Việt Nam News

A special áo dài (traditional dress) collection by designer Vũ Việt Hà, inspired by roses to honour Vietnamese women’s beauty, was presented at the opening ceremony of a rose festival in Hà Nội on Saturday.

A series of culinary events and trade promotions will be held during “Un Mois En France” (One Month in France) programme in November.

 Italian painter Laura Federici and Vietnamese painter Nguyễn Đạm Thuỷ have worked together to portray the home and the environment.

A little weekend market, located in a café in hẻm ( thesouthern Vietnamese word for alley) 311 on Nơ Trang Long Street, Bình Thạnh District, has been well-known among antique hunters in HCM City since 2013.

More than 300 fashion models will take part in Fashionology Festival 2017 on Nguyễn Huệ Pedestrian Street in HCM City next week, as part of the city’s cultural activities to celebrate the 87^th anniversary of Vietnamese Women’s Day on October 20.    

Equitisation of state-owned film studios, particularly the Việt Nam Feature Film (VFS) studio, has created many challenges to the industry, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Nguyễn Ngọc Thiện, said yesterday.

The Việt Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) launched a contest with the theme ‘Việt Nam – Timeless Charm’ today in Hà Nội.

Vietnamese-American Ngọc Huyền, a leading cải lương (reformed opera) performer in the 1990s, will stage a live show in HCM City next week.

Bruno Mars, Drake and Ed Sheeran led nominations Thursday for the American Music Awards, where for the first time no women were vying for the top prize.

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer breezed into the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters on Thursday and Juan Martin del defeated racquet-smashing Alexander Zverev.

A collection of worship objects has been recognised as the most unique gold-inlaid pottery artworks in the country by the Việt Nam Book of Records.

Two singers famous for their rendering of patriotic compositions, Trọng Tấn and Anh Thơ, will will perform together in Hà Nội on Vietnamese Women’s Day, October 20.

Hội An Beach Resort has won a world luxury hotel award for 2017.

A new campaign aimed at discovering the beauty of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) has been launched with experiences and stories of travellers.

Fortuna Hanoi Hotel is the first hotel in Hà Nội to utilize the cutting-edge technology of 360-degree video to entice potential visitors.

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Gucci will go fur-free next year and auction off all of its remaining animal fur items, the Italian fashion house’s president and CEO Marco Bizzarri announced in London on Wednesday.