Việt Nam News

Holi, the festival of colours, is a traditional festival celebrated by Hindus in India and several other countries. Those joining in the event in Hà Nội on Sunday will be treated to plentiful Indian food and the chance to throw coloured powder at each other. 

The three-hour English tour, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., will commence at Bạch Mã Temple and wind through some of the streets of the Old Quarter, highlighting the concept of the "36 trade streets", where each street is named after the original product or service of the individual trade guilds.

Dozens of musicians will participate in a music programme tomorrow night at HCM City’s Acoustic Bar in memory of 42-year-old rocker Trần Lập, former leader of the rock band Bức Tường (The Wall), who passed away in Hà Nội last week.

The theatre workshop that Céline Mariage offers Francophone students at the Hà Nội University attracts the most motivated French-learning students.

Vietnamese rural areas in the 1970s and the process of urbanisation will be reflected in a new series on Việt Nam Television. Titled Gia Phả Của Đất (Annals of Land), the short films will be broadcast starting this Thursday. Director Trần Quốc Trọng spoke with Minh Thu about the filmmaking process.

Themed March - Season of Honey Bees, the programme will include performances of traditional gongs, a festival of shooting crossbows, an exhibition of Central Highlands forest products, reflections on traditional customs and folk games on these three days.

Pakistani women have always played a key role in improving the economy, social standards, and norms of Pakistan.

Young talented dancers will gather on March 30 for a performance at the Hà Nội’s Cultural Palace which is expected to draw thousands of spectators, according to choreographer Tuyết Minh.

A popular historical play from the 1990s will be restaged by HCM City Tuồng Theatre this weekend at Sen Hồng Stage in District 1, as part of the theatre’s efforts to preserve tuồng (classical drama), a symbolic form of traditional art originating in central Việt Nam.

 Nguyễn Lâm Thảo Tâm, a grade 10 student from HCM City’s Đinh Thiện Lý High School beat over 7,000 other Vietnamese students .

Famous saxophonist Trần Mạnh Tuấn has released his latest jazz album after several months of working in a prestigious studio in HCM City.

Vietnamese game developers and lecturers of Uppsala University’s Department of Game Design in Sweden met yesterday in Hà Nội to share their experiences on computer game design.

The world’s largest Buddha statue, made of jade, has been brought to Việt Nam. It will be displayed soon in the central Quảng Bình Province before it is exhibited in other northern localities.

Vĩnh Nghiêm Pagoda, also known as a centre for Buddhism in Trí Yên Commune in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc, has received the title of Special National Relics site.

Thousands of visitors flocked to the northern province of Bắc Ninh to take part in a cherry blossom festival that opened on Sunday as part of a cultural exchange programme with Japan.

HÀ NỘI (VNS) – The record cold spell in late January left forests in Điện Biên Đông District of the mountainous Điện Biên Province dying.  

Most of the trees and plants in the area have dried out completely, and this has increased the risk of forest fires on a large scale. According to statistics supplied by the district authority, some 1,900 hectares of natural forest in many communes have been severely damaged.

Local authorities have instructed residents to clear the dried and damaged trees and plants to avoid fires.

Following are some photos of the forests in Điện Biên Đông District.

A short documentary film on Mỹ Sơn, a unique Hindu sanctuary located in the central province of Quảng Nam, was released in Hà Nội this week.