Việt Nam News

Lê Hương chats with Graeme Armour, a designer from the UK, who has recently teamed up with domestic fashion brand IVY moda at their Autumnl-Winter fashion show.

Việt Nam received 11.6 million of international tourists during the first nine months, increasing 22.9 per cent in comparison with the same period last year, according to Nguyễn Văn Tuấn, chairman of Việt Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

“Rencontre 2018” (Meet 2018), a joint exhibition featuring 14 Vietnamese and five French artists, has opened at the HCM City Fine Arts Association.

 A concert will feature the Sức Sống Mới ensemble with bamboo-made instruments performing Vietnamese folklore music and the opera Carmen in Hà Nội on October 19 & 20.

A night of dances will feature two pieces Bolero and Suite en Blanc by choreographer Lê Ngọc Văn at Hà Nội Opera House on October 17 & 18.

A ceremony to grant Hoàng Hoa Sứ Trình Đồ – Việt Nam’s historical maps dating back to the 18th century – a certificate of documentary heritage as part of UNESCO’s memory of the World Programme was held on Tuesday at Can Lộc District’s Nghèn Town in the central province of Hà Tĩnh.

Việt Nam won 7 golden prizes for best puppet performance and puppeteers at the fifth International Puppet Festival which ended on Monday.

Bulgaria will not take part in the next edition of the Eurovision song contest to be held in Tel Aviv in May 2019, the public BNT broadcaster announced yesterday, citing financial constraints.

Sony’s superhero film Venom held onto the lead this weekend in North American box offices, despite bad reviews, again trailed by last weekend’s number two A Star Is Born, final figures showed yesterday.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced the National Tourism Year 2019 will be held in the central coastal province of Khánh Hòa.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will organise the Professional Theatrical Arts, Bài Chòi (Folk Singing) and Opera 2018 in the central city of Quảng Ngãi between October 20 and 28.

Việt Nam will for the first time co-operate with Japan to produce a horror movie about zombies, entitled Gameshow Tử Thần (Game Show of Death). The film is a remake of famous Japanese horror flick St. Zombie Girls’ High School.

As a former student at Lê Ngọc Hân Primary School (41 Lò Đúc), I look back on good memories every time I pass the old Lò Đúc Street of Hà Nội.

Orchids grown by late Lieutenant Colonel Khuất Mạnh Trí, who was killed when his military aircraft crashed in July, were auctioned on Sunday for more than VNĐ400 million (US$17,300).

A photo exhibition featuring the long-term friendship of Việt Nam and Cuba opened on October 15 at the HCM City’s Women Cultural House.

A solemn ceremony was held on October 14 by local authorities and people of Na Hang District in the northern province of Tuyên Quang to receive the certification of National Landscape to Na Hang – Lâm Bình Nature Reserve.

The Metropolitan Opera is digging deep into its bag of tricks as it attempts to lure in younger generations more familiar with Mozart in the Jungle than its long-dead inspiration.

The second Bản Giốc Waterfall Tourism Festival took place last weekend in the northern province of Cao Bằng with a range of activities to promote local culture and tourism as well as the hospitability of local residents.