Việt Nam News

The Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu Province Sea Festival kicked off on Tuesday night at Vũng Tàu City.

It has been nearly seven years since Vietnamese filmmakers started talking about establishing the Cinema Support Fund at the 17th Việt Nam National Film Festival in 2011 in the central province of Phú Yên. Although a proposal for the fund was submitted to the Government and it has been discussed many times over the years, it still has not been launched.

Though they face each other across the Ô Lâu River, the old village of Hội Kỳ in Quảng Trị Province has had very different fortunes from its sister village Phước Tích in Thừa Thiên-Huế Province.

A new exhibition of 78 thủy mặc (ink and wash) watercolour paintings by 40 Chinese-Vietnamese artists has opened at the HCM City Fine Arts Association.

The National Cải Lương (reformed opera) Festival 2018 will open on Wednesday in Long An Province.

Paris-based Vietnamese model and fashion show producer Jessica Minh Anh will celebrate the seventh iteration of the Catwalk on Water fashion show on September 4.

A photo exhibition featuring 70 photos of bird species will open at the Furama Đà Nẵng resort in celebration of Viet Nam’s National Day from September 1-3.

A ceremony to inaugurate the Mahatma Gandhi Bust took place on Monday at the Indian Embassy in Hà Nội as this year Indian people will celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth. 

Famous comedians Vân Dung, Quang Thắng and Chí Trung will star in the television drama Yêu Thì Ghét Thôi (I Hate You Because I Love You) directed by Trịnh Lê Phong.

In Vietnamese cuisine, there are many creative ways of preserving food, including fermenting, using salt and smoking. But there is one method which is not only helpful in preservation but can create a natural flavour for the food, and that is drying it under the sun.

The secrets of canvas, brushes and palettes as well as special techniques of oil painting are revealed in a book released on Saturday in Hà Nội.

A geography guide book on the country’s  natural and cultural heritage has just been published by the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Beach trips are the favoured destinations for the upcoming National Day holiday on September 2, according to travel firms.

Artists of different nationalities and backgrounds will co-organise an event that features an interplay of literature, art and music from the East and West in Hà Nội next month.

Time seems to run at a different pace for Elza Soares. The Brazilian samba legend is 81 but on the eve of a Rio de Janeiro concert for her recent album Deus e Mulher ("God is a woman"), you wouldn't think so.

Neil Simon, the prolific and Pulitzer Prize-winning US playwright celebrated as the king of comedy who won more Oscar and Tony nominations combined than any other showbiz writer, died on Sunday. He was 91.

A painting exhibition featuring more than 40 paintings by 22 artists from 11 Asian countries is now open in downtown Hà Nội.

Raul Silveira, Charge d’affaires of the Uruguayan Embassy in Hà Nội, sends a message to celebrate the Independence of Uruguay and its friendship with Việt Nam.