Việt Nam News

A groundbreaking production honouring King-Monk Trần Nhân Tông is drawing young audiences by walking a creative tightrope between cải lương (reformed opera) and circus performance. Meritorious Artist Trần Quang Khải discusses blending the two art forms into one emotionally charged spectacle.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Cần Thơ is seeking ways to keep tourists coming back to the Cái Răng Floating Market, one of the region's unique and attractive destinations.

Long queues outside museums during the recent national holiday suggest a growing public appetite for historical and cultural experiences.

A new book featuring outstanding theatrical scripts by late playwright Lê Duy Hạnh, one of the South’s leading contemporary theatre artists, has been released.

The Vietnamese pavilion at the 15th Global Harmony Festival, hosted by the Republic of Korea’s Seongnam City administration, attracted large numbers of visitors with activities showcasing Vietnamese culture, cuisine and images of the country and its people.

The organising board of the 7th Dế Mèn (Cricket) Awards for Children 2026 on May 11 announced the Top 10 finalists for this year’s competition.

Professional performances will be staged across communes and wards in Hà Nội to commemorate the 136th birth anniversary of President Hồ Chí Minh while bringing cultural activities closer to local communities.

Thailand’s Khaosod newspaper has published an article praising Việt Nam’s Phú Quốc island as one of the fastest-growing beach destinations in Southeast Asia.

Vietnamese travellers prefer planning the trip themselves even when it requires a lot of time and work, signalling a clear shift of how travel planning is viewed from being stressful to generating excitement, a travel agency said.

Vĩnh Long Province is leveraging its waterway connectivity and landscapes, cultural heritage, and regional links to turn tourism into a key economic sector and new growth driver for the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta.

More than just a trading market, the Love Market is a community cultural space where local ethnic people - both inside and outside the region - come together to interact and strengthen solidarity.

Việt Nam made coffee drinking history, after Lê Quang Cường took the trophy at the 2026 World Cup Tasters Championship (WCTC) over the weekend in Thailand.

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The event, taking place from May 12 to 18 at the museum on 66 Nguyễn Thái Học Street, will display 33 outstanding silk paintings by Hanoian artist Phan Minh Bạch.

Nearly 70 paintings on cowhide by Vietnamese artist and public health scholar Trịnh Thắng are on display at the exhibition Hẹn Ước Mùa Sau (Promise of Next Season), offering viewers an immersive exploration of intuition, spirituality and material experimentation in contemporary Vietnamese art.

The project aims to effectively tap the area’s natural landscapes, geographical advantages and distinctive historical value, while creating a high-quality tourism product with strong competitiveness. It is also intended to preserve, honour and promote the value of the Dien Bien Phu Victory special national historical relic site.

Through colourful strokes and imaginative storytelling, young artists from Việt Nam and abroad are reinterpreting cultural heritage in the Di Sản Trong Mắt Em (Heritage Through My Eyes) competition, revealing fresh and heartfelt perspectives on tradition and national identity.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK) has joined the Seoul Friendship Festival 2026 with a booth showcasing Vietnamese culture, cuisine and tourism, attracting a large number of Korean visitors, international friends and the Vietnamese community in the RoK.