Việt Nam News

An online travel mart will be officially operated at www.tripi.vn. It allows tourists to buy package tours, hotel stays and airfares, as well as compare the price of different service suppliers.

Four hundreds of French Indochinese items will be auctioned soon in Paris

Archeologists announced that prehistoric people living in Việt Nam knew how to use hand-axes 700-800 thousand years ago. The remarks were made during a presentation of the preliminary results of the archaeological study of An Khê Town in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

South Korean guitarist Sungha Jung, who has been dubbed as "Korea’s Guitar Prodigy," will present his extraordinary skills in a one-night only concert in Hà Nội on April 16.

An exhibition is underway of more than 100 photos taken by French journalist Michel Blanchard, bureau chief of AFP news in Hà Nội from 1981 to 1983.

The Factory is a newly-established contemporary arts centre in HCM City. It is expected to be a new hub promoting art creativity by developing and emerging artists. 

Experts said the book was a useful source of documentation for those interested in the history and ethnography of the three Indochinese countries under French domination.

The Photographic Society of America (PSA) awarded gold medals to Trần Phong’s Hard Child in the child category;  Đào Tiến Đạt’s Morning On Tuyền Lâm Lake won in the open colour category and Đỗ Hiếu Liêm’s Knitting Fishing Nets took gold medal in the open colour category.

After a hiatus of several years, talented writer Đoàn Thạch Biền has written two books, both of which were released in HCM City this week

The 2016 National Tourism Year – Phú Quốc and Cửu Long (Mekong) River Delta, themed ‘Discovering southern land’, opens on April 10 in Phú Quốc.

A music and dance performance encouraging naval soldiers who live far from home to fulfil the mission will be organised on April 9.

An Bàng Beach, 3km east of Hội An City, has been voted one of the top 25 beaches in Asia by travel website TripAdvisor, according to the ancient city’s officials.

People in the central coastal city of Đà Nẵng will have a chance to see cherry blossoms at the first Hanami festival to be held at Asia Park on April 9-10

Households offering homestay services in Tả Van Commune, Sa Pa, welcomed more than 3,600 overnight guests, earning VNĐ252 million (US$11,210).

A Laos-Việt Nam Cuisine and Cultural Performance Exchange will be held at the Laos General Consul in Đà Nẵng in celebration of Lao New Year, Boun Pimai (Pi Mai Lao).

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Cần Thơ welcomed 418,827 tourists in the first quarter, 22 per cent up year-on-year.

The YDA Club, a cinema club dedicated to Vietnamese movies in Paris’ District 5, will present three short movies by Vietnamese independent filmmakers on April 16.