Việt Nam News

Three music videos (MV) in electropop by young singers have been nominated for the 2018 Cống Hiến (Devotion) Award for Best MV by Việt Nam News Agency’s Thể Thao & Văn Hóa (Sports & Culture) newspaper. 

In recent weeks, HCM City residents have been spending time flying kites in the late afternoon to evening after they finish work.

The Saigon Classical Music Group will hold “The Colours of Mozart”concert, a combination of classical music and visual arts, at Salon Saigon on April 7.

I arrived in Buôn Ma Thuột, the capital of Đắk Lắk Province and fondly referred to as the “Queen of Coffee”, after an eight-hour bus ride.

A miniature cannon which sat on Gustave Eiffel's desk in the Paris tower that bears his name is to go under the hammer, auction house Christie's said Tuesday.

A music gala on Vietnamese music will be staged in HCM City next week to celebrate 19 years of the TV music show Thay Lời Muốn Nói (What We Want to Say) on Hồ Chí Minh Television.

The contemporary shows Làng Tôi (My Village), À Ố Show and Ter Dar (Going in Circle) are unique circus performances using bamboo as the main prop.  À Ố Show recently made its 1,000th performance six years after being launched.

More than 30 cải lương (reformed opera) actors from Long An Cải Lương Theatre in Long An Province will tour Hà Nội and northern provinces during three upcoming national holidays, the Hùng Kings Memorial Day on April 14,  Reunification Day on April 30, and Labour Day on May 1.

Vietnamese comedian Anh Vũ died at aged 47 on Monday in California, the US, People’s Artist Hồng Vân has confirmed from HCM City.

Two lacquer paintings by noted French painter Alix Angèle Marguerite Aymé (1894-1989), who was a teacher of various leading painters in Việt Nam, sold at high prices at an auction held at Sotheby's Hong Kong on April 1.

“Đi Trong Cuộc Đời” (Passing Through Life), a music album featuring latest songs written by Vietnamese- American musician Vũ Thành An, 76, has been released in HCM City.

To celebrate the Việt Nam Ethnic Groups' Cultural Day (April 19), a programme will feature cultural practices of various ethnic groups such as Khmer, Mông, Tày, Si La, Thái, Hà Nhì and La Ha as well as tribes from the Central Highlands region.

Travellers visiting the northern province of Cao Bằng are advised to try out wild vegetables that locally known as dạ hiến and ngót rừng (sweet leaf) for its special taste and aromatic flavor. They are seasonal vegetables that have become an acquired taste for any locals, who end up living away from their mountainous home.

A group of 20 travel bloggers, YouTubers, photo stylists and journalists departed yesterday for Amazing Tour 4, a 10-day journey to Turkey.

Artworks of five painters who follow Neo-expressionism genre will be displayed at a group exhibition opened in Hà Nội on April 3.

Abstract paintings by Nguyễn Thế Hùng will be on display at the artist’s solo exhibition in New York on April 3-24.

The exhibition of archives entitled Hồ Chí Minh – World Cultural Celebrity opened on March 31 at the head office of the UNESCO in France on the occasion of the visit of Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân, Chairwoman of the National Assembly.

Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle was fatally shot in the US city of Los Angeles on Sunday, NBC News reported, citing law enforcement sources.