Việt Nam News

Diva Hồng Nhung has released a new album comprising 10 songs for children as a way to bring her and audiences back to each one’s childhood.

Documentary Lên Thành Phố (Making Our Place) has won the Best Next Gen Film award at the 2020 Better Cities Film Festival.

Since the beginning of December, university students and fresh graduates in HCM City have been dressing up as the Father Christmas to deliver presents and spend time playing with children.

An exhibition of engraving paintings opened in Hà Nội on Tuesday, featuring artists representing different generations of Vietnamese graphics art.

Vietnamese movies that have won domestic and international awards are being screened during a film festival held in Moscow, the capital of Russia.

With the third outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic under control, the demand for domestic tours during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday is expected to rise in the next few weeks, according to travel agencies.

Both timeless and modern Christmas hits will be performed by foreign and Vietnamese artists in a Christmas-theme music programme that will be held in August Revolution Square in front of the Hanoi Opera House on Christmas Eve, running from 8pm until midnight.

Cuối Ngày Người Đàn Ông Một Mình (A Man Needs Time Alone at the End of a Day), a new acoustic album by award-winning singer Hà Anh Tuấn, has been released in both physical and digital formats.

Veteran artist Trần Nguyên Đán will show his latest wood carving about Hội An ancient town in central Việt Nam at an exhibition in Hà Nội entitled Khắc Họa (Carving Art), which opened yesterday at Lunet Art Gallery. 

HCM City's annual countdown music party to welcome the New Year will be held virtually on December 31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The dish is now available nationwide, but the taste of a plate of broken rice with grilled pork chops, shredded pork skin and steamed egg custard is best in the south, particularly in HCM City.

Around 500 visitors were excited to explore Italian culture, lifestyle, arts and history through six Italian movies screened during the Italian Film Festival 2020 in HCM City from December 18 to 20.

Shrimp paste maybe smelly to many, but when it is mixed with galangal and pig’s legs, it can create a rich flavoured dish. The tenderness of the meat and crispy skin have made many Vietnamese fall in love with grilled pig’s leg with noodles, especially in cold weather.

There are plenty of spectacular spots to explore underwater in Việt Nam.

The famous bamboo circus show called À Ố Show featuring Vietnamese culture will be staged by artists from Lune Production at the HCM City Opera House to usher in the New Year. 

The first part of the documentary about great poet Nguyễn Du (1765-1820), titled Đại Thi Hào Nguyễn Du (Great Poet Nguyễn Du), will be in cinemas in HCM City this week. 

This is considered a step to concretise the development strategy of cultural industries and the Vietnamese tourism development strategy through the promotion of national cultural identity.

The central city of Đà Nẵng will host the ‘Đà Nẵng New Year’ festival at the Asia Park and street performance on the Hàn River banks from December 30 to January 3.