Việt Nam News

Dozens of works of art and literature by winners of the Hồ Chí Minh Prize and the State Prize in 2016 will be on show in Hà Nội on August 30.

Architect Hoàng Thúc Hào won the Bùi Xuân Phái Award in the Idea Prize category in 2010. He was the first Vietnamese architect to win SIA-Getz Architecture Prize for Emergent Architecture in Asia in 2016, and also the Vassilis Sgoutas Prize by the International Union of Architects (UIA) in 2017.

Young film producer Lý Minh Thắng’s latest film project, Mùa Viết Tình Ca (Season of Love), will be released in cinemas on National Day, September 2. 

Six female artists of the HCM City Fine Arts Association are exhibiting their works at the Korea-Vietnam Joint Exhibition in Gwangju, Korea.

For artist and sculptor Phạm Sinh, his latest solo exhibition is a page in the journal documenting the unforgettable moments of a great journey.

Photos of the American war by the late photojournalist Lâm Tấn Tài, first general chairman of the Việt Nam Photographers Association, are on display at the HCM City Photography Museum.

Frederik Kier, the Senior Vice President of Novo Nordisk – a global healthcare company with headquarter in Denmark- is on a visit to Việt Nam to gain insights of the local fights against diabetes.

More than 20 artists from Việt Nam and other ten Asian countries are joining an exchange programme in northern province of Ninh Bình between August 21 and 24.

A live show honouring motherly love and filial piety will take place on September 22 in Hà Nội.

Malian singer Khaira Arby, whose vocal prowess earned her the honorific "The Nightingale of Timbuktu," has died, her family said on Monday. She was 59. 

 Jennifer Garner received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday to honour a glittering career that has included roles in acclaimed movies from Juno to Dallas Buyers Club.

A conference about the late renowned playwright Lưu Quang Vũ was held on Monday reviewing and honouring his significant contribution to the development of Việt Nam stage art. 

An art exhibition of 259 paintings, graphic art works and sculptures has opened at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum as part of the city’s celebrations of the 73rd National Day, which falls on September 2. 

Steamed rolls made of rice flour, locally known as bánh cuốn, are a popular dish across Việt Nam. However, any travellers or guests visiting Cao Bằng Province shouldn’t forget the local hot bánh cuốn, because it has its own aromatic flavour, taste and broth.

The central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế is reviewing the operation of the region’s biggest traditional market, Đông Ba, in a scheme to upgrade the trade centre.

Two music productions on mothers and children by composer Nguyễn Văn Chung of HCM City have been released to celebrate the annual Buddhist holiday of Vu Lan, an event that eulogises motherly love, held annually in the seventh month of the lunar calendar.  

Disabled designer Hà Thị Thông impressed the audience with her collection No 8 during a fashion show in Hà Nội on Saturday.

The first festival featuring ancient Thanh Hà pottery is being organised in Hội An, creating a platform for pottery villages to exchange experience as well as promoting tourism to the ancient town.