Việt Nam News

Each year, more than 200 past and present Santas converge on a little town in the US state of Michigan for intensive study of what it takes to portray Jolly Old Saint Nicholas.

The five-bedroom home outside Detroit where the late Aretha Franklin lived for two decades has been put up for sale for US$800,000.

A cải lương (reformed opera) play on the late President Hồ Chí Minh will be staged free for workers in HCM City this weekend.  

The Mexican Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) holiday will be celebrated from 2pm to 10:30pm on November 4 at Saigon Outcast on 188/1 Nguyễn Văn Hưởng in Thảo Điền, HCM City’s District 2.

The Big SHAQ music night will be held from 9pm to 4am on November 10 at Maxim’s Club on 13-15-17 Đồng Khởi Street in HCM City’s District 1.

Bookworm – “the best little book cafe in Southeast Asia” will celebrate its 17-year presence in Hà Nội with a celebration on Sunday, November 4. 

Music company Maestoso continues to introduce the second concert of the Chamber Music Series entitled Cantabile tomorrow night, November 2, at Heritage Space.

So many expats and tourists visit Việt Nam and leave with happy memories and a cell phone full of photographs recording their time spent here.

The Run for the Heart event will be held from 6-11am on December 16 at Celadon City on 68 N1 Street in HCM City’s Tân Phú District.

In the last week of the ‘Black-and-White Movie Month’, the Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents (TPD) will present a screening of the German movie The White Ribbon tomorrow night, November 2.

Golfer Greg Norman, the most successful athlete-turned-businessman in the world, officially became Việt Nam Tourism Ambassador with desire to promote Việt Nam as the most attractive destination for tourists/golfers.

 More than 200 silk paintings and small sculptures created by 45 selected artists nationwide are now on display in Hà Nội.

 Last Man Standing, a fan favorite for seven seasons on 20th Century Fox Television, will get a Vietnamese version titled Mẹ Ơi, Bố Đâu Rồi (Mom,Where’s Dad?) appearing on Việt Nam Television (VTV).

Water world: Residents struggle to make their way across a submerged street due to strong tides in Thảo Điền, District 2, HCM City. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh

The central city will relocate the Đà Nẵng Museum from 24 Trần Phú street to the old centre of the Đà Nẵng people’s committee on 42 Bạch Đằng street in 2020.

A scene from Iranian film The Dark Room (Buồng tối). The film won the award for best feature film of the Hà Nội International Film Festival 2018, which concluded in Hà Nội yesterday.

Sixteen Japanese films released over the last three years will be screened at the annual Japanese Film Festival in HCM City from November 2-18.

A workshop featuring Hàng Trống folk paintings, a genre of traditional Vietnamese woodcuts by artisans in Hà Nội, will open next week in HCM City.