Việt Nam News

Azerai La Residence in Huế and VAC Library in Hà Nội have been listed in the 'World’s 100 Greatest Places' for 2019 by Time magazine.

After his ouster from the Hot Country US song charts triggered outrage and catapulted him to overnight fame, genre-bending artist Lil Nas X is up for a Country Music Award.

Popular architecture company VTN Architects, run by award-winning architect Võ Trọng Nghĩa, has started a project to plant trees all over the country.

Yates' first novel was published before he was 30. He has written one novel for adults, and two for young adults. The latest one, How We Became Wicked, came out in July.

The Ma Coong ethnic minority group’s drum beating festival and traditional boat racing on Kiến Giang River in the central province of Quảng Bình have been officially recognised as national intangible cultural heritages by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The outdoor bar Saigon Outcast will celebrate the National Day with a screening and music event on September 7.

The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre will host a workshop “Trung Thu (Mid-Autumn): Tea Talk and Taste” on September 7.

Art Space will present In Situ – a group exhibition featuring six contemporary Vietnamese artists – at their new exhibition space starting on August 31.

An one-day excursion to the craft village of Hạ Thái in Hà Nội’s suburban district of Thường Tín will be held by the Friends of Việt Nam Heritage on September 8.

Việt Nam’s landscapes and lifestyles are topics of ink wash paintings on display at the HCM City Fine Arts Association to mark the 74th anniversary of National Day, September 2.

The documents include a passport issued by the Chinese Consulate in Singapore to Tống Văn Sơ (another name of President Hồ Chí Minh), portrait photos and fingerprints taken in 1931.

Attending the event for the second time, Nam will show off 'S Vietnam'.

Netflix's star-studded gangster movie The Irishman will receive only a limited release in theatres, it said Tuesday, as debate rages in Hollywood over the disruption caused by deep-pocketed streaming giants.

About 20 photos are selected from 300 taken at Hà Nội Arts Club for Children with Disabilities with a view to change community awareness about people with disabled.

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that women breastfeed exclusively for their baby’s first six months of life, without the need for additional solid food or fluids – including water. UNICEF data suggests that 24 per cent of babies in Việt Nam are in fact breastfed up to the age of six months, higher than the overall global rate.

The Việt Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee in HCM City and HCM City Television, in co-cperation with their partners, will broadcast a special music programme on Vietnamese seas and islands tomorrow (August 29) to mark the 74th anniversary of National Day (September 2). 

Historian and teacher Nguyễn Thừa Hỷ won the 'Bùi Xuân Phái – For The Love of Hà Nội' prize on Tuesday at Vietnam News Agency’s headquarters.

Reporter Quỳnh Yên, from Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Sài Gòn) newspaper talks to her about her work.