Việt Nam News

More than 2,000 professional and amateur filmmakers around the country have entered the 48 Hour Film Project (48HFP) which opened last week.   

Michael Mann wants to make a big-screen sequel to Heat, the iconic movie that brought Hollywood legends Al Pacino and Robert De Niro together for the first time, the director has said.

Popular designer Trần Hùng will be the first Vietnamese designer to show off his collection at London Fashion Week 2019, to take place in London between September 13 and 17.

Việt Nam ranks among the seven cheapest coastal countries in the world for retirees, according to International Living, an Ireland-based publishing company that writes about retiring overseas and Panama-based travel magazine Live and Invest Overseas.

The second tallest mountain in southern Việt Nam, with its forests and steep cliffs, is attracting lovers of trekking.

Ambassador of Uruguay Rosario Portell sends a message to Việt Nam News readers to celebrate the national day of Uruguay (August 25).

Hà Nội and Phú Quốc Island are in a list of 17 best places in Asia that US cable TV channel CNN has put out.

Just 20km from HCM City is the Thủy Châu tourist area in Bình Dương Province, a large place that offers a lot of entertainment options and delicious and affordable food.

Preserving President Hồ Chí Minh’s body in the coming years is a meaningful task for the Government and people of Việt Nam, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said at a conference yesterday in Hà Nội.

Azerai La Residence in Huế and VAC Library in Hà Nội have been listed in the 'World’s 100 Greatest Places' for 2019 by Time magazine.

After his ouster from the Hot Country US song charts triggered outrage and catapulted him to overnight fame, genre-bending artist Lil Nas X is up for a Country Music Award.

Popular architecture company VTN Architects, run by award-winning architect Võ Trọng Nghĩa, has started a project to plant trees all over the country.

Yates' first novel was published before he was 30. He has written one novel for adults, and two for young adults. The latest one, How We Became Wicked, came out in July.

The Ma Coong ethnic minority group’s drum beating festival and traditional boat racing on Kiến Giang River in the central province of Quảng Bình have been officially recognised as national intangible cultural heritages by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The outdoor bar Saigon Outcast will celebrate the National Day with a screening and music event on September 7.

The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre will host a workshop “Trung Thu (Mid-Autumn): Tea Talk and Taste” on September 7.

Art Space will present In Situ – a group exhibition featuring six contemporary Vietnamese artists – at their new exhibition space starting on August 31.

An one-day excursion to the craft village of Hạ Thái in Hà Nội’s suburban district of Thường Tín will be held by the Friends of Việt Nam Heritage on September 8.