Việt Nam News

Dozens of paintings by leading modern Vietnamese painters Nguyễn Tư Nghiêm and Bùi Xuân Phái in the collection of Swedish collector Hugentobler are on display at two galleries in London.

Movie buffs in HCM City have been enjoying different genres of Japanese films at a festival that is running till November 18.

Archeologists in Canada’s Quebec City have found a well-preserved relic of the settlement’s first fortifications built by French settlers more than 300 years ago, they said yesterday.

Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday in honor of his 50 years in show business.

A Slovakian feature film about traffickers and smugglers on the Ukrainian border opened the Czech-Slovak film festival yesterday in Hà Nội.

Ca trù is a complex form of sung poetry found in the north of Việt Nam from the 11th century on, using lyrics written in traditional Vietnamese poetic forms. Musician Đặng Hoành Loan spoke about the development of ca trù in Hà Nội

An exhibition displaying posters of book covers opened on Monday ahead of the French Literature Week in Hà Nội.

Actress Wanted, a film about Vietnamese-American women, winner of top prizes at the Viet Film Fest 2018 in California, will open in cinemas in Việt Nam later this month.  

Representatives of 35 organisations working to conserve the intangible cultural heritage in the Asia-Pacific region are gathering in Huế in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế for discussions.

Nearly 200 people and artists from 15 ethnic groups will join in the annual Week for Ethnic Group Solidarity – Cultural Heritage between November 18 and 23 at the National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in the western outskirts of the capital.

Noted designer Minh Hạnh has been invited by UNESCO to give a talk on the traditional Vietnamese long dress (áo dài) on November 8, in Fukuoka, Japan.

The American writer Alice McDermott’s novel The Ninth Hour was awarded France’s Prix Femina for the best foreign novel of the year yesterday.

The Spice Girls yesterday released details of a 2019 UK reunion tour which will see them play Wembley Stadium, Britain’s biggest venue, but all without Victoria Beckham.

Anyone who has enjoyed canh lá lằng, a unique dish of Nghệ An people, particularly locals in Quỳnh Lưu District, is struck by its bitter, acrid taste at first bite, before a sweet flavour hits your throat.

Classical ballet Giselle will be restaged at the HCM City Opera House on November 9.

A traditional-theatre TV programme staged once a month produced by the HCM City Television (HTV) has attracted a growing number of young viewers. 

Hôtel des Arts Saigon has launched MGallery “Inspired by Her” programme with a suite of offerings and services targeting the modern woman traveller.

A letter written by nineteenth century French poet Charles Baudelaire announcing his intention to kill himself sold at auction on Sunday for 234,000 euros ($267,000), three times the expected price.