Việt Nam News

A Vietnamese student in Australia has launched a YouTube channel named Vương Anh’s Cooking Journey to introduce Viet Nam’s tourist spots and dishes from many regions.

The average room tariff at upscale hotels increased by 2.8 per cent last year to US$91.8, according to the 2018 Vietnam Hotel Survey released on July 10 by Grant Thornton.

Seven high-profile artists will delight audience’s senses with works in the fields of contemporary sound art and performance on the evening of July 15th at the Goethe Institut.

A design contest for a logo celebrating the 45th anniversary of Việt Nam – Canada diplomatic ties and a logo for the Việt Nam – Canada Friendship Association has just been launched here.

Illegal construction on Cái Hạ Mountain inside the UNESCO heritage site of Tràng An in the northern province of Ninh Bình has been completely removed, local authorities confirmed on July 10.

France launched a campaign on Tuesday to counter male domination of classical music, with women making up only three per cent of the country's conductors.

Warner Bros. has announced plans for a US$100 million cable car to take tourists from its studio lot to the iconic Hollywood sign, an area increasingly choked by tourist traffic.

On June 21, two Vietnamese bands performed at Bouffay Square in downtown Nantes City, France, as part of the city’s annual Music Festival (Fete de la Musique). Lê Hương chats with Hoàng Thu Trang, the composer residing in France who organised the show, about her passion for music.

Architects, historians and scientists discussed measures to preserve Cổ Loa—Hà Nội’s oldest citadel—and promote its cultural and historical value at a conference in Hà Nội last weekend.

An international conference entitled World Heritage and Sustainable Development in the Contemporary Context was held yesterday at Mường Thanh Luxury Hotel, Bãi Cháy Ward, Hạ Long City in the northern province of Quảng Ninh.

Eighty-five leading travel enterprises were honoured at the Việt Nam Tourism Awards 2018 on Monday in Hà Nội.

A team of experts from UNESCO will be setting off to the Krông Nô volcanic site in the central province of Đăk Nông between July 17 and 22 to examine the possibility of recognising it as a Global Geopark.

Hip-hop superstar Drake's latest album Scorpion has crushed the record for streaming to post the biggest week so far this year on the US chart.

Giant dinosaurs lived on Earth much earlier than previously thought, according to a team of excavators in Argentina who discovered the remains of a 200-million-year old species.

Tào phớ (soya bean curd) comes to the rescue as one of the best summer foods in Việt Nam.

 Residents of the former imperial city of Huế will light incense and offer food this week to remember the victims of a French massacre in 1885.

Howard Limbert, the British Cave Research Association (BCRA) Expedition Leader in Việt Nam and Technical Director and safety advisor for Oxalis Adventures, and Nguyễn Châu Á, general director of Oxalis Adventures, have just returned from Thailand’s Tham Luang cave complex, where 12 members of the Wild Boars football team and their coach have been trapped since June 23.

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