Ever yearned to swap tales of the sea with Titanic stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet? Well strap on your life jacket, because the pair are auctioning off a private dinner in their exclusive company for charity, a spokesman for the actor said on Tuesday.
The northeastern border province of Hà Giang boasts majestic scenery, geological features, a diverse eco-system, rare fauna and flora, and the unique cultures of 22 ethnic minorities, but has yet to realise its enormous tourism potential, tourism officials say.
As many as 21 students from the Hà Nội-based London College for Design and Fashion (LCDF) will display their graduate collections here between August 3 and 5.
Book Street in HCM City recorded sales of VNĐ19.07 billion (US$840,000) for the first six months, an increase of 27 percent compared to the same period last year, the Street Book Co Ltd said on Monday.
Keith Richards has disclosed that The Rolling Stones are working on a new album after a picture showed leading British rapper Skepta in the studio with the rock legends.
To many foreigners, Vietnamese are considered adventurous eaters – not afraid to devour the whole animal, blood and guts included. Insects are also on the menu. I laughed when a foreign friend recently asked me whether it was true that when a Vietnamese man encounters a new animal, he first asks “Is it dangerous?” and secondly “Is it edible?”
Linkin Park said Monday it could never replace singer Chester Bennington after his suicide as the band acknowledged that his "demons" had fed his music.
Reports on the role of creative centres in developing a thriving local creative economy will be launched in Hà Nội on August 1.
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Thousands of fans were treated to a first look at Steven Spielberg’s hotly anticipated sci-fi adventure Ready Player One at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday.
Big-budget World War II epic Dunkirk stormed to the top of the North American box office in its opening weekend on the strength of stellar reviews and a sterling big screen debut by pop star Harry Styles, industry estimates showed on Sunday.
World Hepatitis Day falls on July 28. Hepatitis B is a matter of concern in Việt Nam, with at least 5 per cent of the population infected. Most people have heard of Hepatitis A&B, but not everyone knows that there is also Hepatitis C, D, and E. While A&B can be prevented by vaccination, the other three cannot.
While traditional entertainment venues appear to be losing popularity, street performances have been attracting an increasing number of HCM City residents.
French photographer Rehahn and a group of artists and entrepreneurs are pushing to turn Phan Bội Châu Street in Hội An’s old French Quarter into Rue des Arts.
There are more than 1,000 restaurants serving Japanese cuisine in Việt Nam, the majority of which are in HCM City.
The HCM City-based film studio BHD is remaking the award-winning American comedy-drama TV series Glee with Vietnamese actors and a new plot.
Fishermen in the Khánh Hòa Province have harvested a bumper anchovy crop in the early days of July, as each trip nets some 700-800kg of anchovy, twice their average catch.
An ongoing exhibtion at Việt Nam Fine Arts Museum take visitors back to the glorious years of national resistance through 50 artworks by different generations of Vietnamese artists.
The Vietnamese Women’ Museum in Hà Nội received war mementoes from writer and journalist Colonel Đặng Vương Hưng during a ceremony on Friday.
More than 10 paintings by great names of Việt Nam’s fine arts will be auctioned here next Sunday (July 30).
