Heavy rains in the past weeks has resulted in high level of water and strong curents on streamlines and rivers in northern provicne of Điện Biên. Despite the danger, local children have taken risks to gather floating woods in fierce streams.
HCM City is seeing positive changes to the local puppetry scene, according to authorities.
A ritual festival for worshipping Mother Goddess will start today and end on Monday next week in the Hòn Chén Temple, a monument built by kings under the Nguyễn Dynasty (1802-1945) hundreds years ago.
What the works demonstrate so well is a sharp and strangely peaceful view on these living conditions that people faced with humor, and sometimes even with a surprising joy.
This year will mark the 45th anniversary of the diplomatic ties between Việt Nam and Japan, and the 15th landmark of the relationship of Japan and the central Quảng Nam Province.
Thousands of locals on August 16 attended the first Việt Nam Puppetry Festival on HCM City’s Nguyễn Huệ Pedestrian Street, which closes on August 18.
A traditional theatre programme offering tuồng and hát bội (classical drama) will be staged free on HCM City’s Bùi Viện Walking Street on Sunday to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the 1945 August Revolution (August 19).
The island district of Hoàng Sa (Paracel) in Đà Nẵng city has launched a contest for designers to create a logo and slogan for the island’s museum – one of the most visited sites on Sơn Trà peninsula.
Thrillist, the New York-based travel site, has named Lan Hạ Bay near the northern coastal city of Hải Phòng as one of the best places to visit in Southeast Asia.
At Phan Kim Ngân’s house, visitors can make their own local traditional cakes and enjoy a buffet consisting of nearly 50 kinds of cakes. Ngân’s is one of many households offering community-based tourism services on Cồn Sơn or Sơn Islet, located in Bình Thủy District in the southern city of Cần Thơ.
A group of artists from Việt Nam known as Art Labor and Joan Jonas will attend the 57th Carnegie International at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, the US.
Madonna, the Queen of Pop, appears to have travelled to the former imperial city of Marrakech in western Morocco to celebrate her 60th birthday yesterday.
The capital city’s first ever rose park will open soon in Long Biên District, 10km east of the city centre.
An exhibition of 200 photos and documents of the Nghê – a sacred animal that guards temples and communal houses – has been in display at the central city’s Fine Arts Museum, promoting the unique feature of the traditional art of Việt Nam that had been preserved in the community for centuries.
Japanese popular singer Ueno Yuuka, who was appointed the Goodwill Ambassador for the 16th annual Hội An-Japan Cultural Exchange, will join environmental protection activities in Cẩm Thanh commune as part of the annual event on August 17-19.
An arts programme of music, poems and plays will be held at the Hanoi Opera House on August 26 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of renowned Vietnamese poets and married couple Lưu Quang Vũ and Xuân Quỳnh.
The HCM City Museum on August 16 celebrated its 40th anniversary with an exhibition featuring the history of the South from 1698 to 1945.
The Food and Tourism Week opens today in the Golden City area in Long Xuyên City in southern province of An Giang.
Manzi Art Space will host Sommerabend, a chamber concert featuring the best cellists of Hà Nội and their friends from
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