VN film to premiere at Cannes Film Fest

Hãy Thức Tỉnh và Sẵn Sàng (Stay Awake, Be Ready) by Phạm Thiên Ân will premiere in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors' Fortnight), an independent section held in parallel with the Cannes Film Festival in France in May.

Huế offers 7 festive days of crafts and music

The city of Huế in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế on Friday evening commenced the seven day festival designated for traditional craft villages, artisans and craft products coming from localities across the country.

Butterfly season in Cúc Phương

Established in 1962, the 22,400ha park was the very first national park of Việt Nam and is located in Ninh Bình, Thanh Hóa and Hòa Bình provinces

Reunification Day painting exhibition to open

An exhibition of paintings by artists from the central city of Đà Nẵng and neighbouring Quảng Nam Province will open to the public at Đà Nẵng’s Fine Art Museum from Friday (April 26) to May 6.

HBSO presents concert of movie soundtracks

Vocalists and musicians at the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will perform at a concert featuring soundtracks from popular movies at the city Opera House tomorrow (Apr 27).

James Bond 25 to be unveiled

The title and cast of Daniel Craig's expected swansong as 007 was announced oThursday from an "iconic 007 location", according to the official James Bond Twitter account.

Notre-Dame organ dusty but undamaged: organist

Notre-Dame's grand organ will be cleaned of dust but will probably not have to be taken apart after the inferno that ravaged the Paris cathedral, the organist who was playing the it when the blaze broke out said on Thursday.

Play on female soldiers staged in HCM City

The historical play, Hoa Lửa Truông Bồn (Female Soldiers Fight in Truông Bồn), attracted more than 1,000 audiences after two shows in HCM City’s Bến Thành Theatre this week.

Lý Sơn Island to restore giant whale skeleton

The central island district of Lý Sơn, 30km off the coast of central Quảng Ngãi Province, is planning to preserve the largest whale skeleton ever found off its coast later this year.  

Quy Nhơn: the "Maldives of Việt Nam"

Quy Nhơn City in Bình Định Province region, along with Đà Nẵng and Nha Trang, is one of the three tourism hubs in Việt Nam's south-central coastal region.

Visit Tam Kỳ, a city of dreams in Quảng Nam

“Tam Kỳ really is a city of dreams.” That was my first impression of the capital city of the central province of Quảng Nam, and I am sure many other visitors have experienced the same feeling.

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