Việt Nam News

French tourism figures reached a new record in 2018 despite weeks of violent "yellow vest" protests that caused a late slump, the national statistics institute (INSEE) said on Tuesday.

A ballot was held yesterday in Hà Nội and HCM City by about 100 reporters to choose the 14th Devotion Music Awards, run by Thể Thao & Văn Hóa (Sport & Culture) daily.

A new underground tunnel has been discovered in the world’s largest cave Sơn Đoòng, attendees heard at a press briefing yesterday in Hà Nội on the latest diving expedition inside the cave.

Top Vietnamese chess player Lê Quang Liêm has been named as an international super grandmaster again after a win in the standard category at the ongoing Dubai Open in the UAE yesterday.

Writer Nguyễn Thành Nhân has translated more than 30 books into Vietnamese. He recently introduced two new translations, Thomas Hardy’s The Return of The Native and Virginia Woolf’s Jacob’s Room. Quỳnh Yên interviews Nhân about the relationship between translation and writing.

The northern mountainous province of Hà Giang will host the first off-road motor race for both motorbikes and at in the UNESCO-recognised Đồng Văn Karst Global Geopark.

Burger King has come under fire for an advertisement that many deemed racist against Asians.

Young artists at the Phú Nhuận Drama Troupe will stage new plays including comedies for students during the three upcoming national holidays: the Hùng Kings Memorial Day on April 14,  Reunification Day on April 30 and Labour Day on May 1.

For the first time, three hundreds of ban (orchid) flower tree from the northwest mountainous region are on display at Hà Nội Museum.

Sài Gòn Heat have been ousted from the ongoing ASEAN Basketball League.

The First Khmer Music and Dance Festival 2019 that preserves the traditional culture of Khmer people has opened in the Cửu Long (Mekong) River Delta province of Sóc Trăng on Tuesday.

The 8th Southern Traditional Cake Festival will open in Cần Thơ, the largest city in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta, from April 12 to 16.

Kim Loan, a contestant on the reality TV singing competition The Voice Vietnam 2012, died last Wednesday after a long battle with the liver cancer, her daughter, singer Đan Trang announced on Facebook.

The 2nd Sài Gòn Vintage Car Festival opens on April 6 in HCM City’s Đầm Sen Park.

Shepherding tourists through the arches and towers of Croatia's mediaeval walled city of Dubrovnik, Ivan Vukovic spends half his time leading tours of a capital that doesn't exist: the fictional King's Landing from Game of Thrones.

The Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu Province’s Côn Đảo Island has been included on a list of the nine best paradise islands in the world to escape to this year by Vogue magazine.