Việt Nam News

The International Travel Expo HCM City returns for the 13^th time as the most established annual international travel trade event in the Mekong sub-region from September 7 to 9 at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Centre.

Two Hanoian bands Dập Ghim and Sweepy will team up for a live show for the first time ever on September 8 at Hanoi Rock City.

Children play on the Ôm Seaside in Xuân Phương Commune, Sông Cầu Town in the central province of Phú Yên. The seaside area, with its beautiful landscape, clear and pure seawater and colourful coral and fish, is expected to attract more visitors. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Hà

The Cửu Long (Mekong) delta province of Bến Tre launched a culture-tourism week on Tuesday (August 29) to celebrate National Day, September 2.

The HCM City Music Centre, in co-operation with its partners, will organise a special music and song programme on Saturday in the Bến Thành Theatre  to mark the 8^th anniversary of Việt Nam Music Day.  

Hundred couples who work at factories will hold a group wedding on September 2,  organised by the Young Employee Assistance Centre (YEAC).

After months of anticipation, the first official “food street” in HCM City opened on Monday (August 28) in District 1.

Mèo vờn nhau (Two cats), a 1979 lacquer painting by Vietnamese artist Nguyễn Sáng, has fetched US$101,000 at the 6th session of Chọn’s Auction House in the capital city. 

Artist Lê Thúy will show her silk paintings at a solo exhibition in ION Art Gallery,  Singapore, from September 1 to 24.

People will be able to get an insight into late president Hồ Chí Minh’s road to revolution with the documentary film Ngọn Đuốc Thế Kỷ (The Century Torch), to be aired by Việt Nam Television on September 2, Việt Nam’s Independence Day.

Miss Việt Nam 2016’s first runner-up Huỳnh Thị Thùy Dung will compete at Miss International 2017, to be in November in Japan.

The 74th Venice film festival gets underway Wednesday with Alexander Payne's sci-fi satire "Downsizing" in the high-profile opening slot that is increasingly coveted as a launchpad for the Oscars.

A handful of soil taken from the Trường Sa (Spratly) Islands has been added to the Xã Tắc Platform, which honours the gods of land and rice, in Huế.

The ‘Mascara’ exhibition showcases artworks by prominent contemporary painters such as Nguyễn Nghĩa Cương, Bùi Thanh Tâm, Vũ Đình Tuấn, Nguyễn Thế Hùng, and sculptor Lương Đức Hùng.

Original photos and videos featuring the wonderful landscapes of Việt Nam and interesting life stories of its inhabitants are on display at a new exhibition in Hà Nội.

Conductor Lê Phi Phi returns to Hà Nội to conduct a concert in celebration of the National Day on September 2. The conductor will lead the Việt Nam National Symphony and Orchestra (VNSO) along with choirs from the Việt Nam National Opera and Ballet (VNOB) and the Hà Nội Children Cultural House.

The Việt Nam Administration of Tourism (VNAT) is determined to develop the national tourism industry in a professional, sustainable way and upgrade service quality, said Nguyễn Văn Tuấn, head of the VNAT at a conference yesterday in Hà Nội.

A film festival will be held in five big cities in Việt Nam from September 6 to 16 screening new German movies including the award-winning 24 Weeks.