Việt Nam News

Nude paintings created by different generations of artists are on display at a unique exhibition that opened on Thursday in Hà Nội.

Transparent, the series that forever changed how transgender people are portrayed on television, will sign off on Friday with a feature-length musical finale -- two years after it almost disappeared in the thick of a #MeToo scandal.

An art exhibition featuring the land of Việt Nam and France by Vietnamese-French photographer, filmmaker and installation artist Nguyễn Lê Phương Linh will open at the Institute of Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF) in HCM City on September 27.

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A romantic story featuring life of a French man in Hà Nội written in Vietnamese will be published by Nhã Nam Culture & Communications JSC next week. Author of Phố Nhà Thờ (The Church Street), Marko Nikolic, from Serbia, has been living in Việt Nam for three years and spent the last year writing the novel.

The people and landscape of Mexico and Việt Nam are depicted through a photo exhibition kicked off yesterday in Hà Nội.

The Kim Đồng Publishing House has released a series of six books by Vietnamese writers to serve high school students as part of the publisher’s efforts to encourage reading among youth.

A smaller version of the world’s biggest annual party, Oktoberfest, will be held in Hà Nội from October 17-19.

Photos and documents about the renowned Chilean female poet Gabriela Mistral’s life and career are on display at an exhibition now being held at the National Library of Việt Nam.

Newly crowned multiple-Emmy-winner Phoebe Waller-Bridge has signed a major new deal with Amazon after her creation Fleabag dominated the comedy awards at television's answer to the Oscars.

 Les Miserables is France's official candidate for the Oscars -- but the film's stark portrayal of police violence and brutalized youths is a "universal" warning cry about poverty and racism, its director said.

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Popular singers and dancers will perform at a charity concert in HCM City to raise funds for children with heart disease.

Hai Phượng (Furie), an action film dedicated to motherhood, will compete for an Oscar in 2020, the Department of Cinema announced yesterday.

The culture ministry’s Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition recently chose sơn mài (lacquer) art as a national brand.

The Việt Nam Opera and Ballet Theatre (VNOB) will perform a Vietnamese classical opera and a Russian ballet between October 5 and 7 at the Hà Nội Opera House to celebrate the theatre’s 60th birthday.

Thirty Vietnamese and South Korean firms will participate in the Korea Tourism and Culture Festival to be held at Nguyễn Huệ walking street in HCM City this weekend.

Auction house Sotheby’s Hong Kong has pulled several Vietnamese paintings from an upcoming sale due to uncertainty over their authenticity.