Việt Nam News

Authorities in Hà Nội have pledged to achieve ambitious targets to improve the community's cultural life by recognising the contributions of families, villages and neighbourhoods.

The Hồ Chí Minh Museum at Nhà Rồng Wharf has suspended visitor services for nearly four months to facilitate a major renovation and landscape improvement project, with reopening expected in time for Việt Nam’s National Day celebrations on September 2.

Each trip pushed me to rediscover Kuala Lumpur with new sights, evolving landmarks and ever-changing people.

An 11-minute film produced by a team of 25 students at the University of Southern California, including Vietnamese student Đỗ Trang Linh, has received the InspirASIAN Student Film Award.

Việt Nam has the potential to become a cultural industry hub in Asia, building on the strong contributions of sectors such as exhibitions, events and advertising, which are currently experiencing rapid growth.

The Vietnam GameVerse 2026 festival was launched this morning at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) in HCM City, aiming to strengthen Vietnamese game products, promote foreign investment and affirm the gaming industry as a priority in the national digital economy.

A hidden retreat rises above a crowded Hà Nội neighbourhood, where a traditional Northern Vietnamese house has been built on a rooftop. Blending meditation, nature and heritage design, the space offers a rare escape from the city’s pressure while reconnecting with cultural roots.

Craft villages are no longer just heritage to be protected, but are becoming serious players in the cultural economy.

Local cuisine has been assigned as a typical attractive tourism product in the strategic plan of building Đà Nẵng a top regional leading culinary destination, vice chairwoman of the central city’s people’s committee, Nguyễn Thị Anh Thi said at the introduction of the Đà Nẵng Food Tour Festival.

The Hà Nội People's Committee has recently announced plans to host the 2026 Hà Nội Theatre Festival, an event set to gather professional performing arts troupes from across the country.

It featured spiritual activities deeply rooted in national identity, while also promoting the tourism and culture of the Mường people to both domestic and international visitors.

Through this collaboration, VNAT and Mastercard will launch joint initiatives in destination marketing, digital and technology integration, capacity building and data-driven market insights to strengthen Việt Nam's tourism ecosystem and economic impact.

Teishoku 8’s latest menu celebrates Vietnamese culinary identity through a trio of elegant fusion dishes crafted by Chef Vincent Cao Minh.

Cultural institutions in HCM City are undergoing a strong transformation, from the way they organise activities to how they engage audiences, in a bid to bring art and heritage closer to the public. 

Alongside wedding tourism, Quảng Ninh is also seeing robust growth in arrivals of Indian MICE travellers. Delegations of hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of visitors have been coming to the province for conferences, seminars and incentive travel programmes combined with leisure stays.

It now functions as both a transport hub and a sought-after photo spot. In the early morning, with mist still threaded through the pines, the station radiates an old-world calm. Visitors arrive at dawn to breathe the mountain air and capture iconic images of the highland city.

The ancient capital of Huế is reshaping its tourism landscape by mapping out four distinctive zones, aiming to build a diverse ecosystem of experiences rooted in local identity and sustainable development.

First launched in 2011, European Literature Days has grown into a key annual cultural event for Vietnamese literature audiences and a platform for dialogue between Europe and Việt Nam.