Action movie Hai Phượng (Furie) has reached VNĐ135 billion (US$5.8 million) in the box office two weeks after its release. It is the latest movie produced and starring Ngô Thanh Vân. She was awarded a certificate by Mayor Trí Tạ of Westminster City in California for her efforts to popular the Vietnamese movie to the world. Phượng Đỗ interviews Vân about Furrie.
Hà Nội will be hosting its first Singapore Festival on March 23-24 with a wide range of cultural activities.
Young readers will have more opportunities to learn about Vietnamese history after the release this week of new books by poet and reporter Lê Minh Quốc.
Lò Thị Vui, a member of the Thái ethnic minority in Điện Biên, has been crowned Miss Ban Flower 2019.
Warner Bros studios chief Kevin Tsujihara, who has been dogged for weeks by reports of an affair with a young British actress he allegedly helped secure roles, is set to step down, the WarnerMedia group said Monday.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra canceled Monday a second week of performances after talks with striking musicians failed to reach an agreement on a new contract.
Veteran tenor and People’s Artists Doãn Tần, whose name has been known through the partiotic song Đường Chúng Ta Đi (The Road We Walk On) has died at age 73, his daughter, singer Hồng Vy told the media this morning.
More than 100,000 visitors attended various cultural and art activities held in HCM City during the annual Áo Dài Festival that wrapped up on Sunday (March 17).
VTN Architects run by one of Việt Nam’s leading designers Võ Trọng Nghĩa has won three Green Good Design 2019 awards from the European Centre for Architecture, Art Design and Urban Studies and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design.
Though not as well known as some of Việt Nam’s other culinary delights, bánh gối (pillow cake) is a uniquely Vietnamese treat that everyone should try once.
Female-led superhero movie Captain Marvel took in an estimated US$69.3 million over the weekend, outearning the combined North American totals of the next nine films, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday.
A new dance Bleu Neon co-created by Vietnamese and French contemporary dance artists will be staged at the Factory Contemporary Arts Centre in District 2 on March 22.
Dick Dale, the California rocker behind the song Misirlou which plays during the opening scene of Pulp Fiction, has died at the age of 81.
In an earlier article I brought up the problem with overuse of antibiotics and how it makes it increasingly more difficult to treat common infections and in some cases where there are no antibiotics left to use (vietnamnews.vn/life-style/481171/the-antibiotic-apocalypse-and-what-you-can-do-to-prevent-it.html#SvckYvh8ha0PlXCO.97).
The Đối Thoại Thường Ngày (Daily Conversation) exhibition is something of a family affair, with the silk painting and installation art featuring works by a mother-daughter duo.
Historical witnesses, who were revolutionary prisoners during the war, shared their stories through an exhibition held on Friday in Hà Nội.
Cần Thơ City in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta will host its third biennial Book Expo with the theme Sách – Tri Thức, Phát Triển, Hội Nhập (Books, Knowledge, Development, Integration) from March 25-31.
Nearly 300 representatives of embassies, NGOs, travel companies and foreign organisations joined a ‘Spring Trip of Friendship’ to Ba Vì District, Hà Nội on Saturday.
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Nguyễn Thanh Cường, winner of Master Chef Việt Nam 2015, cooked at a special culinary event held yesterday in Hà Nội.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has created a new title to honour individuals devoted to preserving and promoting cultural heritage.
