Việt Nam News

A series of activities marking Vietnamese Ethnic Groups’ Culture Day are taking place at the Việt Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hà Nội’s suburban of Sơn Tây until May 3.

From around February to June every year, when the wind is just right, kite lovers in HCM City spend their afternoons flying colourful kites. Parents especially enjoy teaching kids about their favourite childhood hobby.

Internationally recognised movie director Đặng Nhật Minh has received many prestigious awards for his work. Now he has been honoured in France for his contributions to film making. But Minh fears that the type of movie genre he specialised in throughout his career could be fading away.

HCM City has many more things to offer beside its lavish appearance. And there is no better way to dicover the many old-world charm it retains than by bicycle. Pedalling around lets you see the fast and furious metropolis from a whole different perspective.

The French Cultural Centre (L'Espace) will move its office from Tràng Tiền Street to Thiền Quang Street in Hà Nội on May 6. 

Lục Ngạn District in the northern province of Bắc Giang is known as the land of lychee with over 22,000 hectares of orchards. Together with a mild climate all year round, the locality has favourable conditions to produce one of the best honey types in Việt Nam – lychee honey.

Preparations are underway in Phú Thọ for the province's biggest event of the year, the Hùng Kings' Festival. Already streets leading to Hùng Kings Temple are lined with national and festival flags as well as colourful banners to welcome the thousands of tourists and pilgrims expected to visit.        

More than 300 models, including kids, will stride the catwalk during the Vietnamese Junior Fashion Week 2022 held in HCM City this weekend. 

Nearly 91,000 foreigners visited Việt Nam in the first quarter of the year, up 89.1 per cent year on year.

HCM City welcomed nearly 130 tourists from the US on Friday under a tour organised by Citslinc International Inc in collaboration with Asia Life and Beauty Travel and Tour Services Co., Ltd, the first large group to visit the southern city in two years.

A photo of a person collecting grass in Long An has won first prize in the Portrait category of the 2021 Skypixel photography contest.

As the country continues to get back on its feet following the pandemic, Phú Thọ is pushing agritourism, and taking advantage of good climate, large areas of agricultural land, and traditional craft villages, building tailor-made tours to offer unique and different experiences for visitors.

The French-themed concert will feature Kenjah David, Osamu Sakurai, Nguyễn Thế Anh, Tora, Marc Ramirez and guest artist Mạc Mai Sương

The resort island of Phú Quốc in Kiên Giang Province has seen a surge in tourist arrivals after Việt Nam fully reopened on March 15.

Poetry is the oldest form of literature, but, long before pen touched page, audiences have been enthralled by spoken word performances. Thanks to Waifs and Strays, Hà Nội's premier spoken word night, the world’s oldest performing art is truly alive and kicking in the capital.