Việt Nam News

China's president has ordered the country to march on in its "revolution" to clean up notoriously dirty and foul-smelling public bathrooms in a bid to improve quality of life and boost tourism.

A collection of French artist Claude Monet's personal belongings, including a pair of round-rimmed wire spectacles, have fetched almost US$11 million at an auction in Hong Kong, Christie's said.

The state-supported film industry, once the “pride of Việt Nam,” has fallen victim to shrinking budgets and rising commercialism, Vice Chairwoman of the Việt Nam Cinematography Association Nguyễn Thị Hồng Ngát lamented yesterday at a seminar on the development of national cinema, held alongside the 20^th Việt Nam Film Festival.

An annual festival to honour the buckwheat flowers, the most iconic flowers of the northern province of Hà Giang, and the unique cultural values of the province’s local ethnic people is happening now in Đồng Văn District.

Images of old and modern Panama are on display at an exhibition entitled ‘Visit Panama’, which opened yesterday in Hà Nội.

Filmmakers and cinema experts at the seminar Việt Nam Film Festival in National Cinema Development, held alongside the 20^th National Film Festival, agreed that the event has evolved over the years to increasingly reach international standards.

Valuable documents are being displayed at an exhibition titled A Century Alongside The Nation’s History to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the National Library of Việt Nam.

Coco gave Disney and Pixar much to be thankful for over the long Thanksgiving weekend, as the highly reviewed animation led all comers on North American screens, according to industry estimates released Sunday.

Beauties from across the globe converged in Las Vegas Sunday, where Miss South Africa was crowned Miss Universe. 

The Miracle Choir and Orchestra (MCO) presents Sing for Joy 2017 concert with the aim of widely introducing the art form of choir and its social value.

One-hundred fashion models will perform in The Muse 2 show by fashion designer Đỗ Mạnh Cường of HCM city to usher in the New Year. 

The number of tourists to the Mekong Delta has increased significantly as many tourism programmes have been successful over the last year, according to provincial authorities.

I recently had a three-year-old child suffering from recurrent runny nose, ongoing cough, sneezing and sometimes sticky red eyes for three months. He was previously a healthy child, but now he has these symptoms almost daily. He was prescribed many different types of medications for coughing, allergies together with antibiotics. This sometimes helped, but as soon as he stopped taking them, he would become sick again.

Industrial livestock and poultry can never compare to their 'free range' counterparts, especially in terms of taste. I realised this fact recently after a friend, Nguyễn Văn Đông, invited me to visit his home in Vân Đình Village.

Two “book cities” will open in HCM City’s District 5 and 10, providing millions of books and thousands of stationery items, according to Phương Nam Cultural Joint-Stock Corporation (PNC), the investor in the project.

The 10th Sunflower Charity Day hosted by Tuổi Trẻ (Youth) newspaper will take place in HCM City and Hà Nội on November 26.

The village of Phước Kiều in the central province of Quảng Nam is a centrepiece of the region’s history, with a 400 year-old traditional trade of bronze casting.

The life and career of President Hồ Chí Minh, along with his international reputation, are the topic of an exhibition that opened yesterday in Hà Nội, along with information about how he is viewed around the world.