Việt Nam News

If rice is a staple of Vietnamese daily meals, then giò (Vietnamese sausage) is considered the staple of special occasions, such as Tết (the Lunar New Year), wedding parties and ancestors’ death anniversary.

A documentary about internationally renowned Vietnamese monk and peace activist Thích Nhất Hạnh will be shown in American theatres beginning on September 12.

A new exhibition shows audiences the perspectives of eight photographers from France and Việt Nam on contemporary dance in the two countries.

South Korea-based Mnet Asian Music Awards 2017 (MAMA), Asia’s biggest music awards event, will kick off its MAMA Week tour with a concert in HCM City on November 25.

Kim Dung, 24, became the winner of Việt Nam’s Next Top Model (VNTM) All Stars 2017 contest, which ended on Saturday in HCM City.

The MAMA Week, taking place in three countries in four days, will start in Hòa Bình Theater in Việt Nam.

More than 4,400 meetings were conducted between buyers and sellers at the 13^th International Travel Expo HCM City that wrapped up last Saturday (Sep 9).

Kim Dung, 24, became the winner of Việt Nam’s Next Top Model (VNTM) All Stars 2017 contest, which ended on Saturday in HCM City.

Victoria Beckham unveiled her latest fashion collection in New York on Sunday, throwing shade at her once beloved black for the colours of Play-Doh and for sparkly slippers named after her daughter.

Oscar nominees Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon electrified audiences at the Toronto film festival Sunday with their portrayals of Thomas Edison and his rival in the race for marketable electricity, George Westinghouse.

Sleep apnea is a potentially serious medical disorder in which breathing becomes very shallow or stops briefly during sleep. When this occurs, the sleeper is partly awoken and the brain commands the body to breath.

Despite the death of a buffalo owner at Hải Phòng’s traditional buffalo fighting festival in July, anthropologists and tourism experts argued at a conference that the festival should continue and be promoted to tourists.

The recent Việt Nam Fashion Week honoured collections made from natural material, including the tough, long-wearing hemp fibre. It was the first time most collections of the fasion week were designed with Vietnamese natural materials.

The HCM City Fine Arts Museum yesterday celebrated its 30^th anniversary with an exhibition of two collections of paintings by Vietnamese and foreign artists.

Mỹ A, a rare Vietnamese satin, will be featured in clothes for women and men by young fashion designers at the catwalk event The Dreamers in HCM City next month.

The HCM City will open a new pedestrian-only book street at Nguyễn Đổng Chi Street in District 7 in October, offering a series of activities promoting reading culture for more than 300,000 residents in districts 7, 2 and 8.

A story starting by a surprise encounter between a marriage and a funeral on the road written by Võ Anh Vũ won top prize at the Talented Screenwriters contest, the organiser announced on Friday.

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