Việt Nam News

Private film companies are releasing dramas and comedies this summer as cinemas in HCM City continue to screen more locally made movies.    

The HCM City War Remnants Museum yesterday held a commemoration ceremony for Argentine journalist and photographer Ignacio Ezcurra, who disappeared in Sài Gòn in 1968 while covering the war.

Popular Vietnamese pianist Lưu Hồng Quang won the second prize at the Oleggio International Piano Competition held in Italy from May 3-6.

Luxury resort Centara Sandy Beach Resort Danang in the beach city of Đà Nẵng has introduced a special summer offer.

The central city will host the first International Balloon Festival as a tourism attraction at the city’s Hi-tech Park and Hòa Trung Lake in Hòa Vang District later this year.

The most political Cannes film festival in years opens Tuesday with female stars vowing to protest on the red carpet, two top directors barred from attending and bans hanging over other movies.

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Rituals and cultural practices of ethnic groups in the Central Highlands provinces will be depicted during activities held at the Việt Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism, Sơn Tây Town, Hà Nội.

Two teams playing on stage. The referee is giving a theme, players are making up a story.

Eleven members of the Brussels-based Majoretteketet will perform at the event A Touch of Belgium at Lý Thái Tổ Statue Garden on May 12.

Avengers: Infinity War flexed its considerable muscle anew this weekend in North American theaters, pulling in a robust US$112.5 million and leaving other top films in its dust, according to industry estimates.

Egypt's antiquities ministry said on Sunday that tests had debunked a theory that there are hidden chambers next to the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings.

CTS is caused by pressure on the median nerve, which runs through the length of the arm to the hand, while travelling through the wrist passage called the carpal tunnel.

Vietnamese-French violinist Stéphane Trần Ngọc will perform in a concert featuring pieces by Shostakovich and Elgar at the HCM City Opera House on May 9.

Various activities showcasing the unique culture of ethnic groups will be included in the Khau Vai Love Market festival.

The Vietnam Centre, based in Australia, has recently kicked off a crowd-funding project. The money will be used for publishing a book on royal customs and costumes of Đại Việt (the old name for Việt Nam) in the Early Lê reign from 1437 to 1471.

Culture, sports and tourism minister Nguyễn Ngọc Thiện has signed a decision to award a certificate of merit to the acrobatic brothers Giang Quốc Cơ and Giang Quốc Nghiệp.

Nine localities of the central region of Việt Nam attended a ceremony in Bình Định Province for the formal reception of UNESCO recognition of bài chòi art as an item of world intangible cultural heritage.