Việt Nam News

 Manzi Art Space will host Sommerabend, a chamber concert featuring the best cellists of Hà Nội and their friends from Japan.

Miss Universe Việt Nam 2017 H’Hen Niê has been named the ambassador for Room to Read, a global non-profit organisation focused on literacy and girls’ education. 

A festival featuring ví and giặm folk singing of Nghệ Tĩnh, named an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO, will kick off on Friday in the central province of Hà Tĩnh.

Legendary Soviet children's writer and creator of the USSR's most popular cartoon characters Eduard Uspensky died in his home in the Moscow suburbs at the age of 80 late on Tuesday.

Previously hidden archaeological sites have emerged in fields across Britain after the hot, dry summer exposed new cropmarks, the Historic England agency said on Wednesday. Aerial photographs have exposed patterns which reveal the sites of prehistoric settlements, burial mounds and Iron Age, Bronze Age and Roman farms.

 Hotel de l’ Opera Hanoi will host an annual Charity Bazaar to raise funds for children and families affected by HIV/AIDS on August 18.

An experimental exhibition exploring art mixed with technology will open on August 25 in Hà Nội.

Abstract acrylic paintings by Nguyễn Ngọc Phương are on display at an exhibition in Hà Nội.

Việt Nam National Opera and Ballet (VNOB) will premiere a contemporary dance entitled Đáy Mắt (In The Eye) – a collaboration by choreographer Bùi Ngọc Quân and musician Trí Minh on August 19 at Hà Nội Opera House.

A talk show revealing the history and art of the Vietnamese áo dài (traditional dress) as well as modern designs will take place with narration from designer Vũ Việt Hà.

The South Melbourne Districts’ Auskick will be held from 10.45am to 4.30pm on August 18 at RMIT University, 702 Nguyễn Văn Linh Street, in HCM City’s District 7.

The 26th anniversary of the German Business Association’s (GBA) Oktoberfest will be held from September 19-22 at Hotel Nikko Saigon on 235 Nguyễn Văn Cừ Street in HCM City District 1.

When they reach the age of 60, many people choose to leave the stresses of work behind and instead enjoy their gardens, books, friends and families. But French sculptor Olivier Oet has found his interest in supporting needy children at a social centre in the central city of Huế.

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Vietnamese phở has been named the world’s 20^th best food experience by world travel guide book publisher the Lonely Planet.

 Two Vietnamese photographers, Đào Tấn Phát and Lê Đức Toại, have won gold medals at the Third International Circular of Photography “Grand M.S.M Circuit 2018”.

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 France-based Vietnamese film director Trần Anh Hùng will host a talk on the Special Language of Cinema on August 17 and 20 in HCM City.