Việt Nam News

Several cultural and religious activities will be held starting today (December 6) at the Yên Tử historical site in the northern province of Quảng Ninh to celebrate the 710th anniversary of the attainment of Nirvana by King-Monk Trần Nhân Tông, founder of Việt Nam’s Zen Buddhism.

The Friends of Vietnam Heritage will host a weekend excursion to a hot springs resort in Thanh Thủy District in Phú Thọ Province on December 7 and 8.

Two years after the success of the first Nguyệt Hạ (Summer Moon) concert, songstress Giang Trang, known for singing songs by the late Vietnamese composer Trịnh Công Sơn, is back with Nguyệt Hạ 2 at L’Espace on December 11.

The musical "Diary of A Cricket” will be staged at 8 pm on December 29 at the HCM City Opera House at 7 Lam Sơn Square in District 1.

A concert featuring two famous artists from Hong Kong will take place at the Soul Live Complex in HCM City next week.

Various problems of Việt Nam’s tourism are discussed by leading experts in the field at the two-day Travel & Tourism Summit kicked off in Hà Nội yesterday.

Four young Vietnamese directors have won top prizes at the CJ Short Film Project, one of the top short film contests in Việt Nam.

Guinness World Records has recently announced that two Vietnamese circus artists and brothers, Giang Quốc Cơ and Giang Quốc Nghiệp, has set a new world record with their head-balancing act in Rome, Italy in November.

A boy looks at a portrait of Korean coach Park Hang-seo and members of the Vietnamese national football team painted on the wall of house in Tam Thanh commune in the central coastal province of Quảng Nam’s Tam Kỳ City. — VNA/VNS Photo Đỗ Trưởng

Portraits of children in the northwestern mountainous areas of Việt Nam will be featured in Tuổi Thơ Như Thế (Childhoods), the first solo exhibition by artist Bùi Văn Tuất, which is being held at the Việt Nam Fine Arts Museum.

An openly gay Scottish artist who celebrated queer lives in a short film shot on an iPhone won Britain's prestigious Turner Prize Tuesday.

The Museum of Vĩnh Long Province in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta has unveiled a rare ancient statue of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, art, wisdom and learning.

Hồ Trung Dũng has released a new album entitled Saigon Feel co-produced with Võ Thiện Thanh. It took about six years to complete and has proven to be a hit in the Vietnamese music scene.

A documentary film on the late theatre actress Thanh Nga, a guru of cải lương (reformed opera), has been released on YouTube to pay tribute to the artist 40 years after her death.

Head coach of Việt Nam’s national football team Park Hang-seo will be featured in a documentary in national cinemas later this month.

With thousands of participants, the event ‘Run for Children 2018’ successfully raised more than VNĐ1.1 billion (US$47,000) for underprivileged children with cancer and congenital heart disease.

An air route should be developed that connects the three provinces of Quảng Ninh (Việt Nam), Udon Thani (Thailand), and Luang Prabang (Laos).

The northern province of Hải Dương will promote tourism based on national cultural heritage and historical relics, according to vice director of the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Phạm Thị Kim Nhung.