Local authorities in the northern province of Bắc Giang have started initial steps to restore ancient relics on the West Yên Tử mountain range, where King-Monk Trần Nhân Tông (1258-1308) studied and practiced Buddhism.
Saigon Outcast will host the Saigon Burger Festival which will feature burgers from nine local restaurants on Saturday.
Vietnamese-Australian pianist Van-Anh Nguyen will share the stage with top vocalist Đoan Trang at Hotel Des Arts Saigon’s Social Club Restaurant on March 22.
The Dragonfly Theatre Company will stage the play Every Brilliant Thing, written by English playwright and director Duncan MacMillan and British comedian, writer and performer Jonny Donahoe, from March 28-31.
The new and privately owned Cải Lương (reformed opera) Vũ Luân Troupe, composed of 20 young actors, has opened in HCM City.
The film Thành Phố Ngủ Gật (Drowsy City) will be introduced at various international film festivals before its national premiere in June, director Lương Đình Dũng confirmed yesterday in Hà Nội.
The Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH) will present a screening of the movie Ba Mùa (Three Seasons) written and directed by Vietnamese-American director Tony Bùi on Saturday.
Fifteen major tour-operators from India and 35 Vietnamese tour operators held meetings at a tourism promotion event in HCM City yesterday.
Music from three generations of Vietnamese artists will be presented during the concert Tiếp Và Nối (On the PATH of the Ancestors) tomorrow at the Việt Nam National Academy of Music (VNAM).
Chocolate made by Bùi Durassamy, a Vietnamese-Canadian chocolatier based in Tiền Giang Province, is one of the specialities on display at a fair for organic agricultural products, which opened yesterday in Hà Nội to celebrate the International Day of Happiness.
Greg Norman, legendary golfer and Việt Nam Tourism Ambassador for 2018-2021, promised to promote Vietnamese coffee to the world.
The breathtaking landscape created by imposing karst mountains and impressive terraced rice fields, together with the unique ethnic culture of the local Mông people, has turn Hà Giang Province into a magnet for tourists and travellers.
Action movie Hai Phượng (Furie) has reached VNĐ135 billion (US$5.8 million) in the box office two weeks after its release. It is the latest movie produced and starring Ngô Thanh Vân. She was awarded a certificate by Mayor Trí Tạ of Westminster City in California for her efforts to popular the Vietnamese movie to the world. Phượng Đỗ interviews Vân about Furrie.
Hà Nội will be hosting its first Singapore Festival on March 23-24 with a wide range of cultural activities.
Young readers will have more opportunities to learn about Vietnamese history after the release this week of new books by poet and reporter Lê Minh Quốc.
Lò Thị Vui, a member of the Thái ethnic minority in Điện Biên, has been crowned Miss Ban Flower 2019.
Warner Bros studios chief Kevin Tsujihara, who has been dogged for weeks by reports of an affair with a young British actress he allegedly helped secure roles, is set to step down, the WarnerMedia group said Monday.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra canceled Monday a second week of performances after talks with striking musicians failed to reach an agreement on a new contract.
Veteran tenor and People’s Artists Doãn Tần, whose name has been known through the partiotic song Đường Chúng Ta Đi (The Road We Walk On) has died at age 73, his daughter, singer Hồng Vy told the media this morning.
