Việt Nam News

HCM CITY – Artist Vũ Tuấn Việt, a member of the Việt Nam Fine Arts Association, has launched his first solo oil on canvas exhibition in HCM City at the Toong Coworking Space at District 3, HCM City.

HCM City Communist Youth Union’s Central Committee is organising a festival for children in Việt Nam, Laos and Cambodia to foster friendly relations between the countries.

New music productions about mothers and children have been released to celebrate the annual Buddhist holiday of Vu Lan, an event that eulogises motherly love and is held annually in the seventh month of the lunar calendar.   

Rainbow rice noodles, also known as five-coloured hủ tiếu, are a fun take on the traditional Vietnamese rice noodles and a must-try for every tourist to Cần Thơ City in the Mekong Delta

Huỳnh Nguyễn Mai Phương, a student from Đồng Nai Province was crowned Miss World Việt Nam 2022 after beating 36 contestants in the pageant finale on Friday night. 

Looking for the perfect place to take your pooch? Then look no fur-ther! A new dog park has opened in Hà Nội's Yên Sở Park, giving owners and their four-legged friends a safe spot to get some fresh air and exercise. Will you be taking your pet to the park? 🐶🐾

A multimedia performance entitled The Room will take place at The Vincom Contemporary Arts Centre (VCCA) in Hà Nội on Saturday.

Wonder why people are flocking to pagodas today? In Việt Nam, the Vu Lan Festival is like Mother’s and Father’s day combined. On the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, people gather to express love and gratitude for their parents. Through meditation and Buddhist teachings, they remember and respect this lifelong family bond. Many also wear different coloured roses depending on whether their parents are alive or deceased.

This “buffet” was organised as 37 domesticated elephants were fed fruit and sugarcane on boat-shaped trays.

Gusto Thai, a Thai-style restaurant founded by a Vietnamese owner in Hà Nội, has been awarded the Thai Select certificate for the second time in a row.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bạc Liêu said it will host the Dạ Cổ Hoài Lang Festival in November to promote tài tử music and tourism in the province.

Under the baton of conductor Min Chung, the orchestra and guest pianist Nguyễn Thế Vinh will perform 'Piano Concerto No 1' by Tchaikovsky in the first part of the concert.

More than 10 posters of landscapes and people in Uruguay are now available for the public around the embassy’s walls in downtown Hà Nội

They gather in a spacious room, full of light. Each holds a script, losing themselves the roles they are assigned. Sometimes they read out the dialogue straight off the script, as no one has learned it by heart yet.

While the number of tourists I’ve seen since the reopening of the border to international tourists in March has allayed any fears I had about the tourism ‘bubble’ being burst in Việt Nam, one thing is still missing, something that a few years ago went hand-in-hand with backpackers and tourists.

In the first seven months of 2022, localities across the country recorded a high increase in tourism revenue led by HCM City, Hà Nội, Thanh Hóa and Quảng Ninh.