Việt Nam News

 Plastics and solid waste will be turned into artworks with the aim of protecting the environment, as part of the project World without Waste, launched by UNESCO on October 17 in Hà Nội.

Artists from the Faculty of Arts Teaching at the Vietnam University of Fine Arts have organised an exhibition that is being held at Exhibition House on 29 Hàng Bài Street.

The prosecution has admitted to a new embarrassing error in the Harvey Weinstein case, saying a police detective told one of the disgraced Hollywood producer’s accusers to delete from her phone anything she wanted to keep private.

Legendary Turkish photographer Ara Guler, famed for iconic images of Istanbul which captured almost three quarters of a century of the city’s history, has died aged 90, state media said.

Before moving to Việt Nam five years ago, Jovana Benoit – wife of the current Haitian Ambassador to Việt Nam Jean Lesly Benoit, surfed the internet to learn about the country. However, not everything she read was positive.

 Plans to build a theatre worth some VNĐ1.5 trillion (US$65.6 million) in Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area, HCM City, have sparked a public opinion controversy, but Nguyễn Thái Bình, speaker of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, argued that building the facility is good news for people working in the cultural field.

The talent and efforts of female Vietnamese scientists are depicted at an exhibition held at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum in Hà Nội.

Two artists from Quảng Trị and Bến Tre provinces won the Golden Medal prize at the 3rd National Magic Festival 2018 held at the HCM City Opera House on October 15. 

A photo exhibition themed “Sea with our view”, will display a collection of 95 photos depicting the sea, the lifestyles of seamen and fishing villages in Việt Nam at the city’s Fine Arts Museum on October 19-26.

A calendar for 2019 named ‘Trường Sa in My Heart’ was recently launched at HCM City’s Book Street.

Male Model Contest 2018, the first reality show modeling competition for Vietnamese men, is set to kick off.

Finnish cult author Arto Paasilinna, best known for his 1975 whimsical novel The Year of the Hare, has died age 76, his publisher said on Tuesday.

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Author Anna Burns yesterday became the first Northern Irish writer, and the first woman since 2013, to win Britain’s renowned Man Booker Prize for her novel Milkman.

Lê Hương chats with Graeme Armour, a designer from the UK, who has recently teamed up with domestic fashion brand IVY moda at their Autumnl-Winter fashion show.

A night of dances will feature two pieces Bolero and Suite en Blanc by choreographer Lê Ngọc Văn at Hà Nội Opera House on October 17 & 18.

“Rencontre 2018” (Meet 2018), a joint exhibition featuring 14 Vietnamese and five French artists, has opened at the HCM City Fine Arts Association.

Việt Nam received 11.6 million of international tourists during the first nine months, increasing 22.9 per cent in comparison with the same period last year, according to Nguyễn Văn Tuấn, chairman of Việt Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).