Việt Nam News

Representatives of 35 organisations working to conserve the intangible cultural heritage in the Asia-Pacific region are gathering in Huế in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế for discussions.

Nearly 200 people and artists from 15 ethnic groups will join in the annual Week for Ethnic Group Solidarity – Cultural Heritage between November 18 and 23 at the National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in the western outskirts of the capital.

Noted designer Minh Hạnh has been invited by UNESCO to give a talk on the traditional Vietnamese long dress (áo dài) on November 8, in Fukuoka, Japan.

The American writer Alice McDermott’s novel The Ninth Hour was awarded France’s Prix Femina for the best foreign novel of the year yesterday.

The Spice Girls yesterday released details of a 2019 UK reunion tour which will see them play Wembley Stadium, Britain’s biggest venue, but all without Victoria Beckham.

Anyone who has enjoyed canh lá lằng, a unique dish of Nghệ An people, particularly locals in Quỳnh Lưu District, is struck by its bitter, acrid taste at first bite, before a sweet flavour hits your throat.

Classical ballet Giselle will be restaged at the HCM City Opera House on November 9.

A traditional-theatre TV programme staged once a month produced by the HCM City Television (HTV) has attracted a growing number of young viewers. 

Hôtel des Arts Saigon has launched MGallery “Inspired by Her” programme with a suite of offerings and services targeting the modern woman traveller.

A letter written by nineteenth century French poet Charles Baudelaire announcing his intention to kill himself sold at auction on Sunday for 234,000 euros ($267,000), three times the expected price.

Chile announced on Sunday that it will ask the British Museum in London to return the remains of a mylodon, an extinct mammal that lived in Patagonia about 10,000 years ago.

HÀ NỘI — Composers and peformers of Asian-European countries will gather to present new musical compositions at the third Asia-Europe New Musical Festival 2018 which will take place in Hà Nội on November 24-28.

More than 300 rare and precious photos and documents featuring the architecture of Sài Gòn (now HCM City) from 1698 to 1945 are being exhibited on Nguyễn Huệ Pedestrian Street in HCM City’s District 1.

A showcase room featuring images of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers opened at the HCM City’s Southern Women Museum on Thursday, as part of the city’s cultural activities to celebrate the 78^th anniversary of the Southern Resistance Day (November 23, 1940). 

Nguyễn Phương Khánh bested 86 other aspirants for the 2018 Miss Earth crown, making her the first woman from Vietnam to win the title since the pageant began in 2001.

More than 1,000 expats and Vietnamese attended the annual  Indian Diwali Fest 2018, known as “The Festival of Lights”, in HCM City on November 3.

Fashionable tote bags and smartphone cases imprinted patterns and images of traditional folk paintings are on display at an exhibition in Hà Nội.