expressing her love for border soldiers, in a new musical production released recently in Hà Nội.

Hồ Văn Cường won first prize at the first Vietnam Idol Kids music talent competition on Sunday (July 17).

Musical project Look at the World which aims to raise funds for the program Thiện Nhân and Friends will be organised at Hanoi Opera House on July 20.

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Four actors and actresses, Shiddharth Shukla, Avinask Mukherjee, Aasiya Kazi and Roop Durgapal, starring in Balika Vadhu (Child Bride), have visited Việt Nam and met with fans.

Beating other talented contestants, Hồ Văn Cường from the southern Tiền Giang Province has won the first season of Vietnam Idol Kids 2016.

 Excellent song, circus acts, magic, dance and martial arts were performed by street artists on Saturday in a gala evening held at September 23 Park in HCM City’s District 1.

Việt Nam’s most in-vogue songstress, Hồ Ngọc Hà, will appear on July 29 before an audience in Hà Nội with a series of ballads.

A new project has been launched to teach Vietnamese ethnic minority children how to protect themselves against sexual harassment and assault by strangers in such tourist hotspots as Sa Pa.

A woman from the Mông ethnic group on her way home at Lũng Cú Peak, in northern Hà Giang Province’s Đồng Văn District. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh

The Uống Có Trách Nhiệm (7 Film Fest – Responsible Drinking) contest is accepting films from Vietnamese aged 18 and over in the categories of directing and screenplay writing.

The country’s northwest region has been chosen as the theme of National Tourism Year 2017.

Amanda Huỳnh, a Vietnamese lawyer working in France, sold three of her 40 paintings on Thursday for US$9,000, half of which will be contributed to poor students through her Amanda Foundation.