Việt Nam News

Fireworks will light up the sky of HCM City later this month to celebrate 43 years of the South Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975) and the 132nd May Day (May 1, 1886).

Electromyogram (EMG) is a diagnostic procedure to evaluate the health and functioning of muscles and nerve cells that control them.

Xẩm (blind busker’s singing) is on the way to revitalisation in the port city of Hải Phòng since more and more local people and tourists are coming to admire the traditional musical art.

Mon Asian Food Festival — MAFF 2018 will be held for the first time in Hà Nội and Hạ Long Bay to mark National Tourism Year 2018 with theme Hạ Long — Heritage, Wonder, Friendly Destination.

Cô Ba Sài Gòn (The Tailor) won the Best Feature Film at the Golden Kite Awards in Hà Nội yesterday.

Tourism officials in the tourist triangle of HCM City, the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng and coastal province of Bình Thuận have agreed to expand a tourism co-operation programme to jointly develop unique inter-regional packages.

Ethnic Lao people join water splashing festival in Krông Na Commune, Buôn Đôn District in the Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk. — VNA/VNS Photo Tuấn Anh

Thousands of bright pink flowers of rosy trumpet trees have bloomed along many HCM City streets recently, attracting photographers and lovers of beauty.

All museums around the country will allow free entrance on May 18 to mark International Museum Day.

A series of cultural and educational activities will be offered during the Việt Nam – France Culture and Friendship Week at the HCM City Youth Cultural House from April 15-20.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just sent an official letter to the local authorities of Bắc Giang Province, asking them to halt the ongoing construction of a new gatehouse at a local pagoda, due its being a National Special Relic Site.

A cinematic photography exhibition entitled Tráng Màu Hạnh Phúc (Coating the Colour of Happiness) will be held this afternoon at 60 Thổ Quan Alley, Khâm Thiên Street.

Hungarian chess grandmaster Judit Polgar will join the chess exchange day and book discussion with Vietnamese fans on Sunday, April 15 at 9am at Sword Lake Information and Culture Centre at 2 Lê Thái Tổ Street.

Châu Đốc Town in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang has launched a project on sustainable tourism for the 2018-2025 period to promote the town as a spiritual and cultural destination with unique tourism products and services.

 Independent publishers dominated the shortlist for Britain's Man Booker International Prize, announced on Thursday, celebrating translated works of fiction spanning the globe.

Non Nước Cao Bằng Geopark in the northern border province of Cao Bằng was recognised as a global geopark by the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council in Paris yesterday.

As a country of active volcanoes, Japan has thousands of onsens scattered across the country. No stay in Japan is complete without going to an onsen. Luckily though, the amazingly relaxing and therapeutic experience of onsen is now available in Việt Nam.

French theatre company Be Clown will perform its circus play Pétole (Becalmed) for free in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Cần Thơ on April 15.