Việt Nam News

The culture and lifestyle of Bình Dương Province are featured in a new collection of áo dài (Vietnamese traditional long dress) by  fashion designer and poet Huệ Thi. 

Well-known flower villages in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta are ready to provide various varieties of flowers and ornamental trees for Tết (Lunar New Year), which falls on January 22 this year.

Cox's Bazar beach is one of the most famous destinations for tourists in Bangladesh. The beach offers its visitors beautiful sea view and landscape, delicious seafood and a paradise for shoppers.

Vietnamese people have long raised cats for practical reasons to keep their houses rodent-free, but with improved living standards comes rising demand for a more diverse range of breeds. Today, cat lovers regularly gather in communities to share experience in raising their beloved pets.

Visitors to the capital can enjoy a 120-minute night tour, which begins at 6 pm every Tuesday and Thursday, or during a pre-booked tour schedule.

The Devotion Awards 2023 with 12 nominees, which feature music and sport, were launched by the Vietnam News Agency daily Thể Thao và Văn Hoá (Sport and Culture) on January 4.

The H'mong ethnic minority people in the mountainous province of Sơn La's Bắc Yên District are celebrating their New Year festival, which is one of their most important events of the year.

This is a letter Việt Nam News received from a reader regarding MobiFone's service outage in HCM City on January 4. MobiFone services were resumed later that day. 

Vietnamese artists are working on new web dramas that will bring heartwarming laughter to audiences during the Tết holiday.

Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces plan to focus on community-based tourism projects in 2023 to boost tourism development and lure more visitors.

The photo collection, which photographer Ngô Minh Phương took, is among the top nine winners at an awarding ceremony held by the Việt Nam Union of Literature and Arts Associations on Wednesday in Hà Nội.

The People's Committee of Mỹ Đức District has announced that the festival’s opening ceremony will be held on January 27 at the Thiên Trù Pagoda.

The spaces present the enthusiastic preparations for Tết including the hanging of câu đối (the red parallel sentences) and festive painting as home decorations. The custom of ancestor worshipping is also being shown.

The 36-year-old is very tall and thin with a friendly smile. He has been a wild animal rescuer in Việt Nam for nearly eight years.

Pop star Thu Minh and 30 artists in music, dance and theatre from HCM City perform in the TV music show titled Gala Nhạc Việt – Tết Vui (Vietnamese Music Gala – Happy Lunar New Year), which will be released this week.

Cải lương star Võ Minh Lâm of HCM City is performing in a new experimental play featuring the culture and costumes of northern ethnic minority groups. 

Artist Tào Linh will display a series of paintings for Tết (Lunar New Year) in Hà Nội from January 8 to 11 at Exhibition House, 16 Ngô Quyền Street. Linh is a self-taught artist who specialises in oil-on canvas and dó (poonah) paintings. He was born into a family of artists and initially trained as an engineer.  Việt Nam News reporter Nguyễn Bình spoke with the artist about his upcoming exhibition.

Việt Nam’s leading book publishers and distributors for children have released new books introducing the traditions of Tết (Lunar New Year) as well as literary works about the special holiday to celebrate the Year of the Cat.