Việt Nam News

Italy might not be playing in the World Cup but at the Đà Nẵng International Fireworks Festival on Saturday they were champions.

Nearly one million pupils across Việt Nam have finished the most important test of their lives so far, the national exam, which will decide whether they are admitted to their dream university.

Local authorities in Huế have the ambitious plan of developing the city into the gastronomy capital of Việt Nam to boost tourism.

As Canada and Việt Nam celebrate the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations and on the occasion of the National Day of Canada (July 1), Ambassador Ping Kitnikone is delighted to share some highlights of the past year.

A Culture and Tourism Week has been organised for the first time in Lý Sơn, an island district 30 km off the coast of Quảng Ngãi Province with a population of about 20,000 people.

The Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Việt Nam will present a performance of traditional Japanese bunraku puppetry theatre in HCM City in mid-July to mark 45 years of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties.

A mad rush is needed to preserve or catalogue thousands of Arctic archeological sites before they are washed away by warming hastening the thaw of permafrost and coastal erosion, a study said Thursday.

An exhibition by sculptors Thái Nhật Minh and Trần An offers a chance to see artworks made from opposite materials – paper and iron.

More than 150 tattoo artists from 16 different countries and territories will attend the Vietnam Tattoo Expo 2018 in Hà Nội on July 7 and 8.

Bali closed its international airport following a volcanic eruption on the Indonesian resort island that sent thick smoke and ash billowing 2,000m into the air, an official said on Friday.

Thousands of ceramic objects were unearthed at an excavation site in the central province of Bình Định, scientists confirmed at a workshop held in the province on June 27.

Joe Jackson, the patriarch of music superstars whose iron-fisted guidance both shaped his children's success and traumatised them, died Wednesday, family members said. He was 89.

The Louvre Abu Dhabi said Wednesday it will unveil its most prized acquisition on September 18 – a very rare painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci that was bought for a record US$450 million last year.

The Craig Thomas Gallery will hold its 9th Anniversary Show from 6pm to 9pm from June 29 to July 20 at 27i Trần Nhật Duật Street in HCM City’s District 1.

A “safari” exhibition featuring origami wildlife has opened on Book Street in downtown HCM City in District 1.

Over more than a century of development, cinema has taken giant leaps that at times surpass human imagination. Throughout this process, numerous cinematic styles, genres and astonishing techniques were invented and introduced to the world.

Authorities in northern Bắc Ninh Province are planning to compile a dossier on the Vietnamese folk art of Đông Hồ painting in a bid to secure UNESCO recognition.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta has seen a big jump in the number of tourist arrivals in the first half of the year.