Việt Nam News

Vietnamese Composer Trịnh Công Sơn (1939-2001) was commemorated with a doodle on google.com on Thursday on the occasion of his 80^th birthday anniversary.

Artist Đặng Thanh Huyền’s first solo exhibition is a chance for visitors at the Việt Nam Museum of Fine Arts to admire the beauty of Hà Nội and Hanoian women.

Manzi Art Space and Hamakua Films (New York) will tomorrow screen August at Akiko’s, a film by Hawaiian director Christopher Makoto Yogi.

The music night “Classical Favorites” will be held from 6:30pm to 8pm on March 23 at Salon Saigon on 6d Ngô Thời Nhiệm Street in HCM City’s District 3.

The Big Fat Quiz Movies edition will be held from 6.30pm to 8.30pm on March 19 at the Hive Saigon on 94 Xuân Thủy St in Thảo Điền in HCM City’s District 2.

Berlin-based sound artist, composer and experimental turntablist Ignaz Schick will meet several Vietnamese performers, musicians and composers who are, according to him, from the “highly unique Vietnamese experimental music scene”.

As the world’s lens turns on Việt Nam, the country has had a rare chance to put on a show and demonstrate its status as one of Southeast Asia’s brightest stars and worthy of a place in the international political arena.

 The Friends of Vietnam Heritage will screen the movie Cyclo by Vietnamese-born French director Trần Anh Hùng today at the Centre for Development of Movie Talent (TPD).

The Family Fun Day will be held from 1pm to 6pm on March 3 at the Hive Villa Café & Pool on 29 Nguyễn Bá Lân St in Thảo Điền in HCM City’s District 2.

Journalists from around the world covering the second summit between the US and DPRK at the media centre in the Việt Xô Friendship Culture Palace on Trần Hưng Đạo Street are being served free meals of Vietnamese specialties right at the site.

French fashion designer Thierry Mugler presented on Tuesday at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts the first ever retrospective of his 35-year career, including outfits and sketches.

British actress Emma Thompson has quit an anticipated film produced by California's Skydance studios because it hired former Disney creative director John Lasseter, who is accused of sexual harassment, her publicist said yesterday.

The southernmost province of Cà Mau has announced a plan to turn 1,300ha of the U Minh Hạ National Park into an eco-tourism zone by 2025.

Teenagers are turning to readily available Vietnamese adult books written by authors in the 1980s and 90s.

Japanese Ken Ochiai is currently working in Việt Nam, Japan and the US. He graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He was honoured with the title of New American Filmmaker at the Hawaii International Film Festival and received the Young Alumni Award from the USC Asian Pacific Alumni Association in recognition of his achievements in filmmaking.

Egg coffee, a signature beverage of Hà Nội, is among the food and drink items being served to at least 3,500 local and international journalists covering the second Trump-Kim summit this week.

A special stamp, celebrating the upcoming second summit between US President Donald Trump and DPRK chairman leader Kim Jong Un and transmitting the messages “Việt Nam – A safe and friendly destination” and “Hà Nội - A City for Peace”, was released today, February 26.