VN show honoured at Hotels & Resorts Awards

Live entertainment show “Tinh Hoa Bac Bo” (the Quintessence of Tonkin) by Tuần Châu Hanoi JSC in the western outskirt of Hà Nội was honoured as the top cultural spectacle in 2019 at the Best Hotels & Resorts Awards 2019 in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, on July 17.

Surgeons catch a busman’s holiday to Việt Nam

For more than 17 years, surgeon Robert Gordon Veith has travelled more than 10,000km from his home in Seattle to Việt Nam. He is not here on vacation nor will you finding him snapping selfies at various tourism hotspots around the country.

Exhibition celebrates southern lacquer artistry

Professional and amateur artists are encouraged to send their works to the southern region’s largest Lacquer Paintings Exhibition 2020 launched by the HCM City Fine Arts Association.   

Film promotion and development scheme to launch

With support from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, a campaign board has been working for months to launch the Việt Nam Association of Film Promotion and Development by the end of July.

LVMH takes 10% stake in Stella McCartney

Stella McCartney, daughter of iconic Beatle Paul, set up her business in 2001 and will "continue as creative director and ambassador for her brand while holding majority ownership," LVMH said in a statement.

A digital archive for ceremonial singing needed

Folk music researchers support the creation of a digital stock of ca trù (ceremonial singing) owned by a State-run agency to preserve the traditional artform and gather scattered materials owned by individual artists and researchers.

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