Việt Nam News

A project on renovating the Hà Nội Library in to a public cultural exchange and reading complex space has been completed under the financial support of the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Nguyễn Kim Dung, head of Picture Book Editing Desk at the publishing house, spoke about the challenges and opportunities within the comic book publishing industry.

The book titled Những Lá Thư Thời Chiến Việt Nam (Letters of Việt Nam Wartime), released recently in HCM City, includes 200 handwritten letters from soldiers and young people collected and complied by journalist Đặng Vương Hưng.

David Thomas, born in 1946 in Portland, Maine, the US, joined the US Army in the war in Việt Nam as a combat technical assistance mission in the Central Highlands region from 1969-70.

The northern border province of Cao Bằng is building a plan for the pilot opening of the landscape site of Bản Giốc (Việt Nam) - Detian (China) Waterfalls in October 2023, local officials informed at a workshop on Tuesday.

Nguyễn Trùng Khánh, General Director of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) highlighted an urgent need to develop sustainable tourism in association with cultural and heritage value preservation and promotion.

A seller named Ánh Nguyệt, at one of Bạc Liêu’s top most tasty shops in Ward 5’s Cao Văn Lầu Street, said her father-in-law started the job nearly 50 years ago, making him one of the longest-running vendors in the province.

The craft of making dried shrimp has been proposed by Cà Mau Province to be recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage.

During its four days (April 13-16), the Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) 2023 attracted over 3,000 exchanges among Vietnamese and foreign enterprises, 10,000 tours and tourism products were sold and some 60,000 visitors flocked to the site.

A new art project on preserving cải lương (reformed opera) has been launched by the HCM City Theatre Artists’ Association in co-operation with the Phụ Nữ (Women) newspaper.

Held for the third time in the capital, Balade en France features a range of food and activities to learn more about French culture.

The event is part of the celebrations of the 50th founding anniversary of Việt Nam - France diplomatic relations, the 10th anniversary of the bilateral strategic partnership, and the 12th conference on decentralised cooperation between the two countries.

The HCM City will host a book fair with a series of activities to promote reading culture from April 19 to 23 to celebrate Việt Nam Book and Reading Cultural Day on April 21.

The northern province of Ninh Bình is the place where travelers can enjoy the most competitive room rates in April, according to travel website Agoda.

However, as he got older, Lê and Mai noticed that their son was not like other children his age. An had trouble making eye contact, rarely spoke, and seemed uninterested in playing with his toys or other children.

Artists from the private IDECAF (Institute of Cultural Exchange with France), one of the region’s leading drama troupes, are working to offer a musical for children in HCM City this summer.

The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will present a concert of chamber music and arias composed by the world’s great composers at the Opera House on April 16.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) River Delta city of Cần Thơ will launch several cultural and sports activities to mark the Hùng Kings Commemoration, the 48th anniversary of South Việt Nam's liberation and Reunification Day (April 30), and International Labour Day (May 1).