A documentary featuring the tough journey of a transgender person trying to find an identity by two independent film makers is set to be screened in Việt Nam.

The authorities of Thanh Hóa will organise a festival dedicated to local heroes who lived more than 600 years ago.

Like many mothers, 30-year-old Lý Thu Trang doesn’t want to see her children cooped-up indoors glued to the television set or sat playing video games. Living in a country as beautiful as Viet Nam, she knows during the months when schools break-up, the best place for her and her family to be, is the great outdoors. 

Twelve tourism and service sector companies in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế were recognised for their good work at a ceremony held on Thursday.

The "Việt Nam:: 25 Years of Documenting a Changing Country" photography exhibition and talk will be held at 5.30pm on October 3 at The American Center on 34 Lê Duẩn Street in HCM City’s District 1.

A cultural and tourism festival promoting the beauty of Hoàng Su Phì's terraced fields and ethnic culture will take place in the northern province of Hà Giang from September 28-30.

Vietnamese movie Cô Ba Sài Gòn (The Tailor) produced by renowned actress Ngô Thanh Vân will compete at the 2019 Oscars for the Best Foreign Language Film award.

French director Claude Lelouch has started shooting a sequel to his classic romance A Man and a Woman with the same actors, 52 years after the original was a box office smash.

The Friends of Vietnam Heritage’s Book Club will host its monthly event with a review and discussion on the novel Catfish & Mandala by Andrew X Pham on October 4.

A concert featuring Baroque compositions will be presented by music company Maestoso on Saturday, at Cửa Bắc Church.

Hungarian author Lackfi Janos will host an exchange with Vietnamese readers on Friday to present a Vietnamese translation of one of his books.

It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them, the American author Ernest Hemingway once said.

During ‘Black-and-White Movie Month’, the Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents (TPD) will present a screening of the Oscar-winning movie The Artist tomorrow.

Experts convened in Hà Nội recently to discuss the importance of controlling weight at a workshop on healthy lifestyles and diets.

 The first HBF Boxing Tournament also known as Pro Boxing Tournament will be held from 6pm on September 30 at Lan Anh Theatre, 291 Cách Mạng Tháng 8 Street, HCM City’s District 10.

The US Ambassadors’ Fund for Cultural Preservation will donate US$92,500 to renovate the Hồ Citadel in the central province of Thanh Hóa.

Disgraced television icon Bill Cosby was handcuffed and taken into custody on Tuesday to begin a minimum three-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting a woman at his Philadelphia mansion 14 years ago.

One of the greatest mysteries in art history appears to have been solved. The identity of the model who posed for the most scandalous painting of the 19th century, Gustave Courbet’s L’Origine du monde (The Origin of the world), has finally been revealed.