Việt Nam News

There’s been a drop in temperature the past few days, and that means autumn is here. But did you know this is also the time of desserts made from rice? It may be just a nice snack or a gift to give for special occasions, but there sure is a lot of hard work and effort put in to bring this tasty treat to your table.

Filled with crab meat and vegetables before being fried to a perfect crisp, you'll definitely want to snap up these delicious spring rolls!

First there was Tutu, the African Mona Lisa sold last year for US$1.5 million. Then a second portrait by revered Nigerian painter Ben Enwonwu, called Christine, sold in mid-October, for $1.4 million.

Billie Eilish won best newcomer and best song for Bad Guy at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Sunday, while Ariana Grande failed to bag any of her seven nominations.

Most people have had the flu, but not everyone knows that the word “influenza” refers to a very specific group of viruses that are a dangerous subset of the various common colds and flus we’re familiar with. In Việt Nam, you can get it at any time of the year.

On behalf of the government of the Republic of Panama, Ambassador Servio S Samudio B extends his warmest congratulations to all Panamanian citizens living in Việt Nam, and greetings to the noble and friendly people of Việt Nam, on the occasion of the 116th Anniversary of Independence.

More than 2,000 female artists and women in áo bà ba (traditional dress of southern women) will parade on the streets of Bến Tre City as part of the  Bến Tre Coconut Festival 2019 opening on November 16. 

Singing, dancing, a fashion show and cuisine are some of the highlights of Diwali Night, which will be held on November 23 in Hà Nội.

Big hits by Vietnamese and international musicians from the 90s will be performed at a concert on November 9 in Hà Nội.

The exhibition entitled 'Wedding Excitement' includes 30 paintings by 20 international artists. The collection is from a contemporary art project which was carried out by the museum in 2019. 

The remote mountainous border areas in the northern province of Lai Châu have a high rate of poor households.

 “For a place with so much history – decades of wartime and occupation have left their scars – Hồ Chí Minh City feels surprisingly new,” the New York Times style magazine starts in a recently-published story about the “vibrant, stylish, youthful” city.

The "Art in the Forest" exhibition in Vĩnh Phúc Province in the heart of a pine forest is housed in containers complete with lights, air conditioning and glass doors.

The South Korea-based ASEAN Culture House (ACH) will hold a film festival showing films from ASEAN countries including Vietnamese movie Hai Phượng (Furie). 

An exhibition of Đông Hồ folk prints has opened at the Việt Nam Fine Arts Museum.

The potential and opportunities for film production in Việt Nam were introduced at a programme that has recently been held by the Vietnam Association of Film Promotion and Development (VFDA) in Tokyo.

The three-day Xposition ‘O’ contemporary dance fiesta (XPO) is introducing contemporary dance performances to local audiences at the Soul Lie Project Complex in HCM City.

To celebrate Halloween, Saigon Outcast will host Spooky Halloweek this weekend.