Việt Nam News

Areas of the Amazon previously thought to be uninhabited may have been home to up to a million people in the centuries before Christopher Columbus arrived, new archaeological research has found.

Nearly 40,000 books of various genres, including culture, education, politics, economics and literature, are available at a spring book fair hosted by the Vietnamese Women's Museum.

Vietnamese students have won various prizes at the Kyushu Music Concours 2018 held in Kumamoto, Japan.

Vietnamese and Moroccan experts have emphasised the importance of cultural diversity for national unityduring a conference held yesterday in Hà Nội.

A silk painting by Nguyễn Nam Sơn (1890-1973), one of the leading artists in modern Vietnamese fine art, was auctioned at 205,000 euros.

As the country’s economic hub and tourism magnet with name-brand boutiques and a wide variety of local and foreign goods, HCM City has become a veritable shopping mecca, but experts say that tourist spending remains at a low level.

Việt Nam’s world-renowned concert pianist Đặng Thái Sơn has confirmed that he will join the piano faculty at Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio, United States this fall.

The life and work of artists during the resistance is portrayed truthfully in a recently released photo book containing the work of late photographer Trần Văn Lưu.

Nana Chen is a Taiwanese photographer currently working on a variety of projects. She served as an arts columnist for the South China Morning Post in 2005 after holding many positions like violinist, teacher, textbook writer and lifestyle and travel journalist and photographer for newspapers and magazines.

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Various Canadian culinary specialities were on show at “Canadian Delicacies”, a reception held for Vietnamese food and beverage firms in HCM City on Monday (March 26).

The frontman for the US rock band caught up in the 2015 jihadist attacks in Paris was berated on Monday for an online rant accusing teenagers on the "March for Our Lives" anti-gun protests of treason.

What started out as a tradition treat in Vietnamese homes has become big business. Ô mai is a preserved sugared or salted fruits. A favourite snack to tickle your taste buds during the days of Tết (Vietnamese New Year).

The 2018 Phan Châu Trinh Awards in HCM City on Saturday recognised 75-year-old musician and music teacher Dương Thụ for his contributions to musical research and to Vietnamese culture and music.

The Trẻ Publishing House has published Tranh Van Gogh mua để đốt (Buying and Burning Van Gogh), a new novel by Hồ Anh Thái.

Authorities in central Thừa Thiên- Huế Province conducted a ritual ceremony at a platform worshipping the gods of land and rice early yesterday morning.

The HCM City’s 10^th biennial Book Expo welcomed 1 million readers from the city and neighbouring provinces seven days after opening, an increase of 10 per cent compared to the last event.