Việt Nam News

Steamed rolls made of rice flour, locally known as bánh cuốn, are a popular dish across Việt Nam. However, any travellers or guests visiting Cao Bằng Province shouldn’t forget the local hot bánh cuốn, because it has its own aromatic flavour, taste and broth.

An art exhibition of 259 paintings, graphic art works and sculptures has opened at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum as part of the city’s celebrations of the 73rd National Day, which falls on September 2. 

A conference about the late renowned playwright Lưu Quang Vũ was held on Monday reviewing and honouring his significant contribution to the development of Việt Nam stage art. 

The central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế is reviewing the operation of the region’s biggest traditional market, Đông Ba, in a scheme to upgrade the trade centre.

Two music productions on mothers and children by composer Nguyễn Văn Chung of HCM City have been released to celebrate the annual Buddhist holiday of Vu Lan, an event that eulogises motherly love, held annually in the seventh month of the lunar calendar.  

Disabled designer Hà Thị Thông impressed the audience with her collection No 8 during a fashion show in Hà Nội on Saturday.

The first festival featuring ancient Thanh Hà pottery is being organised in Hội An, creating a platform for pottery villages to exchange experience as well as promoting tourism to the ancient town.

Phạm Thị Mỹ Huyền has surpassed 19 other contestants to be crowned Miss Hoa Lư 2018 at a ceremony held in the northern province of Ninh Bình on Sunday.

Fans and worshippers celebrated the life of Aretha Franklin at her father's Baptist church in Detroit on Sunday, with her powerful voice again ringing out within its walls in tribute to her spectacular career.

An open-air cải lương (reformed opera) show starring one of the region’s most talented young artists will be held at the Lê Thị Riêng Park in Bạc Liêu City this weekend.

A turning point in Vietnamese cartoon history has been marked with the recent launch of the first three episodes of the cartoon series Monta Trong Dải Ngân Hà Kỳ Cục (Monta in a Weird Galaxy).

Through paintings of dogs, artist Bùi Hoàng Dương expresses the stories of humans in society.

American contrabass artist Jeff Bradetich and clarinetist John Scott will perform at the 2018 Vietnam Connection Music Festival this week.

Having flat feet means that your feet have low or no arches and press almost completely flat against the ground. The arch, or instep, is the middle part of the foot that's usually raised off the ground when you stand, while the rest of the foot remains flat on the ground.

Traditional festivals, cuisine and the arts of ethnic groups living in the central region will be reflected during a festival held August 24-26 in the central province of Quảng Nam. 

A Vietnamese Book Week opened at a bookstore in Tokyo, Japan, last Friday.

The Việt Nam Ethnic Groups’ Culture Museum in northern province has hosted various exhibitions, folk art shows, and traditional games over the weekend.

The lotus is the major theme of the “Tâm Linh” (Spiritus) art exhibition at the HCM City Exhibition Centre, which opens on August 18.