Việt Nam News

As one of the leading musicians in Việt Nam, Quốc Trung is the founder and director of Monsoon Music Festival. Since 2013, the annual event has presented a line-up of international singers and bands from around the world.  Trung also works with young Vietnamese musicians and encourages them to follow their dreams.  He speaks with Hà Nội Mới (New Hà Nội) newspaper reporter Bảo Trân about the young musicians

The photo, entitled Drying Fish, was taken in Long Hải market in the central province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu on July 26, 2020. The wooden trays viewed from above look like a giant brocade woven by the farmer.

The project aims to celebrate the 360th anniversary of the concubine’s death.

The wild mác mật (clausena indica) tree has become an indispensable ingredient for a number of special dishes made by the Tày and Nùng ethnic groups in northeastern provinces such as Cao Bằng and Lạng Sơn.

A special traditional theatre programme in HCM City offering cải lương (reformed opera) performances aims to preserve and introduce the art to young audiences. 

The central island is the only place in Việt Nam that has successfully banned the use of plastics.

The name cao lầu literally translates as ‘high floor’ where the rich would sit in restaurants in the old days, but the mixed noodle dish has become popular nowadays.

HCM City’s Trần Hữu Trang Theatre in co-operation with its partner, the city’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, will launch two projects offering cải lương shows in the city and neighbouring provinces next month. 

A festival to celebrate love and marriage will be held in the central coastal city of Sầm Sơn of Thanh Hóa Province by local authorities as a special tourism product for the locality.

Are you a fan of pig intestine hotpot?

Writer Nguyễn Huy Thiệp, who has been considered a phenomenon of Vietnamese literature passed away on Sunday at his home in Hà Nội. He was 71.

A national forum on tourism hosted by the Việt Nam Tourism Association (VITA) and Hà Nội Tourism Department will be held in April in the capital to discuss how to attract draw tourists in the future.

“Fashion Voyage 3”, a fashion show featuring the latest collections from well-known Vietnamese designers, will be held in Phú Quốc Island City on March 19 and 20.

The latest film by Vietnamese famed director Nguyễn Võ Nghiêm Minh is available to rent vimeo.com, giving film fans a chance to indulge in the work of the renowned director.

Right after Việt Nam's fourth wave of COVID-19 was put under control at the beginning of March, travel agents in Hà Nội started offering various products at favourable prices to attract tourists.

Museums in HCM City are using smart technology to offer online displays as part of their effort to develop business amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 

A 2.1-metre-tall bronze statue of famous Russian poet Alexandre Sergeyevich Pushkin has been unveiled at Hòa Bình Park in Hà Nội's Bắc Từ Liêm District by the municipal People’s Committee and the Embassy of Russia in Việt Nam.

One of HCM City's top priorities in 2021 will be support for the hard-hit tourism sector, according to Deputy Chairwoman of the city People’s Committee Phan Thị Thắng.