Việt Nam News

A scene from Iranian film The Dark Room (Buồng tối). The film won the award for best feature film of the Hà Nội International Film Festival 2018, which concluded in Hà Nội yesterday.

Sixteen Japanese films released over the last three years will be screened at the annual Japanese Film Festival in HCM City from November 2-18.

A workshop featuring Hàng Trống folk paintings, a genre of traditional Vietnamese woodcuts by artisans in Hà Nội, will open next week in HCM City. 

Lê Ngọc Văn is the pride of Vietnamese ballet. He was the first artist to work with the English National Ballet back in 2003, and recently returned to Việt Nam at the invitation of Việt Nam National Opera and Ballet (VNOB).

Authorities in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế have plans to reserve public spaces around the municipal city of Huế for community art shows.

Vietnamese soprano Hiền Nguyễn – a member of the semi-classic music group Mộc Miên, has decided to pursue a solo career with the release of her debut music video La Vie En Rose.

 Many Polish films are being screened in Hà Nội, HCM City and Đà Nẵng as part of the Hà Nội International Film Festival (HANIFF 2018).

An art exhibition is displaying around 100 paintings created by eight journalists and photographers in HCM City until November 5.

Iran is well-known for its exotic cinema industry, and its films received 516 awards at international film festivals in 2016. It is estimated that Iran wins 18 global film awards each week.

The city of Sa Đéc in Đồng Tháp Province is not only well known for its bewitching ornamental plants and bonsais, but also for its specialty dish hủ tiếu: noodles with pig’s bones, fresh shrimps and many other accompanying flourishes.

Quảng Bình Province debuted tour itineraries to the Hang Vòm-Giếng Voọc cave system late last week, offering visitors another choice for caving trips aside from the world’s biggest cave, Sơn Đoòng.

German band Isolation Berlin will perform at the Việt Nam Youth Theare to kick off their Southeast Asia tour on November 1.

The National Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival 2018 was launched yesterday in the historical land of Ninh Bình Province.

Dressed in sheepskins and spooky masks, young Moroccans dance through the neglected city streets of Sale north of the kingdom's capital to mark the annual Boujloud festival.

Albanian police on Sunday broke open cages at a private zoo and removed 11 animals including three lions and a bear being kept in "hellish" conditions, animal welfare workers said.

On the occasion of the National Day of the Republic of Turkey (October 29), Ambassador Akif Ayhan celebrates the partnership between two countries.

Two Vietnamese comedies produced by private HCM City filmmakers  will be released during the Christmas and New Year holidays.  

The Museum of History in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế is showcasing 200 photographs of Agent Orange (AO) victims and planning related activities following the lawsuit against producers of AO.