Việt Nam News

Twenty-one-year-old Vietnamese student Ola Nguyễn has just won the seventh edition of MasterChef Poland.

Ten lacquer paintings by some of Việt Nam’s masters like Trần Văn Cẩn, Nguyễn Sáng, Nguyễn Tư Nghiêm and Phan Kế An and dozens of prize-wining photos have been on display at an exhibition in Melbourne, Australia.

Les Moonves, the onetime head of CBS, was fired for cause and will not receive a severance package in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations, the television network announced Monday.

Italian fashion label Prada has said it will set up an advisory council on diversity issues after being forced to pull monkey-like keychain figurines from its shelves over accusations of racism.

Each locality in Việt Nam has its own specialty. Hải Dương has its green been cake and Cao Bằng has its bánh khảo (sweet short cake made of roast glutinous rice flour). In Hà Tĩnh the specialty is cu đơ, a candy made of roasted peanuts and molasses and covered with rice pancakes.

Young women who leave their hometowns to work in big cities face many difficulties. Their turbulent lives are reflected in a new TV series entitled Những Cô Gái Trong Thành Phố (Girls in the City).

Singer Phạm Thu Hà is always trying to break musical boundaries, and her latest offering does just that, with the music video Vũ Điệu Bình Minh (The Dance of Sunrise) featuring her soprano voice accompanied by dance music.

On the occasion of the National Day of Qatar, Ambassador Mohamed Ismail Al-Emadi sends a message to Việt Nam News readers.

Six series will vie for the best documentary series prize at the 38th National Television Festival from tomorrow until Saturday in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng’s city of Đà Lạt.

Researcher Sandra Scagliotti, director of the Centre for Research on Việt Nam in Turin, Italy, has recently published a book on Vietnamese food.

US tech star Colin Kroll, who co-founded Vine and popular gaming app HQ Trivia, was found dead Sunday in New York of an apparent drug overdose.

For the first time, Miss Việt Nam H’Hen Niê made it into the top five in the Miss Universe 2018 competition.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse snared North American viewers in its web this weekend, earning US$35.4 million in ticket sales, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations estimated Sunday.

Nine European and Asian artists will perform together at an annual international chamber music concert at the Hà Nội Opera House on Wednesday.

Vietnamese singer Hương Tràm won the Best Asian Artist Vietnam title at the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) 2018 in Hong Kong on Friday night.

Do you shiver in the cold? If you do then you handle it better than some people. Without our protective mechanisms, the body’s core temperature can quickly drop and there is a risk of frostbite. At the same time, a body that is cooled down copes better without oxygen, something which researchers can utilise to save lives.

The HCM City Department of Culture and Tourism has proposed building a new museum as part of the city’s master plan for socio-economic development.

Hồ Văn Lang, who had lived in jungle with his father for more than 40 years in the central province of Quảng Ngãi, will be featured in a new documentary to be released by Docastaway travel company in 2019.