Việt Nam News

Gấc fruit is a well-known fruit in Việt Nam, thanks to its high nutritional value and bright red colour. 

Despite being more recognisable as a writer over the past few decades, 60 oil-on-canvas paintings by Mường Mán, including 20 that he created during social distancing, have gone on display in HCM City. 

On National Reunification Day (April 30), visitors can explore many cultural events at Sơn Tây old fortress citadel, the new pedestrian zone in Hà Nội.

Almost two years since borders closed, Việt Nam's tourism sector is is ready to fully open, with no restrictions on flight frequency or destinations. But tour companies face stiff competition from other destinations in the region who are well prepared and may have the advantage.

A new programme in which artists perform and talk about the cải lương (reformed opera) and tuồng (classical drama) has been launched by the HCM City Theatre Association. 

A special programme of Vietnamese music and dance street performances will be held at the Bạch Đằng Wharf Park in HCM City’s District 1.

Visitors have flocked to a Pear Blossom Festival held in Hồng Thái Commune, Na Hang District, in the northern mountainous province of Tuyên Quang.

Three years after it premiered at the HCM City Opera House, contemporary dance drama Café Saigon will return to the august venue later this month.

Joy Kil – teacher by day, comedian by night - is a wisecracking stand-up artist who taps into the 'expat' experience in Việt Nam for her material, and takes no prisoners along the way.  

A relative’s struggle with the condition has inspired the composition of a new, moving song about Alzheimer’s that pop star Cẩm Vân has lent her voice to.

A series of paintings that have never been seen before by the the late artist Phan Kế An (1923-2018) will go on display at an exhibition on March 11.

Ghi Dọc Cánh Rừng (Writing Along The Forest) by Lại Hồng Khánh has been published by Canadian Ukiyoto Publishing and is available on Amazon. It is the diary of a young teacher who becomes a soldier and travels across the Trường Sơn mountain range to the Southern battlefield in the 1970s.  Công An Nhân Dân (People's Police) reporter Jy Khanh spoke to the author. 

A one-man-opera, “The Recital: Thế Huy, tenor,” will kickstart a classical music performancethis Friday.