Việt Nam News

Looking for something to do to spice up your visit to a café? Why not try painting your own adorable statues. Colouring cafes are popping up all over HCM City, and young people, friends and families are loving discovering their inner artist.

Over the years, the administration and people of Hà Nội, including women, have worked hard to build and develop the city, making it more prosperous, civilised, and modern, deserving the position of the heart of the nation and a city of peace and creativity.

Nearly 60 paintings displayed at Phạm Luận – Chân Dung (Phạm Luận – Portraits) exhibition were selected from hundreds of works that the painter has created since the early days of his career. Two-thirds of them have been painted over the past two years.

During the two-hour show, the audience will witness an intense theatrical combat between Team Disney Classic and Team Disney Channel – High School Musical confronts The Little Mermaid, Hannah Montana battles Mulan, The Lion King meets Phineas & Ferb.

Visiting the hamlet, which is nestled against the mountains and is blessed with a smooth stream creating a picturesque landscape, tourists can immerse themselves in the simple life of this ethnic community consisting of 160 households.

Mỳ Chũ (chũ rice noodles) is a specialty of the northern province of Bắc Giang that is not only popular in the domestic market but also exported to many countries like mainland China, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, South Korea and Japan.

The 9th Japan Vietnam Festival will take place from March 9-10 at September 23 Park in HCM City’s District 1.

An annual Áo dài festival will take place in HCM City from March 7 to 17 with a wide range of cultural activities, the event’s organisers announced at a press conference held in HCM City on March 1. 

HCM City Television will broadcast a new music/talk show about HCM City and its people.

A film about the war against the French invaders in Hà Nội in 1946 has become a phenomenon attracting young audiences. Funded by the State, the film has rapidly gathered mass interest thanks to widely-spread information on social networks. Filmmakers are happy and hope this can elevate domestic movies to new heights.

The demand for using these environment-friendly houses has also been reduced due to the improved living standards of local people. For this reason, many craft builders have had to switch to other professions to make a living. There are only a few craftsmen remaining to continue this traditional job.

A slew of new entrants is added onto the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Việt Nam in fields such as folk performing arts, traditional festivals, oral literature, scripts, and traditional handicrafts.

 The mountainous tourist city of Đà Lạt is captured in a collection of aerial photos by veteran photographer and journalist Giản Thanh Sơn. 

In this session, Singaporean writer and researcher Zhuang will share examples of how documenting was used by the elites during the colonial period, how it was understood by the salon photographers, and how it has been deployed during decolonisation and the making of the nation.

Entitled Lịch Sử Opera Ý (History of Italian Opera), the book has been penned by Italian Musical Prof Gianni Kriscak, currently a lecturer of theatrical music at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austris.

The novel, entitled Just a Heartbeat Away from You, is published in Việt Nam by Hồ Chí Minh City General Publishing House on the occasion of International Women’s Day – March 8, under the title Chỉ Cách Người Một Nhịp Đập Con Tim.

On the evening of February 28, at Trịnh Công Sơn Park, the People's Committee of Huế organised the inauguration ceremony of an artistic statue of the late musician Trịnh Công Sơn and the art programme "Evening in My Hometown".

Contemplation, Existence, Peaceful, Peace, Nostalgia, Prayer, or True Believer, Freedom, and Nothingness are a series of works with blue as the main theme and the exhibition’s main works.