Việt Nam News

A two-volume art book featuring popular streetfood in Hà Nội and specialities in different regions goes on sale nationwide today.

The Bắc Hà market in the mountainous province of Lào Cai is the largest market in this part of the country.

Hundreds of television employees will attend the 37th National Television Festival being held from December 13 to 16 in the central province of Thanh Hóa .

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A new serial on family relations, Cả Một Đời Ân Oán (Life of Love and Feud), will go to air on Việt Nam Television - and overseas..

France will pay a "national homage" to the legendary rock star Johnny Hallyday on Saturday, with hundreds of bikers flanking his coffin as it is driven down the Champs Elysees in Paris, officials said Thursday.

A non-existent restaurant supposedly based in a garden shed briefly became London's top eating place on travel and restaurant website TripAdvisor, who on Thursday hit back at the hoaxers.

Quảng Ngãi Province’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Department will introduce community-based tourism services at destinations around the province beginning next year.

Members of the National Heritage Council have agreed to recognise the Điện Hải Citadel in the central city of Đà Nẵng as a National Special Relic.

Việt Nam’s bài chòi (folk singing) has been officially honoured as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).

The movie Sài Gòn, anh yêu em (Sài Gòn, I love you), directed by Lý Minh Thắng, won the jury prize at the ASEAN – China Film Festival on December 4.

Members of the South Korean boyband NCT 127 greet hundreds of Vietnamese fans and local media at a press conference held in Lotte Hotel in Hà Nội on Wednesday.

Pop music composer Trần Quang Lộc is known around the country for having written one of the most heart-wrenching songs about Hà Nội—without ever having set foot in the city.

A music contest, Tiếng Hát Công Nhân (Voice of Workers), for young labourers working in southern provinces will open this week.

Dubai’s international film festival opened on Wednesday night, bringing together Britain’s Patrick Stewart, India’s Irrfan Khan and Egypt’s Wahid Hamed — cinema stars from different corners of the globe.

The most complete skeleton ever found of an australopithecus, a forerunner to modern man, went on display for the first time in Johannesburg on Wednesday following a 20-year process to excavate and assemble the 3.67 million-year-old remains.

A concert featuring ethnic minority music will be held to introduce Seaphony Orchestra - the first Vietnamese ethnic minority orchestra at Hà Nội Opera House on December 12.

Finland yesterday commemorated 100 years as an independent nation. Finnish Ambassador Kari Kahiluoto reviews the diplomatic relationship with Việt Nam and eyes future co-operation.