Việt Nam News

 On Sunday, Bookworm bookstore together with the Hanoi Cooking Centre will put on an afternoon of jazz music, traditional bánh chưng (sticky rice cake) making and tò he (toy figurine) sculpting as part of their annual celebrations in the run-up to Tết.

Claudia Capocci, an artist from Bristol, England, will host a workshop on sculpture on Saturday at Lạc Tạm Antique.

Art researcher and critic Iola Lenzi arived in Việt Nam for the first time  20 years ago and was charmed by the refined culture.

Tomorrow night Chula Fashion House will debut its 1st edition of Chulala Music Night – a monthly event hosted by Chula on the last Friday of every month.

A couple happily returns home together after a working day in Trùng Khánh District, the northern mountainous province of Cao Bằng. — VNS Photo Đoàn Tùng

Young designer Đặng Thị Bích Ngọc has just won the Silver Award in the Design Poster Category of the New Talent Annual 2018 by the New York-based Graphis magazine.

The classical ballet The Nutcracker will be performed by young dancers aged from 4 to 18 years old for the first time in Việt Nam on January 28 at the Hà Nội Opera House. The ballet is one of the most famous classic ballets performed during the Western holiday season.

More than 50 singers, dancers, musicians and fashion models will perform at a music and fashion programme tonight (January 24) at HCM City’s Bến Thành Theatre. 

A wide range of cultural activities to reveal the depth of traditional Tết (Lunar New Year) celebrations will begin at Thăng Long Imperial Citadel from today.

The rich lives of people with autism is reflected through visual arts at an ongoing exhibition in Hà Nội.

Phan Kế An, one of the leading artists of Việt Nam renowned for lacquer paintings and sketches of President Hồ Chí Minh, passed away in Hà Nội on Sunday. He was 95.

People worldwide now can enjoy Vietnamese music on YouTube by Phương Nam Film, one of the HCM City’s leading music, film producers and distributors.

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Minnie Mouse was honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame Monday, with her eternal sidekick Mickey by her side.

Hà Nội’s winter is said to be incomplete without savouring bánh khúc or xôi khúc.

The brilliant natural world with its clouds, flowers and insects are reflected in the silk paintings of Vũ Đình Tuấn. As nature is best appreciated when we are quiet, he has asked people to keep silent as they look at his work.

So Village’s communal house on the western outskirts of Hà Nội will provide a platform to showcase the traditional customs of the Vietnamese Lunar New Year on February 10.

More than 30 paintings, photos and sculptures by 11 Dutch artists were displayed at an exhibition hosted by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Hà Nội.