Việt Nam News

The HCM City Department of Tourism held a ceremony to welcome the first tourists of 2022 at the city’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport.

The famous acrobat brothers, Giang Quốc Cơ and Giang Quốc Nghiệp, set a new world record in head-to-head balancing on December 23 in Catalonia, Spain.

Singer and doctor of music Tân Nhàn has released a music video (MV) combining xẩm (blind busker's singing) with cello to modernise this Vietnamese classical form of music.

Yến (Canary) stream is located about 60 kilometres from the centre of Hà Nội, also known as Yến Vĩ (Canary Tail), because of its shape like the tail of a canary.

On the centenary of Polish writer Stanisław Lem's birthday, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Hà Nội together with Kim Đồng Publishing House (Việt Nam) and the Booka Publishing House (Poland) will introduce the comic book Con tàu bất bại (The Invincible) to Vietnamese readers.

Pop star Mỹ Tâm will virtually hold a concert series called “Unstaged Music Show: My Soul 1981” on the streaming platform NEThub in January. 

Sa Pa Town in northern province of Lào Cai has been more attractive to tourists in winter, when snow and ice sometimes appear on top of high mountains.

Virtual countdown light 2022 party will be organised on the last day of the year with the participation of many famous celebrities.

Although the COVID-19 pandemic has shadowed cultural activities nationwide, Việt Nam has still successfully launched many major events. Here are the top 10 cultural events of Việt Nam selected by Việt Nam News.

Đông A Books Joint Stock Company, one of Việt Nam’s leading book publishers and distributors, has released a new book to celebrate the Tết (Lunar New Year) festival in the Year of the Tiger.

After participating in a few TV shows, a Lao student suddenly became famous in the online community because of his appearance and ability to sing in Vietnamese.

The information about the characters in Vietnamese hát bội (classical drama) is now available in English on ichLinks, an online platform providing information about intangible cultural heritages in the Asia-Pacific region.

Professor Trần Quang Hải, a specialist of Vietnamese traditional music, passed away in his sleep after years fighting blood cancer in France, at the age of 78.

Famous songs by the late songwriter Trịnh Công Sơn, a talented artist in Vietnamese contemporary music, will be featured in a concert tour in HCM City on Thusday. 

Emerging writer Phan Đức Lộc was honoured recently at a writing contest held by the Ministry of Public Security. He is a police officer working in the northern mountainous province of Điện Biên. Lộc has won many awards for his different genres of literature including top prize at the Young Literature Contest 2018 and Short Story Writing Contest 2018-19. Lao động (Labour) newspaper reporter Việt Văn spoke with Lộc as he is member of Việt Nam Ethnic Literature and Arts Association.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has signed a decision to recognise 23 more artefacts as national treasures.

Dozens of artists performed at a concert organised by the HCM City Music Conservatory to celebrate its 65th anniversary.