New York A Claude Monet painting from his celebrated Meules (Haystacks) series drew US$110.7 million in New York on Tuesday in an auction record for the French Impressionist master.
The Cannes film festival opened last night with one of the glitziest line-ups in years as Hollywood stars and studios return in strength to the world's biggest film jamboree.
The Việt Nam Tuồng (classical opera) Theatre will perform new work entitled Nhân Huệ Vương on Friday as part of the National Tuồng Festival at Lam Sơn Theatre, Thanh Hóa Province.
The Ninh Binh tourism week 2019, themed “The Golden Colour of Tam Cốc – Tràng An” will be held from May 18-25 with a wide range of activities.
A documentary portraying President Hồ Chí Minh’s personality and revolutionary career made by French director Gerard Guillaume (1931-2015) will be broadcast in Việt Nam for the first time today.
American actress Felicity Huffman pleaded guilty on Monday for paying bribes to help her daughter gain admission to a prestigious university, avoiding what was sure to be a well-publicised trial and probably also dodging jail time.
South Korean pop star Seungri arrived at court on Tuesday to await a decision on whether he should be arrested over charges including prostitution in a snowballing sex scandal.
Visiting the capital, Hồ Ngọc Thắng, 55, from Nghệ An Province’s Quỳnh Lưu District, asked me to buy lạc rang húng lìu, a famous specialty of Hà Nội, for him to give to his relatives.
Film director Nguyễn Quang Dũng’s latest film, Ước Hẹn Mùa Thu (Love in Fall), has been released in HCM City, kicking off this summer film season.
Authorities in the ancient town of Hội An – a famous tourist destination in the central province of Quảng Nam – are intensifying their efforts to tackle noise pollution in the area.
If you couldn't make it to the Tam Chúc Pagoda in Hà Nam Province for the celebration of Buddha's birthday, here are a few photos of the spectacular views of the event that attracted tens of thousands of Buddhists and visitors this year.
A new Buddhism-themed stamp and calendar has just been released to celebrate the Vesak event held in the northern province of Hà Nam.
Avengers: Endgame led the North American box office for a third week running, but the cuddly creatures of a new Pokemon movie gave the superheroes a run for its money, industry watchers said Sunday.
Actress Peggy Lipton, who gained fame in the late 1960s with her star turn on the counter-culture cop show Mod Squad and returned to TV two decades later on Twin Peaks, has died at age 72 after a battle with cancer.
In the late 19th century in rural Việt Nam, 14-year-old May is given away in an arranged marriage and becomes the third wife of a rich man.
Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli released a bilingual book titled Nepal: Peace is at Hand in Hà Nội on Friday.
When a cardiac event occurs, you usually only have minutes to respond. With so little time at hand, the technique most people turn to is CPR. But is CPR really the way to get a heart beating again?
Archaeologists from the Việt Nam Archaeology Institute and Tuyên Quang Provincial Museum have recently found traces of early humans dating back 20,000 years in the hilly forests of Chiêm Hóa District, the northern province of Tuyên Quang.
