Việt Nam News

Working late in the afternoon on an empty stomach always leads to a strong case of the munchies.

The Việt Nam Youth Theatre will perform a series of plays in Hà Nội between April 5 - 10 to mark the 40^th anniversary of its establishment.

The 14^th International Travel Expo HCM City, the largest event of its kind in the Mekong sub-region, will be held at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre from September 6-8.

The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will restage the classical ballet Cinderella by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev at the city Opera House on April 7 and 8.

Spanish conductor David Gomez Ramirez will conduct Việt Nam National Opera and Ballet to perform opera extracts and contemporary dance at Hà Nội Opera House on April 11-12.

A silk painting by a popular female painter Lê Thị Lựu (1911-1988) was sold for US$207,821 at an auction sale by Sotherby’s in Hong Kong on Sunday.

The Indian band Pranavanaadham band will perform a concert combining classic instruments with modern equipment at Đà Nẵng’s Nguyễn Hiển Dĩnh Theatre on April 4 as a part of a series of cultural exchanges between Việt Nam and India.

Two paintings by the late Vietnamese artist Nguyễn Huyến have been sold at a Hong Kong auction for almost US$22,000.

A project to preserve diễn xướng (singing and talking), a folk singing genre which originated in the country’s southern region, will launch next week in HCM City.    

Steven Spielberg's high-octane futuristic homage to films of the 1980s, Ready Player One, debuted in top spot at the North American Easter Weekend box office, industry estimates showed on Sunday.

Communities of the Cơ Tu ethnic group living in the city and Quảng Nam province will host the traditional Cơ Tu Cultural Day in Giàn Bí village in the city’s Hòa Bắc commune on April 13-14.

Football loving Vietnamese tourists can visit Russia for this year’s World Cup with ease.

Việt Nam received 4.2 million international tourists in the first quarter of the year, a 39 per cent increase compared with the same period last year.

One of Việt Nam’s most famous literary works, masterpiece Truyện Kiều (The Tale of Kiều), will be adapted into a TV series by renowned film director Lưu Trọng Ninh.

Depending on its severity, acne can cause substantial emotional distress and loss of self-esteem. Are there factors that may worsen acne?

Hà Nội March Connecting, held by the university and Asia Art Link from March 26 to April 4, brings together 58 foreign artists from 18 countries and territories along with 62 Vietnamese artists.

Farming-focused tourism should be developed as part of the country’s strategy for promoting agriculture and tourism, said Nguyễn Văn Tuấn, chairman of the Việt Nam National Administration of Tourism, at a conference held on Friday in Hà Nội.

The central province of Ninh Thuận will continue to offer more incentives for tourism investment in order to make the province a safe, friendly and exciting destination to visit. That’s the message from People’s Committee chairman, Lưu Xuân Vĩnh who was speaking at a conference yesterday.