Việt Nam News

Located in one of Việt Nam’s most flood-prone corridors, Huế and Hội An have long coped with seasonal inundation, but the rapid degradation of ancient buildings amid more intense and erratic weather demands a fundamental rethink of preservation strategies.

The first Red River Festival 2025 officially opened in the northern border province of Lào Cai on November 19, bringing together localities along the Red River in Việt Nam and Honghe prefecture of China's Yunnan province.

The workshop, Dó It Now, held at the Dó Paper House on 189 Trích Sài Street in Hà Nội’s Tây Hồ Ward, is part of the project GenZó: GenZ Meets Dó that aims to introduce the traditional paper to the youth through accessible, creative formats that align with current trends.

The Vienna Chamber Orchestra and La Philharmonica, an elite ensemble of female artists from the Vienna Philharmonic, are set to perform a special three-night concert series titled The Vienna Concert at the Hồ Gươm Opera House in Hanoi on November 27, 28, and 29.

The HCM City Book Street will launch the first-ever Book and Night Cultural Festival on November 21-23.

After merging with the provinces of Vĩnh Phúc and Hòa Bình, Phú Thọ Province has a new socio-economic development space, with its tourism bearing a high connectivity, integration and rich development potential.

Around 100 photos telling stories of gong culture in Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) are being presented to the public at the Museum of Đắk Lắk Province.

An exhibition showcasing 19 National Treasures for the first time has opened to the public at the National Treasures-Heritage event held at the Museum of Chăm Sculpture in the heart of Đà Nẵng.

The short film 'A Taste Like Nothing' by young Vietnamese director Phan Bảo Tuấn has been officially selected and honoured with an Excellence Award in the competition section of the Shinshu Suwa Film Festival in Nagano, Japan.

The Vietnamese Students’ Association in Wellington (VSAW) has been commended for initiating and maintaining the Việt Nam Day as an annual event that brings together the Vietnamese community in Wellington and across New Zealand to honour and spread the Vietnamese cultural identity while fostering mutual understanding and exploring new avenues for bilateral cooperation.

Blue Light Yokohama, a major hit in Japan during the 1960s and closely associated with the port city of Yokohama, was chosen as the foundation of the project with the aim of bringing Japanese J-pop music closer to Vietnamese audiences.

The 2025 edition will feature around 150 booths by localities, travel companies, airlines, craft villages and artisans. Each display area will showcase distinctive products, attractive tour packages and diverse cultural and artistic activities.

I could never have known, when I moved here with the intention to teach English for a year or two, that I could fall so deeply and spectacularly in love with a place that it would change the course of my life.

At a conference on establishing the central city as a global destination, Chairman of the city's Hotels Association Nguyễn Đức Quỳnh said that the hub has successfully hosted elite luxury travellers and world-famous billionaires, including American billionaire Bill Gates.

Japanese pianist Hibiki Tamura, winner of the 2007 Long-Thibaud Competition in France, will give free performances in Đà Nẵng and Huế on December 13–14 to mark the 80th anniversary of Việt Nam's independence and the successful merger of Đà Nẵng City and Quảng Nam Province.

Alix Turolla Tardieu, granddaughter of Victor Tardieu, founder and first director of the then L'École des Beaux-Arts de l'Indochine, and Arnault Fontani, great-grandson of sculptor Everiste Jonchere, the school’s second director, travelled to Hà Nội to celebrate their ancestors’ legacy 100 years on.

Large areas of beautiful landscape surrounded with palm forests, tea hills, poetic rivers and a unique cultural heritage system are creating a unique tourism attraction for this northern mountain province.

Iced tea spots are a popular sight on the streets of Hà Nội. People from all walks of life meet, mingle and chat at these sidewalk stalls. We take a deep delve into the history of this simple drink and meet those who serve it, and drink it, on a daily basis in Việt Nam’s capital city.