HCM City’s Cần Giờ District hope to capitalise on tourism

HCM City’s coastal district of Cần Giờ is focused on exploiting its tourism potential, which includes eco-tourism, homestay tourism, leisure tourism and tree planting tours to mangrove forests, according to the chairman of its People’s Committee.

Notos Quartet to perform in Đà Nẵng

The award-winning Notos Quartet will play works by Mozart, Schubert, and Brahms under the direction of Trần Thị Nguyệt Sa at the third Đà Nẵng Chamber Music Festival on August 15.

Core values guide Singapore’s growth

The values of meritocracy, multiracialism, integrity and incorruptibility guide Singapore’s growth, Ambassador Catherine Wong says in a message on the occasion of the nation’s National Day.

 

VN culture has a strong aesthetic: UK expert

On the sidelines of the recently concluded Graduate Fashion Week that featured 21 collections by students of the Hà Nội-based London College for Design & Fashion (LCDF), Lê Hương spoke with UK-based educational consultant Douglas G.M MacLennan, who has worked with the college for many years.

National art competition seeks talent

Some 100 young traditional artists are performing at the National Traditional Art Talent Competition taking place in central province of Thanh Hóa. 

Việt kiều composer’s book of songs released

The newly released book Thuyền Không Bến Đỗ (A Ship without a Destination) features Vietnamese-American musician Lam Phuong’s 110 works, mostly romantic songs written in the 1960s and 70s.

Military base in Tây Ninh becomes national historic site

The Traditional Resistance Club of the Party Committee of the People – Government – Party Bloc of the former Central Bureau for Southern Việt Nam on Saturday (August 5) hosted a ceremony that recognised a military base in Tay Ninh Province as a national historic site.

ASEAN song contest to be held

Pop singers from ASEAN countries and China, South Korea, and Japan will attend the ASEAN+3 Song Contest which will take place from August 19-20 in Thanh Hóa Province.

US hip-hop legends wrap up Newport Jazz Festival

The Newport Jazz Festival wrapped up Sunday with a closing performance from the legendary hip-hop band The Roots as a new artistic director put his stamp on one of the world's most venerable jazz carnivals.

Folk music festival kicks off

The Vietnamese Art and Folk Music Development Centre opened the Folk Music Festival on August 7 on an open stage in Đồng Xuân Market, Hoàn Kiếm District. 

Vietnamese movie trailer features top stuntman Ilram Choi

Chí Phèo Ngoại Truyện (Chí Phèo’s Untold Stories)'s trailer introduces the movie’s stars, including Korean-American Ilram Choi, among the top 10 stuntmen in the world, who plays the role of a murderer. Choi has performed stunt roles in popular Hollywood movies such as The Amazing Spider-man, Avatar, Thor and Guardians of the Galaxy.

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