After spending six years in Việt Nam, Irene Ohler has fallen in love with the nation’s culture and people. She has been particularly taken by the women in Việt Nam thanks to their strength, resilience and beauty.
The Vincom Centre for Contemporary Art (VCCA) in Hà Nội will host the two solo exhibitions tomorrow, Bicycles by Vietnamese-born French artist Trần Thu Vân, and Ellipses by Hà Mạnh Thắng, a prominent Vietnamese artist.
Greek conductor Petros Karpathakis will lead a special Christmas concert at the HCM City Opera House on December 19.
The Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents (TPD) will open its ‘Family Movie Month” with a screening of the Little Miss Sunshine tomorrow night (Friday).
Oscar winner and one of France's most recognised actresses, Juliette Binoche, will head the jury of next year's Berlin film festival, organisers said on Tuesday.
A viral video showing a gigantic python wrapping itself around an Indonesian villager has secured more than a million views, after locals wrestled with the serpent before successfully caging it.
The German Christmas Market will be held for the second time at Cửa Bắc Church, offering handicraft gifts and musical performances to local people from December 13-15.
Jurors of the "Khoảnh Khắc Vàng" (Gold Moment) photo contest will begin the process of choosing the best pictures from thousands of entries next week. It is the fifth time Vietnam News Agency has held the press photo contest for professional and amateur photographers from around the country and overseas.
As the year-end approaches, the spirit of Christmas can be seen across cities in Asia with stores putting up decorations, streets illuminated with colourful lights, people shopping for presents and Christmas songs hanging in the air.
Three acrobatic performances by the Việt Nam Circus Federation, Việt Nam Circus and Variety Training School and Phương Nam Art Troupe won first prizes at the National Circus Talents Contest held in Hà Nội between December 4 and 10.
The national costume representing Bánh Mì or Vietnamese Bread, worn by H’Hen Niê – the Vietnamese representative in Miss Universe 2018 – was one of the top four outfits with the most compelling back stories, as revealed by the official fanpage of this year’s beauty pageant right before the national costume round.
An oil-on-canvas painting by HCM City–based designer Tia-Thủy Nguyễn has sold for US$100,000 in an online auction by Sotheby’s.
Authorities have hiked fivefold ticket prices for Indian visitors to the Taj Mahal, in the latest attempt to lower tourist numbers and reduce damage at the country's top tourist site.
Streaming giant Netflix announced on Monday that it will launch the platform's first original series made in Africa in 2019, adding that it planned further investment in productions on the continent.
December 12 has been chosen to be Phở Day, when the national noodle soup becomes the highlight of Vietnamese people living in the country and around in the world. Việt Nam News recommends you try the delicacy of Lạng Sơn Province in Hà Nội.
Nguyễn Thị Thu Hà helped make clothes for some of the world’s top leaders last year, without any of their measurements.
Officials from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and representatives from the central province of Ninh Thuan met with delegates from other countries over the weekend to discuss a Cham pottery village’s application for UNESCO status.
Việt Nam’s national tourism board is calling on Vietnamese people to share the best of their cities with international travellers through short amateur videos in a new online campaign titled, ‘#MyVietnam’.
A painting featuring a horse by noted poet Bùi Giáng (1926-1998) has been sold for US$11,000 at auction to raise funds for the Live to Love Vietnam charity.
