Việt Nam News

The year 2017 witnessed various important cultural and tourism events in Việt Nam. Việt Nam News looks back and lists the most distiguished:

The end of the year is a busy time for the blacksmiths of Phúc Sen Village in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bằng. Nobody knows how long the tradition has distinguished the village, but the elders believe blacksmithing has been their community’s trade for almost a thousand years.

HCM City hopes to receive 7.5 million international visitors next year, a year-on-year increase of 25 per cent.

A painting by artist Phạm Bình Chương  depicting a corner of Hà Nội’s Old Quarter in the gentle light of the morning is among the realist paintings now displayed in Hà Nội at the Việt Nam Fine Arts Museum.

After hearing about its discreet charm and tranquility, we were eager to visit Phó Bảng old town in Đồng Văn District in the northern mountainous province of Hà Giang.

The HCM City Book Street on Nguyễn Văn Bình Street in District 1 has attracted 2.4 million visitors this year, earning a turnover of VNĐ50 billion (US$2.2 million), according to the Việt Nam Publishers Association (VNPA).

The HCM City Ballet and Symphony Orchestra (HBSO) will stage the operetta Die Fledermaus (The Bat) by Austrian composer Johann Strauss II at the Opera House on December 29.  

Cable channel FX said on Wednesday it had green-lit Glee creator Ryan Murphy’s Pose, a dance-musical series featuring the largest transgender regular cast in US television history.

 Việt Nam National Symphony and Orchestra (VNSO) will play Vietnamese and world masterpieces at a concert at Hà Nội Opera House on January 1.

Piu Piu will host a celebration on New Year’s Eve from 8pm at 97 Hai Bà Trưng Street in District 1.

Famous DJs of HCM City will perform at a New Year’s Eve Party on December 31 in District 2.

The Điện Hải Citadel in the central city has been recognised as a National Special Relic, one of 10 approved by the Prime Minister early this week.

Over 100 oil paintings of flowers by painter Đinh Thanh Vân will on display at 16 Ngô Quyền Exhibition House from December 30 to January 13.

Le Petit Prince – the first-ever animated feature film adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s iconic 20th century masterpiece - will be screened at French Cultural Centre L’Espace, 24 Tràng Tiền Street, this Sunday afternoon.

An art exhibition entitled Vì cuộc sống là vậy (As Years Go By) to celebrate 25 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Việt Nam and South Korea is now open in the capital.

Thomas Eugene Wilber was 12 years old when his father’s plane was shot down in Việt Nam and taken prisoner. Just a day earlier, on 15 June 1968, he had received a belated birthday letter, and for sometime, believed that it could be the last thing he would ever get from his father. Two years later, he heard from his father, then interned in the Hỏa Lò Prison. His father told the family he was fine.

Young talents from five musical universities and colleges received scholarships from Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) on Tuesday to further their studies.

Huế City in central Thừa Thiên- Huế Province and one of its hotel facilities have been listed among the awardees of the ASEAN Green Awards 2018.