More than 50 years ago, the site was a lake providing irrigation water for surrounding fields in Thanh An and Thanh Thịnh communes. Locals started to grow tea on the islands three years ago.
Meritorious artist Thanh Kim Huệ will play the lead in the legendary cải lương (reformed opera) play Lan và Điệp (Love Story of Lan and Điệp) at Đà Nẵng’s Trưng Vương Theatre on August 23, 46 years after its debut.
French Cultural Centre (L’Espace) will host two concerts under Việt Nam Connection Music 2019 (VNCMF) on Thursday and Friday.
Vietnamese film makers have won prizes in the Open Doors section of Locarno Film Festival held in Locarno, Switzerland from August 7-17, revealed by Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab.
India celebrates its 73rd Independence Day today (August 15). Ambassador of India Pranay Verma sends a message to Việt Nam News readers to celebrate this anniversary and start his term in Việt Nam.
A cultural, sports and tourism festival will take place in the northern mountain province of Sơn La this month, featuring the beauty of nature, life and people of ethnic groups in the northwestern region, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Local artisans from craft villages in Việt Nam and members of the International Silk Union joined the Fifth International Silk and Brocade Festival in Hội An’s Silk Village on August 9 and 10, creating trade links between Việt Nam and silk centres around the world.
A monthly night market will be held at Thanh Toàn tile roofed bridge in Thủy Thanh Commune, Hương Thủy Town, central province of Thừa Thiên - Huế at 7pm every 16th day of lunar month.
The Graphics, Sculpture and Applied Fine Arts Exhibition has opened in Hà Nội with more than 100 pieces on show.
The works comprise of 61 graphics designs, 40 sculptures and 20 practical fine art pieces by established and emerging artists.
She may only be nine-years-old but young writer Bùi Mai Khuê is already heading on the ‘write’ path in the world of literature after winning a top prize in a competition.
The song appears on the soundtrack to Blinded by the Light, a new coming-of age film whose plot is inspired by Springsteen's music.
After a two-year absence, Peaky Blinders will be back for a fifth season. The BBC has just announced that the British series will start broadcasting again in the UK on August 25.
The painting is believed to feature a portrait of monk Nguyễn Minh Không (Lý Quốc Sư) (1065-1141) and has been kept in Thánh Nguyễn Temple in Ninh Bình Province.
From August 10 to 24, Việt Nam Youth Theatre is performing a repertoire of plays to commemorate the death anniversary of playwright Lưu Quang Vũ. He is considered the most popular playwright of Việt Nam after the country's renewal.
The ongoing reconstruction of the central chamber of Quốc Ân Pagoda, which was listed among 153 buildings in need of preservation in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế, is causing controversy over its building permit.
Seven books on Vietnamese women and family values by late author and journalist Bà Tùng Long of Đà Nẵng, a leading female writer of South Việt Nam in the 1960s-70s, have been reprinted by the Trẻ (Youth) Publishing House.
Singer Lê Việt Anh has released an album inspired by patriotism and motherhood to celebrate Vu Lan, a Buddhist festival dedicated for filial duty (this year it falls on August 15).
A concert entitled Thanh Âm Từ Thiên Nhiên (The Sound From Nature) will be aired live from the National Conference Centre on Việt Nam National Television (VTV)’s Channel 1 on August 18.