French agency releases photo book on Điện Biên Phủ campaign

The 211-page book contains 162 photos, both colour and black-and-white, re-creating the historic campaign, from March 13 to May 7, 1954, said Marina Berthier, an ECPAD employee who played a role in publishing the book, noting most of them were taken by war photojournalists like Jean Péraud and Daniel Camus, or by soldiers themselves.

Many new books introduced at HCM City book fair

The 2024 Xuyên Việt (Across Việt Nam) Book Fair is taking place at HCM City Book Street (Nguyễn Văn Bình Street, District 1), providing many new books at special discount prices.

All quiet on the eastern front

Regardless of whether it’s cultural, language or ideology, there’s something nice about being able to switch off to the never ending political hum of home and know that it’s unlikely to fall out with someone over such matters.

Argentine media highly values Sa Pa's beauty

In its March 10 new trends column, Infobae cited the voting results of British travel magazine Time Out, describing the beauty of Sa Pa with verdant green mountains, deep valleys, and cascading rice terraces.

Writing script helps author to express herself

Vũ Hoàng Hoa is the grandchild of late writer and literary researcher Vũ Ngọc Phan. She has written novels and her current script Shadow of the Puppets has been performed by Việt Nam Drama Theatre. The script was officially nominated for the 2023 Patrick White Award for scripts organised annually by Sydney Theatre and it was longlisted for the most exciting plays in the Griffin Theatre New Script Awards. Việt Nam News reporter Nguyễn Bình chats with Hoa about her first script for theatre.

Statue painting cafes attract youth

Statue painting has traditionally been a common activity for kids, but in recent years, it has become a trend attracting more youths.

Online programme promotes cải lương

Seventeen artists of HCM City have performed in a new art project on YouTube to promote cải lương (reformed opera), a 100-year-old genre of Vietnamese theatre.

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