Việt Nam News

The Ban (Bauhinia) Flower Festival is slated to open on March 17 in the north-western province of Điện Biên.

A globe-trotting, crowd-packing exhibition exploring the many sides of David Bowie opens this weekend in its final venue of New York, also the last home of the late rock legend.

France's highest appeal court has overturned the conviction of Pablo Picasso's former electrician and his wife, who were given suspended sentences for keeping 271 of his works in their garage for four decades.

Slow down and breathe as you watch the documentary film Walk with Me, a contemplative journey that follows the steps of zen master Thích Nhất Hạnh to offer a rare insight into life within a monastic community.

The central city of Đà Nẵng plans to organise a wide range of cultural and festive programmes along the banks of the Hàn River at weekends and on public holidays to attract more international and local tourists.

Si Ma Cai District in Lào Cai is often called the twin sister of Sa Pa.

Việt Nam Young Lions, the annual advertising and communication competition to identify advertising and communications works to represent Việt Nam at the Cannes Young Lions contest at the Cannes Lions festival, the so-called ‘advertising Oscars’, was launched on Thursday in HCM City.

Sitting between numerous fingerprints printed on Korean hanji paper, clothes and mica, artist Vũ Bạch Liên danced and moved to symbolise the motion of the universe.

The Bà Thiên Hậu (Lady Thiên Hậu) Pagoda Festival will be held from February 28 to March 2 in Bình Dương Province.

The Bà Đen (Black Lady) Mountain national tourism site in the southern province of Tây Ninh has been attracting a huge number of pilgrims and tourists in the first days of the Lunar New Year.

Việt Nam will complete policy and enhance the management and exploitation of music copyright, said Đinh Trung Cẩn, vice director of the Việt Nam Centre for Protection of Music Copyright (VCPMC) during a workshop held yesterday in Hà Nội.

Bocuse d’Or, the world-class cuisine competition today launched its first Vietnam contest at the Residence of France in HCM City.

A Pablo Picasso portrait of his muse Marie-Therese Walter with future lover Dora Maar emerging from the shadows fetched 50 million pounds (US$69 million) at a London sale on Wednesday, a European auction record for a painting.

French fashion brand Lacoste on Wednesday swapped the crocodile logo on its shirts for the first time in its history for 10 of the most endangered species on the planet.

Tunisia's ministry of culture has banned the Oscar-nominated film Call Me by Your Name, a love story between two men, one of its main distributors said on Wednesday.

Singer Hoa Trần has launched a music video for the song Chiều Phủ Tây Hồ (Afternoon in Tây Hồ Temple) on February 27 to honour Đạo Mẫu (Mother Goddess religion) – a world intangible cultural heritage recognised by UNESCO.

 Elegant ikebana flower arrangements, together with hundreds of multicoloured flowers from Japan, are on display at “The Beautiful Japanese” – a special event that aims to introduce to Hà Nội’s people the fresh flowers from the Land of the Rising Sun.

 A range of spring festivals are taking place in the north of Việt Nam as locals wish for a year full of happiness, health and prosperity.