Việt Nam News

The serial Tình Khúc Bạch Dương (Love Stories in the Land of Birch) is being broadcast on Việt Nam Television’s Channel 1. The production truthfully portrays the life of Vietnamese people who were sent to study in Russia in the 1980s. It was full of difficulties but still beautiful and romantic.

Triumphing over other 78 entries, the short documentary Đừng Đùa Với Thiên Tai (Don’t Play with Natural Disasters) by Khánh Hòa TV and Radio Station won first prize in the contest for films and short documentaries addressing the theme of “extreme natural disaster – lessons of the past and ideas for future action”.

The northern province of Hưng Yên is branding itself as the gateway to Hà Nội City, in an effort to attract tourists and market its cultural sites and products.

The Firebird Suite, an orchestral work for the ballet The Firebird by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, will be performed in HCM City on May 27.

A research team of Hà Tĩnh Museum has discovered a royal decree dating to 1784.

Veteran bachelor Hugh Grant, star of a string of romantic comedies including Four Weddings and a Funeral, is finally getting married for the first time to his Swedish girlfriend.

Bánh tẻ or bánh răng bừa is a specialty of Phụng Công Commune in the northern province of Hưng Yên. Its taste is derived from the sweetness of meat and crispiness of cat’s ear mixed with the soft and flavourful rice powder.

A film on teen love, adapted from a novel by best-selling children’s author Nguyễn Nhật Ánh, will begin shooting this summer in HCM City. 

Internationally acclaimed flutist Nicolas Duchamp and pianist Hélène Jeanney will perform at HCM City’s International Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF) on May 24 to mark the 100th death anniversary of French composer Debussy.

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Casting for director Nguyễn Quang Dũng’s remake of the Hollywood rom-com 50 First Dates began on Monday in HCM City.

Giang Thị Thảo, a 22-year-old girl from Hà Nội, was crowned the winner of the second Miss Vietnam Festival 2018, which was recently held in Yoyogi Park in Tokyo, Japan.

Authorities in Hoàn Kiếm District have launched new websites providing tourism information on the district.

Already accused of sexual harassment and groping, US celebrity chef Mario Batali now faces allegations that he sexually assaulted impaired women at a New York restaurant, CBS television's 60 Minutes reported on Sunday.

Historian Bernard Lewis, whose influential books shaped generations of Middle East scholars but whose views stirred fierce passions, died at an assisted living facility on Saturday, The Washington Post reported. He was 101.

She's a born rebel: a remote Brazilian island welcomed its first baby in 12 years after a local woman broke the rule against giving birth there.

Mobile apps, smartphones and robots will change the way hotels and resorts operate, with the aim of bringing tourists convenient experiences and managing housekeeping effectively.

Travel firms in HCM City are offering a wide range of outbound and domestic tours including to many new destinations with attractive promotions during the upcoming summer holiday.