Việt Nam News

He's been named "sexiest man alive" and "world's highest paid film star" -- now Dwayne Johnson can celebrate being accepted into the Hollywood establishment with a Walk of Fame star.

The graduates of the London College for Design and Fashion (LCDF) will showcase fashion collections inspired by the Industrial Revolution 4.0 on December 15-17 in Hà Nội.

In these days when selfies are de rigueur, cameras and video gears have become normal travelling companions. For French couple Pascal Schram and Anne Laure, this equipment has an added purpose beyond photographs of destinations to serve as later personal memoirs.

Saigon Classical Music Group will perform a free concert on December 16 featuring traditional carols like Nebo I Zemlya (Heaven and Earth), Angels We Have Heard on High, and O Holy Night and compositions by Mozart, Tchaikovsky, and Liszt.

Music lovers can enjoy a concert featuring French conductor Nathalie Marin and soloist Vũ Việt Chương on December 15 at the Hà Nội Opera House.

Information and photos of destinations in Indonesia are on display at an exhibition titled Hello Indonesia that opened yesterday in Hà Nội.

Goethe Institut will host the exhibition Vestige of a Land which will present part of a collaborated project during six months between artist Lê Giang, Sino-Nom researcher Nguyễn Đình Hưng, architect Phạm Thanh Thủy, and environmental consultant Nguyễn Thùy Dương on communal houses in Northern Việt Nam and alongside the Red River’s water flow.

Authorities of Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park in central Quảng Bình Province on Tuesday announced the discovery of 58 new caves in its territory.

Inventors of trúc chỉ, an artistic medium in which the artist’s designs are printed onto a special form of paper, are organising camps for artists and students in Huế.

More than 38 paintings in different media by Vietnamese artists are now on display at the Travelling 2017 exhibition at the China Art Museum in Shanghai.   

Cultural, sports and tourism activities will be organised more regularly in the mountainous regions and ethnic communities in the period between 2017-2022.

German techno DJ Heiko Laux will perform at the fifth anniversary of Heart Beat, a Sài Gòn-based underground music community, on December 15.

District 2 outdoor bar Saigon Outcast will host a Christmas Market on December 16-17 that will sell artworks, accessories, clothes, ornaments, home-baked food and snacks, and drinks.

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Get in the holiday spirit at Hà Nội’s first German Christmas Market open from 2pm today at Cửa Bắc Church.

The Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents (TPD) will present a screening of Oscar-winning film The Reader. The screening, part of the ‘Literature on Screen’ movie month, will start at 7.30pm tomorrow night.

The New York Philharmonic, long saddled with uncertain finances, announced on Tuesday that its new leadership had secured $50 million to keep the leading US orchestra solvent for at least several seasons.

The Go-Gos, the pioneering all-woman rock band, are heading to Broadway, with an assist by Gwyneth Paltrow.

An exhibition of archival materials capturing the influence of French culture on the capital city is now open at No 18 Vũ Phạm Hàm Street, Hà Nội.