Việt Nam News

The Department of Tourism of Quang Ninh has completed a draft plan called “Green-lane tourism” to revive the COVID-19-stricken sector in the northern coastal province.

The spring atmosphere will overwhelm the Việt Nam Ethnic Village of Culture and Tourism throughout January with various festivals of ethnic minority groups throughout the nation.

Unleashing Creativity Week 2021 was held from December 24 to 31 at the Centre for Art & Culture at 22 Hàng Buồm Street, Hà Nội. It included 20 events, exhibitions, art performances and performance installations. Artist Nguyễn Thế Sơn, the event curator spoke with Nhân Dân Cuối Tuần (People's Weekend) about the week.

Famed Vietnamese composer and music producer Đức Trí will host a music show in HCM City on January 15.

Although the decision to list the area among the national relics was made two years ago, due to the pandemic, the award ceremony only took place last week, organised by the Yên Bái Provincial People’s Committee.

In Vietnamese cuisine, steamed sticky rice is very popular among ethnic groups, as rice has been planted here for thousands of years. 

Researcher Võ Hà has released the book 'Trường Sa 1988 – Hồ Sơ Một Sự Kiện Lịch Sử' (Trường Sa 1988 – A Dossier on a Historical Incident) on the protection and development of Trường Sa (Spratly) Archipelago of Việt Nam, focusing on the protection of Gạc Ma (Johnson), Colin and Len Đao reefs in Việt Nam’s Trường Sa Islands against Chinese invasion 33 years ago.

The central city has launched the first Film Fest – Wow Đà Nẵng – a short film competition featuring the tourism hub, marking the very first cultural activities of a hopeful year

The mossy walls of an old apartment building in HCM City have been painted with giant murals as part of the Saigon Urban Arts 2021 project.

The HCM City Department of Tourism held a ceremony to welcome the first tourists of 2022 at the city’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport.

The famous acrobat brothers, Giang Quốc Cơ and Giang Quốc Nghiệp, set a new world record in head-to-head balancing on December 23 in Catalonia, Spain.

Singer and doctor of music Tân Nhàn has released a music video (MV) combining xẩm (blind busker's singing) with cello to modernise this Vietnamese classical form of music.

Yến (Canary) stream is located about 60 kilometres from the centre of Hà Nội, also known as Yến Vĩ (Canary Tail), because of its shape like the tail of a canary.

On the centenary of Polish writer Stanisław Lem's birthday, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Hà Nội together with Kim Đồng Publishing House (Việt Nam) and the Booka Publishing House (Poland) will introduce the comic book Con tàu bất bại (The Invincible) to Vietnamese readers.

Pop star Mỹ Tâm will virtually hold a concert series called “Unstaged Music Show: My Soul 1981” on the streaming platform NEThub in January. 

Sa Pa Town in northern province of Lào Cai has been more attractive to tourists in winter, when snow and ice sometimes appear on top of high mountains.

Virtual countdown light 2022 party will be organised on the last day of the year with the participation of many famous celebrities.