Việt Nam News

The Festival Việt – Pháp (Việt Nam- France Festival) will be held at IDECAF in HCM City tomorrow as part of the city’s cultural activities to celebrate 45 years of diplomatic relations between Việt Nam and France. 

Contracts worth US$2 billion will be signed between Vietnamese and international partners during the Việt Nam Travel & Tourism Summit which will be organised for the first time in Việt Nam.

Bánh ngải (wormwood cake) is one of famous specialties of Lạng Sơn’s Tày ethnic group. This popular dish leaves an impression on any traveller visiting the province.

Hungarian pianist Janos Balazs will debut to perform a repertoire including classical and modern pieces at Việt Nam National Academy of Music (VNAM)’s Great Hall on December 4.

US director Martin Scorsese and actor Robert de Niro on Sunday discussed the changing nature of cinema in the age of streaming services on the sidelines of the Marrakech film festival.

In the early hours of an April morning students at Nguyễn Khuyến High School were performing a morning exercise routine when teachers spotted a pupil standing on the roof of a four-story building on campus. The teachers asked the pupil to get back inside and asked two classmates to assist in the effort.

A week of Argentine cuisine and cinema will take place in HCM City on December 3-9 to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Việt Nam and Argentina.

The first Trảng Bàng - Bánh Tráng Phơi Sương (dew-soaked rice crepe) Festival will take place in Tây Ninh Province’s Trảng Bàng District from December 20 to 25, according to the province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Huế is fostering the revival of regular bài chòi performances in villages that were once familiar with the art form in an attempt to keep it alive.

The Tropical X-Mas Art Market will be held from 10am to 6pm on December 1-2 at The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre on 15 Nguyễn Ư Dĩ Street in HCM City’s District 2.

The Christmas BISzaar will be held from 9am to 1pm on December 8 at British International School (BIS) on 246 Nguyễn Văn Hưởng Street in HCM City’s District 2.

Traditional and contemporary Vietnamese  music will be featured at the upcoming concert ‘Old is New, New is Old’.

Two documentary films by director Síu Phạm, Swallow an Angel and Fog over the Summit will be screened on December 1 at Manzi Art Space with English subtitles.

The Việt Nam National Opera and Ballet will present the Nutcracker – Wonder Dream, on December 5 and 6 at the Hà Nội Opera House.

'Feel It', a street culture festival, will be held from 10am to 11.30pm on December 12 on the rooftop of Q.Industries Building on Street No.7 in HCM City’s District 7.

The Intellectual Property Agency of Việt Nam, under the ministry of science and technology, in co-operation with Korean Intellectual property office (KIPO) and Korean Invention promotion association (KIPA), have been building the Mã Châu natural silk brand of Quảng Nam Province in promoting the product in tourism development in central Việt Nam.

Located in Phương Trung Commune, about 30km from the centre of Hà Nội, Chuông is famous in northern Việt Nam for making nón lá (conical hat).

The HCM City Department of Tourism is taking part in the Chengdu International Travel Expo (CITE 2018) in China, which ends today.