Việt Nam News

Việt Nam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will continue to focus on researching and completing the dossiers to seek UNESCO’s recognition for more of Việt Nam’s tangible and intangible cultural heritages, said deputy minister Trịnh Thị Thủy during a meeting with Michael Croft, the UNESCO representative in Việt Nam.

An installation exhibition entitled Nước Xanh Non Biếc (Green River Blue Mountain) at the French Cultural Centre (L'Espace) is the result of artist Lê Giang's three-month residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. 

The highly anticipated Huế Festival 2020 will be postponed due to the spread of fatal novel coronavirus (Covid-19), according to Thừa Thiên Huế Province’s People’s Committee.

A number of Vietnamese songwriters have composed songs about the coronavirus epidemic.

Two exhibitions by a group of young artists are on display at HCM City’s The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre.

About 10,000 Japanese men clad only in loincloths braved freezing temperatures at the weekend to pack into a temple and scramble in the dark for lucky wooden talismans tossed into the crowd, in a ritual that dates back five centuries.

Prose works recently issued by young writers are leaving a strong impression on readers.

Hương Pagoda festival attracts thousands of people and afterwards many return home carrying with them củ mài (white yam), a local specialty that's as tasty as it is healthy.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Region is seeing a fall in the number of tourist arrival due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

The fourth theatrical festival, taking place in July and featuring plays inspired by Vietnamese police, is calling for entries.

Because a number of different conditions can cause chronic pelvic pain, it is sometimes difficult for doctors to pinpoint the specific cause.

In many countries porridge may be the best way to fill up for breakfast at the beginning of the day, but in Việt Nam, it's a lot more than just a bowl of oats. Here you will find the dish filled with succulent pork, and it is far from just a breakfast meal.

An exhibition featuring photos of Việt Nam and works by famous Hungarian sculptor Farkas Aladár on Việt Nam’s late President Hồ Chí Minh and its struggle against the US is being held in Székesfehérvár City, Hungary. 

Thousands of people, many dressed for a traditional masked ball, crowded into Saint Mark's Square on Sunday to witness "the flight of the angel", the opening event of the annual Venice Carnival.

Defying expectations, Paramount's new adventure comedy "Sonic the Hedgehog" took in $57 million this weekend to leap to the top of the North American box office, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported on Sunday.

HCM City has launched the 3rd International Unicorn-Lion-Dragon Dance Festival as part of its activities to promote tourism.   

“The Crossing of Disaster”, a solo art exhibition of French artist Francois Andes curated by French pianist Luiz Gustavo Carvalho, has opened at Galerie Quynh in HCM City.

A series of photos entitled Bikes of Hanoi is among finalists for the Sony World Photography Awards 2020 Professional competition.