Singer encourages frontline forces with new music video

Established singer Đăng Dương has launched a new music video to pay tribute to those fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Nhân Dân Cuối Tuần (People's Weekend) reporter Vũ Quỳnh Trang spoke with the singer about the production.

Singer Phi Nhung dies of COVID-19

According to Phi Nhung's representative, despite being treated with all kinds of techniques, including ECMO intervention, the singer's condition deteriorated.

Sài Gòn Zoo asks city for financial support

The Sài Gòn Zoo and Botanical Garden has asked for financial support of VNĐ30 billion (US$1.3 million) from the HCM City Department of Construction to maintain its business amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Bún dây, a must-try dish in Bình Định

Bình Định is not only well known nationwide for its dishes with seafood, such as fried squid with garlic sauce but also traditional handmade bún dây (vermicelli).

 

Saudi national day celebrated in Việt Nam

On September 23, 2021, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia celebrates its 91st National Day. In Việt Nam, though unable to hold this celebration due to the measures in place to limit and control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, on this occasion His Excellency Mr. Saud F. M. Al Suwelim, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, expressed his pride in this day as it is the anniversary of the unification of the Kingdom at the hands of His Majesty King Abdul Aziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud.

Int'l TV channels to stop broadcasting in Việt Nam

Fourteen foreign television channels will end broadcasts in Việt Nam next month, according to the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information under the Ministry of Information and Communications.

“Hà Nội on a Vendor’s Yoke” wins national art contest

The painting “Hà Nội Rong” (Hà Nội on a Vendor’s Yoke) has won first prize at the “Hà Nội là…” (Hà Nội is…) art contest on Wednesday. Artist Đặng Thái Tuấn's winning piece shows some of Hà Nội’s most iconic symbols, balancing on a vendor’s yoke. 

Russian motorcyclist falls in love with Việt Nam

Wearing a dark mask, dark glasses, a helmet and riding a rusty motorbike, you would be forgiven for thinking Ivan Os is not a usual part of the scenery in the central province of Bình Thuận. However, he is well-known to the locals. Os, who is 43-year-old and originally from Russia, had travelled widely around the world before his first visit to Việt Nam in 2015.

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