Việt Nam News

Young composer and music producer Hứa Kim Tuyền is working on a music project called “7 Sắc Cầu Vồng” (Seven Colours of Rainbow) that reflects different facets of life and love.

Blockbuster director Phan Gia Nhật Linh has launched his new project on a famous novel by late talented author Vũ Trọng Phụng, one of the country’s greatest 20th century writers.  

After many modern tunes have encouraged citizens to help stop the COVID-19 pandemic, now it is the turn of traditional Vietnamese music. One of the earliest works is a song entitled Tiêu Diệt Corona (Destroy Corona) by Xẩm Hà Thành (Hà Nội buskers’ singing group).

Indie music continues to top the charts of the Vietnamese music industry, according to Người Lao Động (Labourer) newspaper.

 

Vietnamese hit-making rock band, Bức Tường (The Wall), released a new music video entitled XXV to celebrate their 25th anniversary on March 26.

Chợ Lớn (Big Market) Drama Stage, a newly-opened private theatre in HCM City, has closed as its investors are going to bankrupt due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Spring offers a favourable weather for trees and flowers. A typical flower of spring in Việt Nam is Hoa Gạo (literally Rice Flower in English), also known as Mộc Miên or Pơ Lang (Bombax ceiba in Latin).

An online auction will be co-held on March 29 by Indochineart Gallery and An Ninh Thủ Đô (Capital Security) newspaper to raise funds for the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Vietnamese hit-making rock band, Bức Tường (The Wall), released a new music video entitled XXV to celebrate their 25th anniversary on March 26.

The Walking Dead -- based on a comic book about a post-apocalyptic zombie-ridden vision of the United States -- is one of the most successful shows in the history of US cable television, smashing viewership records during its long run.

Prince Harry's wife Meghan will make an instant start to life away from Britain's royal frontline by narrating a new film about a family of African elephants, Disney announced on Thursday.

In many people’s eyes Phú Quốc Island is the ideal place to chillax. With its sun kissed shoreline and calm, clear crystal waters gently caressing the golden sands, there really is no better place to go to switch off from the rest of the world.

Photographer Trần Phong has released a new book entitled Tượng Gỗ Tây Nguyên (Wooden Statues in The Central Highlands of Việt Nam). 

Because of the impact of COVID-19 outbreak, many restaurants in HCM City are struggling and offering free delivery services to attract customers who are eating at home instead of going out.

Central Đà Nẵng's People's Committee will invest VNĐ46 billion (more than US$1.9 million) into Nam Ô Village to develop community tourism, according to the committee's report.

Lady Gaga has shelved her forthcoming album “Chromatica” for now, saying it’s not the right time amid a global fight with the coronavirus.

Vietnamese artists are creating songs to praise the solidarity and bravery of Vietnamese people during the Covid-19 pandemic.