Việt Nam News

The Việt Nam Tourism Association is set to begin a programme this month in HCM City to rate tour guides, the first of its kind in the country.

A set of 100 ceramic vases featuring traditional Vietnamese patterns, created by Venerable Thích Chánh Tịnh, has received an entry in the Việt Nam Book of Records.

Historical events are shown at an exhibition titled "Hà Nội – The Return Day", held at Hỏa Lò Prison in the capital city to celebrate the 64th anniversary of the city’s Liberation Day.

Authors Lê Kế Sơn and Charles Bailey have introduced the book From Enemies to Partners: Việt Nam, the US and Agent Orange to Vietnamese readers after three years of work.

An area displaying traditional wooden statues of the Jrai and Bahnar ethnic groups is open to the public in Ốp Village in the central province of Gia Lai as a precede to a traditional Gong Festival that will be held in early November.

Spain's world-famous opera singer Montserrat Caballe was laid to rest on Monday at a funeral in Barcelona where tenor Jose Carreras hailed her as "the greatest soprano of the 20th century".

While some people love ready-to-eat chicken served at fast food chains, many Vietnamese people still prepare chicken dishes by themselves because they love cooking at home for nutritional and safe meals for daily life.

The 5th International Puppet Festival opened on Monday night with puppeteers from eight countries performing at Âu Cơ Theatre. The festival runs from October 8-15 in Hà Nội.

Pop star Minh Hằng of HCM City will compete in the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA) Best Southeast Asia Act 2018 in Spain next month.  

Ancient cultural activities and performances have been revived thanks to the Hội An’s “legendary night in the old quarter of the early 20th century” programme, a unique tourist attraction which started in 1998.

Thousands of people attended the annual Bảy Núi (Seven Mountains) Ox Racing Festival held on October 8 at Tịnh Biên District in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang.

Police in the northern province of Hưng Yên’s Văn Lâm District have found the ancient Budda statue after nealy two months being stolen from Pháp Vân Pagoda in the area.

The Silk Path Grand Resort & Spa Sapa has been honoured by the Việt Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) as the first and only five-star resort in Sa Pa, a tourist magnet in the mountainous northern region of Việt Nam.

People’s Artist Quang Thọ will celebrate his 50-year music career with a live show in downtown Hà Nội on November 11.

A project has been launched recently by Bức Tường (The Wall) band and Việt Nam Cable Television to encourage youths to join the rock music scene in Việt Nam.

Japanese clarinetist Shuhei Isobe and South Korean pianist Ju Sun Young will perform along with Vietnamese musicians in a chamber music concert at the HCM City Opera House on Tuesday.

A photo exhibition featuring film locations across Việt Nam will be held from October 21-31 in Hà Nội.

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