Việt Nam News

The Vera Quartet, a string quartet from the world-renowned Curtis Institute of Music, will perform for the first time in Việt Nam in a show called "Curtis On Tour: Vera Quartet" to be held in HCM City on April 20.

A chamber concert featuring Russian classical music will be held in Hà Nội and HCM City today and tomorrow, with performances from Alexey Vovchenko (clarinet) and Alexey Kuznetsov (piano), laureates of international competitions.

Singer Hà Lê has revealed his newest project – to bring a breath of fresh air to the music of great Vietnamese composer Trịnh Công Sơn, and rap may be on the cards.

Sixteen Vietnamese and international fashion designers and fashion brands will take part in the Aquafina Việt Nam International Fashion Week (AVIFW) Spring-Summer 2019 in HCM City from April 11-14.

Young pop idol Orange of HCM City has released her latest music video (MV), Tôi Thất Tình (Ugly) after winning the Asian Supernova Award 2019 presented by the Hong Kong Asian – Pop Music Festival 2019 last month.

The Hạ Long-Cát Bà Alliance has called for addressing the pollution caused by waste water in Hạ Long Bay and the Cát Bà Archipelago using technology.

Vietnamese filmmakers should focus on the editing process to avoid mistakes and professionalise their work, experts said at a seminar on the film industry held yesterday in HCM City.

Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk, who scooped last year's Booker International Prize for fiction, was named on Tuesday among five female nominees for this year's prestigious literary award.

French tourism figures reached a new record in 2018 despite weeks of violent "yellow vest" protests that caused a late slump, the national statistics institute (INSEE) said on Tuesday.

A ballot was held yesterday in Hà Nội and HCM City by about 100 reporters to choose the 14th Devotion Music Awards, run by Thể Thao & Văn Hóa (Sport & Culture) daily.

A new underground tunnel has been discovered in the world’s largest cave Sơn Đoòng, attendees heard at a press briefing yesterday in Hà Nội on the latest diving expedition inside the cave.

Top Vietnamese chess player Lê Quang Liêm has been named as an international super grandmaster again after a win in the standard category at the ongoing Dubai Open in the UAE yesterday.

Writer Nguyễn Thành Nhân has translated more than 30 books into Vietnamese. He recently introduced two new translations, Thomas Hardy’s The Return of The Native and Virginia Woolf’s Jacob’s Room. Quỳnh Yên interviews Nhân about the relationship between translation and writing.

The northern mountainous province of Hà Giang will host the first off-road motor race for both motorbikes and at in the UNESCO-recognised Đồng Văn Karst Global Geopark.

Burger King has come under fire for an advertisement that many deemed racist against Asians.

Young artists at the Phú Nhuận Drama Troupe will stage new plays including comedies for students during the three upcoming national holidays: the Hùng Kings Memorial Day on April 14,  Reunification Day on April 30 and Labour Day on May 1.