Việt Nam News

Over 1,000 artists will be performing at the Highlands Gong Culture Festival 2018 this weekend.

The BFG, Matilda and Willy Wonka are some of the best loved characters in children’s literature and Netflix is bringing them to life on the small screen across the world.

A section of stairs from the Eiffel Tower in Paris sold for almost 170,000 euros on Thursday, auctioneers announced, around three times the pre-sale estimate.

Vọng Nguyệt (Wishing Upon The Moon) is the second musical by female director Việt Hương. The movie was shot entirely in the northern province of Ninh Bình. It was released last month on Việt Nam Women’s Day.

Fascinating items are being displayed at a new exhibition entitled ‘The Imperial Citadel through Woodblocks of Nguyễn Dynasty – World Documentary Heritage’. The exhibition is on-going at the Thăng Long Citadel as part of activities to mark Vietnamese Heritage Day (November 23).

More than 100 of the best entries to the Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards will be displayed at many venues around HCM City and other provinces until June next year.

The 10th South Korean Culture & Food Festival will begin on November 30 offering festival-goers a chance to enjoy food and music performances by popular artists from South Korea and Việt Nam.

The ongoing Asia-Europe New Music Festival 2018 in Hà Nội is an occasion for international artists to learn about Việt Nam’s people, culture and the tradition of Vietnamese music, said Việt Nam’s Vice State President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh.

Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci, whose films include Last Tango In Paris and 1900, died on Monday aged 77.

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A nearly 1,000-year-old ink painting by one of China’s greatest literati masters Su Shi fetched US$59.5 million (HK$463,600,000) at auction, Christie’s said on Monday.

When winter approaches, locals in the northern province of Cao Bằng often cook coóng phù cake (or phù noòng in Tày language) to offer to their ancestors, praying for the severe cold to end.

High school students from the northern province of Lào Cai’s Vocational Education and Trainning Centre are creating artworks by themselves using technology for the first time.

Three Vietnamese treats including bún riêu (noodle soup with freshwater crab), snails and bánh mì in Hội An have been listed among the top 21 dishes of the year by the Australian travel website Traveller.

Through installation art, the exhibition tells the stories of the victims of domestic violence. It also reports on campaigns organised by the Việt Nam Women’s Union (VWU).

Chạy Trốn Thanh Xuân (Run away from Youth), a new TV series produced by the Việt Nam Feature Film Centre (VFC), will debut on today.

The International Traditional Music Festival opened at the HCM City Conservatory of Music on November 25 night.

The Museum of Vĩnh Long Province in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta is hosting an exhibition showcasing costumes and jewelry of different ethnic minorities in the region.