Việt Nam News

Netflix shares rallied on Wednesday after its latest quarterly update showed robust subscriber growth and better-than-expected profits ahead of a major escalation in the streaming television war.

A photo contest has kicked off to start the #VietnamNOW campaign as part of the country’s inbound marketing strategy.

The Boiler Room, a London-based online music broadcasting platform commissioning and streaming live music sessions around the world, will host two shows in HCM City on October 19 and 21.

A film screening of the ballet La Dame Aux Camélias (The Lady of the Camellias), staged by the Moscow-based Bolshoi Theatre in 2015, will be held at TOONG Coworking Space in District 3 on October 17 and 18.

Mexican photographer Eunice Chao has travelled to many countries, but nowhere reminds her of home quite like Việt Nam.

The Institute of Vietnamese Costumes officially launched on October 14 with a mission to honour and preserve the beauty of Vietnamese clothing.

Japanese guest chef Hironori Wakashima who has more 20 year of culinary experience will be cooking in Hà Nội to seduce local connoisseurs with his home-country’s specialties.

The first weaving network for the traditional brocade of ethnic groups in the central and central highlands region has been launched connecting weaving groups and preserving the handicraft trade.

A Vietnamese Cuisine Day in France will be held in Perpignan, France between October 17 and 18.

Grease is about to come roaring back with a small screen version called Grease: Rydell High, named after the high school in which the 1978 movie was based.

An exhibition entitled A Girl Named K… displaying works by German artist Franca Bartholomai is running at the Goethe Institute until October 27.

 French musician Jean-Yves Thibaudet – one of today’s finest pianists – will fly to Việt Nam to perform at the season-opening gala of the Sun Symphony Orcheastra (SSO) on October 23.

The Star Awards 2019 ceremony honouring the best in the Vietnamese entertainment scene will be held in HCM City on October 18.

The screening of the recently-released animated film titled Abominable has been cancelled in cinemas across the country because it contains the infamous ‘nine-dash line’ map drawn by China to claim up to 90 per cent of the contested South China Sea (called East Sea by Việt Nam), a film distributor's press release said. 

Vietnamese coming-of-age drama Ròm, a recent winner at the Busan International Film Festival, has been fined VNĐ40 million (US$1,700) for participating in the festival without an official license from the authority.

Vietnamese and international artists will perform at a charity concert entitled Look at The World at the Hà Nội Opera House on October 16.

A stone wall dating back to the fourth century in the central province of Hà Tĩnh is set to be restored thanks to a VNĐ2 billion (US$86,100) project.

You’ll find it alongside many a meal in Viet Nam to add that little bit of extra flavor and a touch of spice. But shrimp paste comes into its own when its served with vermicelli, pork and tofu. That’s known as bun dau mam tom and is one of the country’s most popular meals. Make sure to check it out.