Việt Nam News

Diva Mỹ Linh has proved that she not only has a distinctive voice, but also ability in training young talent.

The HCM City Department of Culture and Sports has released a book titled “Mãi Mãi Một Tình Yêu” (Only Love), featuring new 50 songs and five choral compositions highlighting HCM City and its achievements.

HCM City tourism businesses are ready to welcome foreign tourists back as the city has received approval from the Government to reopen to foreign visitors this month.

Abstract paintings by artist William Phạm are on display at the exhibition The Voyage to Freedom held in HCM City.

The dish was first cooked by Madame Tích Nghi in Vệ An Ward of Bắc Ninh Province in the 1970s. The porridge was so tasty that it became known far and wide.

The central city has opened APEC Sculpture Park – an extension of the 2017-built APEC Park – on the west bank of the Hàn River, promoting it a new architecture check-in and public destination for the tourism hub.

Two animated films on Vietnamese history produced by the Việt Nam Cartoon Company will release on YouTube to celebrate the Tết (Lunar New Year) Festival, which begins on February 1. 

Over the past two years, almost all theatres have been affected pandemic restrictions. While many private drama theatres in HCM City have grown in popularity, those in Hà Nội are still finding ways of reaching new audiences. 

A collection of 2,022 tiger figurines handcrafted from jackfruit wood and laterite combined with lacquer is being completed to welcome 2022 or the year of the tiger in the Chinese zodiac.

Proactively popularising Việt Nam's cultural values to the world and bringing into play the soft power of culture is helping promote the country’s status in the international arena, and is one of the targets determined in the cultural development strategy until 2030.

The central city selected the best 33 of 70 qualified candidates for the final round of the Miss Tourism Đà Nẵng contest to be organised on March 5, sparking a positive series of travel and cultural activities for the tourism recovery plan throughout 2022.

Vietnamese contemporary dancers will debut Antigone – a classic Greek play tonight at the Việt Nam National Opera & Ballet.

Important landmarks key to the friendship and cooperation between Việt Nam and India over the past five decades have been presented through photographs displayed at an exhibition which opened on Friday in Hà Nội.

An art exchange programme "Hành trình mùa Xuân lên rừng xuống biển" (Spring journey up the forest down to the sea) presenting 130 scholarships to children orphaned by the COVID-19 pandemic will be broadcast live on HCM City Television's HTV9 channel at 8:30am on Saturday.

Like guardian angels dressed in white, health workers take to the streets of Hà Nội to help those in need.

People’s Artist Bạch Tuyết, a cải lương (reformed opera) performer, has made waves with a new music video, released on YouTube on January 3.  

Aiming to bring new experiences to audiences, the Việt Nam National Puppetry Theatre will strive to innovate and create quality puppet plays with high artistic value and new forms of expression.

In Uganda, egg-chapati is also known as Rolex, making many people mistakenly think this dish is related to the famous Swiss watch brand. In fact, this name comes from the strong pronunciation of the word 'rolled egg' by the locals, causing diners to mishear it as 'rolex'. The misinterpretation has stuck.