Việt Nam News

The French Ambassador to Việt Nam, Bertrand Lortholary, on December 5, gave the Knight of Arts and Letters title to Đặng Thanh Tùng.

Rap superstar Eminem's long-awaited album finally has a release date — December 15 — and it will feature an array of star collaborators.

A variety of ornamental trees and birds from around the country are on display in an exhibition that opens today in Phúc Thọ District on the outskirts of Hà Nội. 

Eighty artworks conveying the unique personalities and styles of 40 contemporary Vietnamese artists are on display at the exhibition Listen, Watch and Tell.

Lubaina Himid, 63, on Tuesday became the oldest winner of the Turner Prize, Britain's most prestigious yet controversial visual art award, for her works celebrating black creativity.

The Hanoi Goethe Institute will hold a series activities for the Christmas season at Cửa Bắc Church. They will begin on December 14.

For artist Trần Thị Thu, abstract expressionist painting is a medium in which she can find herself. It’s fitting, then, that her first solo exhibition at the Việt Nam Museum of Fine Arts bears her name, titled Thu.

The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will open the Christmas season this week with the ballet The Nutcracker at the Opera House this week, featuring a conductor from Norway and dancers from Japan.

Last Friday, Vietnamese poet Mai Văn Phấn received the prestigious Cikada Prize from chairman of the jury, Dr Lars Vargo, a distinguished fellow from Sweden’s Institute for Security & Development Policy at the Temple of Literature in Hà Nội.

Six years ago, Vietnamese xoan singing joined the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) list of intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding during its 2011 meeting in Bali.

The 6th International Tourism Mart kicked off on December 5 in Guwahati, a major city in India’s northeast in the state of Assam.

Photo of the Day - Winter sunbathing

An “Exhibition of Tourism Photos of Argentina” opened at HCM City’s Youth Cultural House last night.

Artists from the central city of Đà Nẵng will show off their 60 works of paintings, sculpture, lacquer, oil and canvas, water colour in an exhibition at the city’s Fine Arts Museum from December 6-12.

Letters written by Greta Garbo that provide a rare glimpse into the loneliness that haunted one of the 20th century's most enigmatic Hollywood stars will be auctioned in London next week.

Rising fashion star Jonathan Anderson struck a double blow at London’s Fashion Awards on Monday, claiming the prizes for best Accessories Designer and best British Designer for Womenswear.

A photo of Trường Sa Lớn Island in the Spratlys seen from a seaplane won a gold medal from the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) in the landscape section.

Mr. Bùi Ngọc Thái puts on his plastic gloves and carefully mixes the thin layers of lean pork meat, lard and skin with some salt, MSG and thính, the golden roast rice grounded into a brownish powder. The pleasant fragrance of thính started to fill the room.