Việt Nam News

Despite a tough upbringing, model Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên has overcome all the challenges thrown her way. And her hard work has paid off after she made history by becoming Vietnam’s first ever Miss Grand International 2021. She received her crown at the event in Thailand much to the delight of her adoring fans.

Literature lecturer Nguyễn Thị Minh is also a translator of classic philosophy books. She is co-founder of The Ladder - an academy space for the community. Nhân Dân Cuối Tuần (People's Weekend) reporter Lý Uyên spoke to her after the release of her latest book translation of Antigone's Claim by American philosopher Judith Butler.

A music video by the hearing impaired people has been launched, and is aimed at improving the rights of the Vietnamese deaf community. 

Young designer Vũ Tá Linh from Hà Nội has just won the annual designed-by-Việt Nam contest’s fashion category with his creations from old clothes.

Although he lives in Japan, Nguyễn Minh Tùng is still in the habit of having mỳ Chũ (Chũ noodles) for breakfast with his family every day. The noodles, a speciality of Bắc Giang Province, have been well known far and wide for nearly a century.

SpaceSpeakers, a Vietnamese community for producers and artists, has released a new music video to celebrate its 10th anniversary.

'One Year on: The Essex Lorry Tragedy' was made to mark the first anniversary of the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants who were found in the back of a lorry container in Essex, UK. 'Việt Nam News' journalists Paul Kennedy and Hồ Hoàng travelled to Yên Thành District in the Central Việt Nam province of Nghệ An to a small community hit hard by the tragedy.

A writing contest targeting Vietnamese students at home and abroad has been launched by the Áo Trắng (School Uniform) magazine in HCM City. 

A number of Vietnamese and Hollywood movies will be released during the festive season to attract audiences back to the cinemas.

Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên has been crowned Miss Grand International 2021 - beating off models from 59 countries from across the globe. The 23-year-old is the first-ever Vietnamese beauty queen to win  the title of Miss Grand International. 

Mẫu Sơn is a majestic mountain range stretching over the two districts of Cao Lộc and Lộc Bình in Lạng Sơn Province. Located about 180km from Hà Nội, Mẫu Sơn has been a famous tourist destination in the north since the 20th century, with cool weather all year round.

Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province is making efforts to tap the tourism potential of the province with its more than 200km of coastline, primeval forests in the Bình Châu-Phước Bửu nature reserve and Côn Đảo National Park, and national historical sites.

As most activities have resumed under the "new normal", Vietnamese artists are striving to hold performances to satisfy music fans’ desires of seeing their favourite artists live.

This morning, the “Gratitude” exhibition, a continuation of the contest “For a Triumphant Việt Nam” for child patients aged 4-16 nationwide, took place at UN Headquarter with three disadvantaged child participants’ stories of their paintings.

A street arts festival, Saigon Urban Arts: Street Mural Painting (SUA 2021), will be held in HCM City from December 4-18.