Việt Nam News

Canadians are less likely to find a good balance between work and family, but are mostly satisfied with their jobs, according to a survey released Tuesday.

A Chagall oil painting shining with love for his first wife and adopted home Paris sold for $28.5 million in New York on Tuesday, almost doubling the artist’s previous auction record, Sotheby’s said.

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Artist Trần Huy Oánh released his book of paintings, titled Kí Họa Thời Chiến - Tâm Huyết Còn Mãi Với Thời Gian (Wartime Sketches – Everlasting Devotion), on November 6 in Hà Nội.

Russian Ambassador Konstantin Vasilievich Vnukov will wear Vietnamese áo dài (traditional long robe) tailored from a 15m-long bolt of cloth at an event honouring the traditional costume.

The long-lasting beauty of áo dài – the traditional dress of Vietnamese women – has become the inspiration for the film Cô Ba Sài Gòn (The Tailor), which opens today in theatres around the country.

Paintings of renowned Vietnamese artists are being displayed at Chọn Auction House and will be put up for auction this Sunday. Among the paintings featured is the sketch-on-paper portrait Cô Thành Cuối Năm Ất Sửu (Miss Thành in late 1985) by the late renowned artist Bùi Xuân Phái. 

Vietnamese movie star and director, Ngô Thanh Vân, known as Veronica Ngo, will star in the movie Star Wars: The Last Jedi, confirmed its distributor, Walt Disney Studios. Vietnamese-American actress, Kelly Marie Tran, who will also star in Star Wars, will come to Việt Nam at the end of this month before the movie hits the theatres internationally on December 15.

The art of making poonah paper from the bark of a tree for artwork and votive offerings is being revived in Yên Thái, a village outside Hà Nội that made the product for at least 600 years.

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Amazon said Monday it had acquired the global television rights to The Lord of the Rings, based on the celebrated fantasy novels by J.R.R. Tolkien, with a multi-season commitment.

Christie's kicked off the fall auction season in New York on Monday a Vincent Van Gogh leading the way at $81.3 million with robust sales of impressionist and modern art.

An exhibition on Hồ Chí Minh was opened in Paris, France, on November 13, highlighting the late President as a great man of peace and culture.

A new exhibition at the Hà Nội Museum features work by two painters whose contrasting themes and styles portray the world’s diversity.

The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will hold the “A Night of Concertos” concert at the Opera House this week, featuring Japanese and Vietnamese soloists.

Lâm Đồng Province’s Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism on Sunday introduced its new tourism code of conduct.

A collection of people born in the year 1987 have written about their lives in a book. It is simply titled 1987.