Việt Nam News

First prize in the Young Francophones Reporters – Việt Nam 2021 — a writing contest in French held by Le Courrier du Vietnam (CVN) a weekly French-language newspaper under Việt Nam News Agency, has been awarded to Nguyễn Lê Diệu Thư and Lê Trọng Tường Uyên, students from HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

With borders closed, many tour guides are becoming creative. One guide is offering virtually tours to give people a taste of Vietnam. He believes this could be the future of vacations.

Many activities to honour the national tangible and intangible cultural values have been organised nationwide to celebrate Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day that fell on November 23.

Some 80 ceramic pieces, representing the pottery making history of Việt Nam, are being exhibited at the National Museum of Vietnamese History in downtown Hà Nội.

Mắt Biếc (Dreamy Eyes) by director Victor Vũ won the top award, the Golden Lotus for Feature film, at the 22nd Việt Nam Film Festival.

Ten famous musicians in the 1990s will appear in the TV show Sắc Màu Thời Gian (The Cover Show) on Việt Nam Television this month. 

With lively music and bright lights, the opening ceremony of "Star Arena" with the participation of nearly 100 performers, opened at the Palace of Planning, Fairs and Exhibitions in Quảng Ninh Province on Friday night.

The southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu plans to establish 17 eco-tourism areas under a tourism development project at Côn Đảo National Park until 2030.

A series of cultural activities to celebrate Việt Nam Teachers’ Day on November 20  are being held at the HCM City Book Pedestrian Street in District 1 until November 28.

Located close to the peaceful Cầu River, Thổ Hà Village in the northern province of Bắc Giang has developed a name for itself thanks to its original ancient architecture and specialty products – rice paper and crackers.

HCM City has proposed welcoming international tourists with vaccine passports beginning in December, without the need for on-arrival quarantine.

The Fine Arts Museum of Đà Nẵng has received a collection of original comics paintings donated by Vietnamese-Belgian Nguyễn Vinh Khoa, or Vink, who has been living in Liège, Belgium since 1969.

Cinemas in HCM City reopen today with a schedule of Hollywood and Vietnamese films, six months after social distancing started in late April.

At the recent National Book Awards, seven children's books have won awards, which is good news for publishers looking for topics and books for children.