Việt Nam News

Hoa Sen University in HCM City launched an art contest for high school students in the city and its neighbouring provinces.

The Việt Nam Association of Photographic Artists has called on professional photographers and photo journalists to send contributions covering the prevention and fight against COVID-19 in Việt Nam.

Feeling the heat? This traditional treat is a sure fire way to cool down! Those of you with a sweet tooth won’t want to miss out on a bit of tofu pudding.

A preschool project in the northern province of Sơn La has just been listed among the top 10 new architecture projects in the Art & Design column in UK-based newspaper The Guardian.

The New York-based travel magazine Travel + Leisure has named Việt Nam on its list of the top 17 destinations for tourists after the COVID-19 crisis ends.

President Hồ Chí Minh's Mausoleum reopened to the public from Tuesday (May 12) after being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic since March 23, according to the board.

Veteran actor and comedian Jerry Stiller, who found fame on Broadway and later in the smash US show Seinfeld has died from natural causes aged 92, his son, the Hollywood star Ben Stiller, said on Monday.

Decades after grunge's reluctant poster boy took his own life, Kurt Cobain's guitar played during his legendary MTV Unplugged performance is hitting the auction block at a starting estimate of US$1 million.

Restoration works on towers of Group A (A10, A8, A11) in the Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary has completed 80 per cent including the foundation, inner walls and boundary walls, while preparatory works have been scheduled on the remain towers in Group A, and Groups K and H for soon working after COVID-19 eased in the central region.

A programme calling on Vietnamese citizens to travel to domestic tourism attractions has been launched by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism as part of efforts to stimulate domestic tourism as social distancing measures are eased.

Rau bí or pumpkin buds are a popular ingredient in many dishes in Việt Nam but the best is rau bí xào tỏi (stir fried with garlic), said Phạm Tuấn Hải, a former judge on Việt Nam Master Chef.

The removal of 33,000 items and objects at the Huế Historical Museum has begun recently, in preparation for the site's new location on Điện Biên Phủ street.

A new exhibition, entitled Who I Am, features works by amateur artists from the Green Art Centre.

The Culture Ministry will host a free film week celebrating the 130th anniversary of President Hồ Chí Minh’s birthday between May 19 and 26 throughout the country.

A Prague festival producer said on Sunday the coronavirus pandemic has forced him to swap out real stages for a safer drive-in cultural festival that has nonetheless been cheered by honking horns and flashing lights.

Cải lương tuồng cổ (a form of Vietnamese folk opera) is in need of state support as it faces a severe shortage of human resources, according to Người Lao Động (Labourer) newspaper.

Tourism authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta are stepping up efforts to attract domestic visitors, with a focus on regaining trust so that they feel safe about going to tourist destinations and lodgings there.

Live-streaming performances are an alternative in times when the physical stage cannot open.