Việt Nam News

It’s 5am. A cool breeze accompanies the rising sun in the middle of the flooding season. The peaceful landscape of the river starts to come alive, while boats begin to fill with tourists along Ninh Kiều Wharf. All vessels are heading for the same destination – Cái Răng Floating Market.

A replica of Italian square will be established at the Thăng Long Royal Citadel during the Italian Food Festival on November 10-11.

The Deutschland-Fest 2018: German Experiences in Hà Nội kicked off yesterday night around the Lý Thái Tổ Statue next to Hoàn Kiếm Lake, with the attendance of German Ambassador to Việt Nam Christian Berger and Hà Nội City’s People’s Committee Chairman Nguyễn Đức Chung.

Vietnamese will have chance to learn making Korean traditional dishes under the direct guidance of well-known Korean chef Lee Won Il by attending a cooking class that will open at Movenpick Hà Nội Hotel on Monday.

Government leaders have decided the right to possess Mông King’s Palace in Đồng Văn District, the northern province of Hà Giang, belongs to the legal heirs of the Vương family clan.

There are only 14 cemeteries in the French capital, and whether it’s under an overpass next to the Sacre-Coeur basilica in Montmartre, or under shady trees in trendy Montparnasse, the graveyards are mostly full.

A revolutionary victory in the fight against the Americans was commemorated on Thursday at a ceremony at the Truông Bồn historical site in the central province of Nghệ An.

An exhibition of sơn mài (lacquer) paintings by Nguyễn Quốc Huy combines natural beauty and the artist’s imagination about a fairy land. The exhibition is displaying 29 large size sơn mài paintings.

A charity concert where Vietnamese orphans perform with famous artists from the UK will be held at the Hà Nội Opera House on November 2.

What could be more pleasing to travellers in the northern province of Yên Bái after conquering Tà Chì Nhù Mountain? Soaking in hot mineral springs with a picturesque landscape laid out in front of them.

The Consular Club in HCM City will hold its annual 25th annual International Charity Bazaar on November 3 at Adora Center in Tân Bình District.

The first part of a new TV show about Vietnamese fairytales was released last night on Hồ Chí Minh Television’s HTV3 channel. 

More than four million Chinese tourists have visited Việt Nam so far this year, breaking the 2017 number.

Iranian film The Dark Room, directed by Rouhollah Hejazi, won the Best Feature-length Film Award at the Hà Nội International Film Festival (HANIFF) 2018 during the closing ceremony yesterday.

Each year, more than 200 past and present Santas converge on a little town in the US state of Michigan for intensive study of what it takes to portray Jolly Old Saint Nicholas.

The five-bedroom home outside Detroit where the late Aretha Franklin lived for two decades has been put up for sale for US$800,000.

Bookworm – “the best little book cafe in Southeast Asia” will celebrate its 17-year presence in Hà Nội with a celebration on Sunday, November 4. 

Music company Maestoso continues to introduce the second concert of the Chamber Music Series entitled Cantabile tomorrow night, November 2, at Heritage Space.