Three Vietnamese treats among top dishes of 2018

Three Vietnamese treats including bún riêu (noodle soup with freshwater crab), snails and bánh mì in Hội An have been listed among the top 21 dishes of the year by the Australian travel website Traveller.

TV series gathers famous names

Chạy Trốn Thanh Xuân (Run away from Youth), a new TV series produced by the Việt Nam Feature Film Centre (VFC), will debut on today.

Screen time and your child’s wellbeing

We already knew that spending more time looking at screens results in poor health, obesity, poor vision and poor physical fitness. But we didn’t realise how badly it affects our children’s mental health and psychological well being. Well, now we know.

Norway and Việt Nam – connected by Blue Ocean

On the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the diplomatic ties between Việt Nam and Norway (November 25, 1971), Ambassador Grete Lochen sends the first official address as Norway’s Ambassador to Việt Nam.

Anti-corruption caricatures on show

Hot issues related to corruption were being reflected in a creative new way through drawings, according to Vi Kiến Thành, head of the Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition Department.

Village offers countryside flavours

People in Phú Nhi Village, Sơn Tây Town in the western outskirts of Hà Nội, are greatly proud of their traditional delicacy; homemade rice cake.

City allocates millions for preservation of historic buildings

The HCM City People’s Committee plans to allocate more than VNĐ700 billion (US$29.98 million) for renovation and preservation of cultural heritage sites and buildings in the 2019-2020 period, according to the city’s Department of Culture and Sports.

Quest Festival cancelled at last minute

Thousands of fans travelled to the Việt Nam National Villages for Ethnic Culture and Tourism, 40km west of Hà Nội, only to find a cancellation notice posted at the village gate.

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