Việt Nam News

Việt Nam’s southernmost tip Năm Căn District in Cà Mau Province has earned a reputation as home to some of the finest female crabs in the country. The district’s crab farms are not only the go-to place for crab farmers in the Mekong Delta but also farmers nationwide.

Women row boats to the Hải Bình fish market in Tĩnh Gia District, the central province of Thanh Hóa. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh

Vietnamese filmmakers hope to reach an agreement with Spanish filmmakers to promote cooperation in filmmaking in the future, Ngô Phương Lan, head of the Việt Nam Cinema Department, said at a discussion recently.

The British Library has conjured to life the magical world of Harry Potter in a new exhibition featuring the oldest objects in its collection alongside never-seen items from J.K. Rowling's personal archive.

Visitors crowded through the doors Thursday as a museum to legendary fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent opened to the public in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh.

Author Magdalena Bolalek released the book Polish Culinary Paths yesterday in Hà Nội under the sponsorship of Polish Embassy in Việt Nam.

Artists of the project Art in the Forest will finish their residence programme and open the studio on October 28 at Flamingo Đại Lải Resort, the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc.

A contest has been launched for children aged five to 12 to paint their favourite food and meals.

An exhibition of paintings by female members of the Tranh Việt Club opened in HCM City to celebrate the 87^th anniversary of Vietnamese Women’s Day on October 20.      

Young Vietnamese screenwriters attended the Busan International Film Festival this week and exchanged ideas with international filmmakers.

Estonian designer Xenia Joots who owns the Yaly Couture brand will display his newest fashion collection at a fashion show to welcome the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Finance Ministers’ Meeting in the ancient town.

Elke  Schwierz first arrived at the EPRC in 2002 and stayed for five years with support from the Society for the Conservation of Species and Populations (ZGAP). Elke has enjoyed every moment at Cúc Phương National Park in northern Ninh Bình Province with her family - long-tailed gibbons, langurs and wide-eyed lorises - for the past 15 years.

An art exhibition featuring artworks by the ‘Gang of Five’ – a group of five Vietnamese artists, will open to the public from Saturday at the Việt Nam Film Studio in Hà Nội.

More than 200 watercolour paintings by 216 artists from 45 different countries will be on display at the Hà Nội Museum from next Monday, October 23, during the second International Watercolour Biennale.

A Spanish film festival opened last night in Hà Nội with the world premiere of Thị Mai, the first Spanish movie to be shot in Việt Nam. Entitled Eye on Spain, the festival includes five films - comedies, dramas and thrillers - reflecting Spain’s cinematographic zest.

Though Vietnamese music is still vastly more popular, the number of foreign artists coming to the city to pursue their musical careers has increased.

Push Climbing will host its first climbing competition for both amateurs and professionals at the outdoor bar Saigon Outcast on October 21-22.

Heart Beat Saigon will present Birth of Frequency, aka Simon Coupe, a techno DJ and producer from Paris, at The Lighthouse on October 27.