Việt Nam News

Proactively popularising Việt Nam's cultural values to the world and bringing into play the soft power of culture is helping promote the country’s status in the international arena, and is one of the targets determined in the cultural development strategy until 2030.

The central city selected the best 33 of 70 qualified candidates for the final round of the Miss Tourism Đà Nẵng contest to be organised on March 5, sparking a positive series of travel and cultural activities for the tourism recovery plan throughout 2022.

Vietnamese contemporary dancers will debut Antigone – a classic Greek play tonight at the Việt Nam National Opera & Ballet.

Important landmarks key to the friendship and cooperation between Việt Nam and India over the past five decades have been presented through photographs displayed at an exhibition which opened on Friday in Hà Nội.

An art exchange programme "Hành trình mùa Xuân lên rừng xuống biển" (Spring journey up the forest down to the sea) presenting 130 scholarships to children orphaned by the COVID-19 pandemic will be broadcast live on HCM City Television's HTV9 channel at 8:30am on Saturday.

Like guardian angels dressed in white, health workers take to the streets of Hà Nội to help those in need.

People’s Artist Bạch Tuyết, a cải lương (reformed opera) performer, has made waves with a new music video, released on YouTube on January 3.  

Aiming to bring new experiences to audiences, the Việt Nam National Puppetry Theatre will strive to innovate and create quality puppet plays with high artistic value and new forms of expression.

In Uganda, egg-chapati is also known as Rolex, making many people mistakenly think this dish is related to the famous Swiss watch brand. In fact, this name comes from the strong pronunciation of the word 'rolled egg' by the locals, causing diners to mishear it as 'rolex'. The misinterpretation has stuck.

For many years, food has become an important part of tourism branding and impressive highlight to attract foreign tourists to Việt Nam.

The first episode of a web drama series about family life, starring People’s Artist and comic actress Hồng Vân, was released on YouTube on New Year’s Eve, attracting more than 138,000 views.

The Department of Tourism of Quang Ninh has completed a draft plan called “Green-lane tourism” to revive the COVID-19-stricken sector in the northern coastal province.

The spring atmosphere will overwhelm the Việt Nam Ethnic Village of Culture and Tourism throughout January with various festivals of ethnic minority groups throughout the nation.

Unleashing Creativity Week 2021 was held from December 24 to 31 at the Centre for Art & Culture at 22 Hàng Buồm Street, Hà Nội. It included 20 events, exhibitions, art performances and performance installations. Artist Nguyễn Thế Sơn, the event curator spoke with Nhân Dân Cuối Tuần (People's Weekend) about the week.

Famed Vietnamese composer and music producer Đức Trí will host a music show in HCM City on January 15.

Although the decision to list the area among the national relics was made two years ago, due to the pandemic, the award ceremony only took place last week, organised by the Yên Bái Provincial People’s Committee.

In Vietnamese cuisine, steamed sticky rice is very popular among ethnic groups, as rice has been planted here for thousands of years. 

Researcher Võ Hà has released the book 'Trường Sa 1988 – Hồ Sơ Một Sự Kiện Lịch Sử' (Trường Sa 1988 – A Dossier on a Historical Incident) on the protection and development of Trường Sa (Spratly) Archipelago of Việt Nam, focusing on the protection of Gạc Ma (Johnson), Colin and Len Đao reefs in Việt Nam’s Trường Sa Islands against Chinese invasion 33 years ago.