Việt Nam News

Director James Cameron congratulated Avengers: Endgame Monday for beating his film Avatar to become the highest-grossing movie of all time.

Art Neville, a New Orleans funk legend and co-founder of the Neville Brothers, has died, his brother said Monday. He was 81 years old.

Vietnamese multimedia artist Nguyễn Trần Ưu Đàm will embark on a performance trip by cargo boat from Việt Nam to the US at the end of this month. The 30-day journey and performance along the coast of California will complete one small segment of the artist’s long-term, multi-phase work entitled Time Boomerang.

Sơn Tùng M-TP, a Vietnamese singer behind many hits with millions of views on Youtube, will work with his Underground-style friends to launch the Sky Tour Project, a series of musical nights in three major cities – HCM City, Đà Nẵng and Hà Nội.

On the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the July 23 Revolution in 1952, Ambassador of Egypt to Việt Nam Mahmoud Nayel sends a message to Việt Nam News readers.

Tasty, filling and flavourful are the three key ingredients to any meal, which is why it shouldn’t come as a surprise that you’ll find xôi xéo being eaten at any time of the day.

A music video (MV) about Vietnamese martyrs and soldiers performed by Meritorious Artist Tố Nga will be released on Monday to celebrate the 72nd annual Day of  War Invalids and Martyrs (July 27).

 Photographer Nguyễn Á’s photo book on Lý Sơn Island, a famous tourist site in central Quảng Ngãi Province, has been released in HCM City. 

Even as Disney confirmed Sunday that Avengers: Endgame had become the top-grossing movie ever, film historians noted that Gone With the Wind still has a strong case for being the most successful film of all time.

HCM City welcomed 17 million visitors in the first six months of this year, including 4.3 million foreign visitors, up 10 percent year-on-year, according to the city’s Department of Tourism.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta region enjoyed a boost in tourist arrivals in the first half of the year as a result of efforts to diversify tourism products and services, authorities have said.

Every three years, the Department of Performing Arts (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism) holds the festival to strengthen solidarity between Việt Nam, Laos and Cambodia and pay tribute to fallen soldiers of the three countries.

HCM City’s food and beverage market has become more vibrant with the introduction of food trucks on city streets.

The photos and documents on display reflect the life and career of Prince Souphanouvong, a man who studied in Hà Nội, married a Vietnamese woman and had 10 children with Vietnamese names who all studied in Hà Nội, too.

Hoàn Kiếm (Sword) Lake and its surrounding streets, located in the centre of Hà Nội, have always been considered the heart of the capital city as well as its spiritual and cultural hub. The area has witnessed many of the 1,000-year-old city's most historical moments such as the marching of Việt Nam's liberation troops to end the resistance war against the French or the rally of Hà Nội locals in front of the Opera House to seize power from the temporary administrations during the August Revolution in 1945.

SGO48 is the seventh overseas version of AKB48, a Japanese girl band popular for its concept of ‘idols you can meet every day'.

How sweet is your tooth? In Việt Nam desserts are a big, big deal. Tune in to episode 4 of Nom, nom, Vietnam to check out the tasty treats served up in Hà Nội and beyond.

It's one of the most common dishes in the whole of Việt Nam, but next time you tuck into a bowl of xôi xéo, or sticky rice with smashed green beans, spare a thought for the people who have been working since before sunrise to make sure your food is on the table.