Việt Nam News

Truffled frogs legs with spiced raisins, and apple and pear tart with prune and Armagnac ice cream. French chefs were setting out Wednesday to make mouths water in a global celebration of the country's cuisine.

YouTube said Wednesday it is making a movie in-house to be released in theaters, in a development being seen as a step towards the model of new-media innovator Amazon.

The Friends of Vietnam Heritage will present screenings of two postwar-themed movies

About 7,000 sakura cherry blossom branches transported from Japan by air and a number of Vietnamese flowers will be put on display in downtown Hải Phòng as part of the Japanese cultural exchange in the northern coastal city to be held from Friday to Sunday.

Vietnamese pianist Trang Trịnh will present a recital entitled Kaleidoscope on Saturday night at L’espace.

An event featuring north-western cuisine and culture is taking place at Mường Thanh hotels nationwide and in Laos.

The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera will hold a concert next week featuring Mozart’s Symphony No 41.

Bird populations across an eerily quiet French countryside have collapsed, on average, by a third over the last decade-and-a-half, alarmed researchers reported on Tuesday.

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A silk painting by master Nguyễn Nam Sơn (1890-1973), one of the leading artists in modern Vietnamese fine art, will be auctioned by Aguttes auction company at Drouot auction sale centre in Paris, France, on March 26.

An opera involving two characters with Alzheimer's will premiere at Opera Philadelphia as part of the company's latest festival of experimental fare.

Pop and soul sensation Mỹ Tâm is among five female singers battling it out to win Best Music Album. Her collaboration Tâm 9 has been nominated for the Cống Hiến (Devotion) Award for Best Music Album by Việt Nam News Agency’s Thể Thao & Văn Hóa (Sports & Culture) newspaper.

LucTeam is the first private professional drama troupe in Hà Nội. It made its debut at the end of last year with a performance of The Jealousy of Cinderella comedy by French playwright Moliere. The troupe was established by Trần Lực, a popular actor with many leading roles in motion pictures and television series.

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 An exhibition entitled Let the Whole World Rejoice to introduce Hungarian musician Zoltan Kodaly opened at the National Library of Việt Nam yesterday.

Dozens of unseen works by the Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti – the world's most expensive sculptor – will go on display for the first time in June when a reconstruction of his famously decrepit studio opens in Paris.

Fifth Harmony, the all-female pop group born on a TV singing contest, on Monday announced an indefinite hiatus as its members pursue solo careers.

Pop star Noo Phước Thịnh will be the Vietnamese representative at this year’s Hong Kong Asian – Pop Music Festival to be held on March 23.