Australian expert Timothy Edward McGrath passed away on April 18 after a short serious illness, which left a big gap both professionally and personally for GIZ staff members, his partners, his family, and friends.
The Vietnam Culinary and Cultural Association (VCCA) is selecting about 100 Vietnamese dishes across the country to create a digital food map.
A lacquer painting exhibition entitled Câu Chuyện Phương Đông (The Oriental Tale) by lecturer and artist Triệu Khắc Tiến is going on at Japan Foundation Centre in Hà Nội. Việt Nam News reporter Nguyễn Bình talked with Tiến, Deputy Head of Painting Department at Việt Nam University of Fine Arts, about the exhibition and his lacquer painting research.
The central province of Kon Tum will host a tourism forum between April 21 and 24.
President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday had a close meeting with 92 representatives from ethnic groups at the Presidential Palace on Vietnamese Ethnic Groups’ Culture Day (April 19).
Phục Linh cakes are an ancient tradition of Huế, itself the ancient capital of Việt Nam. My aunt brought me a couple of packages of the special treat from the Huế Imperial Palace during her Hà Nội visit last week.
A cải lương (reformed opera) play on national heroines Hai Bà Trưng (two Trưng women) is being restaged to celebrate the National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1).
Compositions by Trịnh Công Sơn, a leading light in Vietnamese contemporary music, will be performed at an outdoor concert on HCM City’s Nguyễn Huệ Pedestrian Street next weekend.
Người Cầm Lái (The helmsman), which tells the story about the life and revolutionary career of President Hồ Chí Minh, is scheduled to be performed on stage on April 24 and May 17.
A book fair that will open next week aims to encourage and firm up reading habits, especially among children and young people, authorities say.
Young artists with the HCM City-based Chợ Lớn Troupe will enact on a new version of the French musical Notre Dame de Paris starting next week.
An exhibition of black and white photographs on Vietnamese people and culture especially the daily life of ethnic minority communities, is now open.
On April 14, 2009, Hang Sơn Đoòng was officially recognised as the world's largest natural cave by the British Cave Research Association (BCRA) expedition team.
A series of cải lương (reformed opera) shows have staged in HCM City to mark the 23th birthday of Vũ Luân Troupe, one of the region’s leading private traditional theatres.
