Youth theatre presses on amid pandemic

Artists performed four short plays at the Goethe Institute in Hà Nội on Monday to a limited audience. Việt Nam News reporter Nguyễn Bình spoke with Sĩ Tiến, Việt Nam Youth Theatre's deputy-director about theatre in a pandemic-hit world. 

Rap makes its way to national TV

Rap Việt and King of Rap are the first two competitions seeking talented rappers to be aired on Vietnamese television. Both shows have been screened during prime time at the weekend since August 1.

Dwarf planet Ceres is an ocean world: study

The dwarf planet Ceres – long believed to be a barren space rock – is an ocean world with reservoirs of sea water beneath its surface, the results of a major exploration mission showed on Monday.

Children, ice cream and summer: why parents should be careful

According to a recent survey in the UK, in the summer parents tend to give their children up to five times more sweetened foods than any other time of year. A survey of 1,000 couples with children between the ages of two and 17 found that sugar intake spiked as children began summer holidays.

Online concert to raise funds for doctors in COVID-19 fight

More than 60 Vietnamese singers, composers and theatre artists at home and abroad will take part in a livestream concert on YouTube to raise funds for supporting doctors and frontline workers in Đà Nẵng and Quảng Nam provinces in the fight against COVID-19. 

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