Việt Nam News

HCM City and other provinces are organising numerous activities to encourage and firm up reading habits, especially among children and young people.

The recently released comic book entitled Sống (Live), by Vietnamese author Trần Hải Anh and French illustrator Pauline Guitton, presents a portrait of the complex relationship between Hải Anh and her mother and her roots. Việt Nam News reporter Nguyễn Bình chats with Guitton about her illustrations in the book.

Nguyễn Ngọc Sơn, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of the province’s Hạ Long City, said the municipal annual signature is scheduled for April 28 and its novelty is the city's endeavours to hold an artistic performance and the first-ever carnival on the sea in Việt Nam.

The southern province of Sóc Trăng has the highest concentration of Khmer people in Việt Nam, accounting for 30 per cent of their total population. The implementation of the socialisation policy for housing in the locality has achieved positive results, addressing the issue of housing for impoverished Khmer households, while solving social welfare problems and reducing poverty.

Thái Nguyên Province is focusing on developing its tourism, especially on building tourism products and making use of its natural advantages and culture.

The concerts are part of the Sounds of Brotherhood music project by the World Youth Orchestra Foundation.

This year, the festival and an associated culture and tourism programme are set to take place in Việt Trì city – which houses the renown temple – as well as various other districts and townships across the province from April 9 to 18 (or the 1st to the 10th day of the third lunar month).

The highlight of the event is the synchronised performance of over 2,200 local students at four locations in the centre of Điện Biên Phủ City.

More than 100 photos featuring Vietnamese revolutionary cinema are on displayed on Nguyễn Huệ Pedestrian Street as part of the first Hồ Chí Minh City International Film Festival 2024 from April 6-13.

The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will present a concert of compositions by the world’s great composers at the Opera House on April 20.

 Thailand is steering an initiative for a joint-visa program with countries that together hosted about 70 million tourists last year as Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin ramps up initiatives to attract more long-haul and high-spending travelers.

Mackerel scad tomato stew banh mi, a unique Vietnamese delicacy, can only be found in HCM City. It has been sold for over 30 years at Oanh Eatery in Bình Thạnh District, owned by Nguyễn Thanh Nữ.

Bread was first made popular in Việt Nam by the French since 1859, but a source from the HCM City’s Tourism Department said it could have been present in the country earlier than that, through trade and commerce with Europeans.

On the occasion of the 2024 Chôl Chnăm Thmây traditional New Year, An Giang Province is offering 500 gifts to poor Khmer people.

He is regarded as one of the most significant modern Vietnamese fine arts painters and has significantly influenced the country's contemporary art scene.