Việt Nam News

The first group of 12 domestic and foreign tourists travelling to HCM City on the first day of the New Year were greeted at the Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport with a welcoming ceremony.

More than 2,600 foreign tourists have visited Đà Nẵng on the first day of the New Year, arriving by air and sea, marking a promising start to another successful year for tourism in central Việt Nam.

Thousands of people in HCM City are expected to participate in “Lights 2019”, the New Year Countdown party which will be organised on Nguyễn Huệ Walking Street from 8pm on December 31 until midnight.

A photo exhibition on the formation and growth of HCM City over the lst 320 years has opened at the Nguyen Huệ Pedestrian Street in District 1.

A series of drama, music and dance shows featuring hundreds of singers, dancers and theatre artists offering something for everyone in HCM City will begin this weekend.  

Hà Nhì ethnic minority group is one among 19 groups residing in northern province of Điện Biên. Most of them live in Mường Nhé District.

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A musical production about xe ôm – a common means of transportation in Việt Nam – will be performed in Hà Nội on Friday night.

An Oregon man became the first person to traverse Antarctica alone without any assistance on Wednesday, trekking across the polar continent in an epic 54-day journey that was previously deemed impossible.

The murmuring of water flowing down, the singing of the wild birds – the symphony of nature keeps resounding in the picturesque scenery surrounding Trà Bói waterfall.

Cultural experts and Cải Lương (reformed opera) artists took part in a seminar in HCM City yesterday to seek ways to bring art form closer to audiences.

The Ngũ Hành Sơn (Marble Mountains) landscape site in the central city of Đà Nẵng has been recognised as a National Special Relic, one of 16 approved by the Prime Minister on December 24.

Former First Lady Hillary Clinton’s 17-year run as the woman Americans admire most is over. Another former First Lady, Michelle Obama, has deposed Clinton as America’s most admired woman, according to a Gallup poll published yesterday.

A traditional market of the Mông ethnic group from northern province of Điện Biên will be held at the Culture-Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups between Saturday and New Year’s Day.

An art performance will light up Nha Trang in the central coastal province of Khánh Hòa on December 31 to celebrate New Year’s Eve and announce the National Tourism Year 2019.

The Saigon Startup Party 2019 will be held from 5pm to late on January 26 at New ZumWhere Restaurant on 11 Nguyễn Thành Ý Street in District 1.

More than 50 sculptures by 26 young artists from HCM City and Hà Nội are on display at an exhibition titled Điêu Khắc Sài Gòn-Hà Nội (Sài Gòn-Hà Nội Sculpture) at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

More than 70 works by noted artist Nguyễn Sỹ Ngọc (1918-1990), a typical painter of the socialist realism trend of Vietnamese modern fine arts, are on display at the Việt Nam Fine Arts Museum.