Việt Nam News

Two new stamps have been issued in France to celebrate the 45th anniversary (April 12, 1973 - April 12, 2018) of diplomatic ties between Việt Nam and France.

Elephants used their trunks to shower floral-clad Thais with water on Wednesday in a street fight celebrating the kingdom's traditional new year, a raucous festival known as Songkran that will bring revellers out for a nationwide water battle this week.

Two dinosaur skeletons marketed as hip design objects – one of a diplodocus, the other of an allosaurus – sold for more than 1.4 million euros (US$1.7 million) apiece at auction in Paris on Wednesday.

 Xăng Khan, a traditional festival of the Thái ethnic group, where herbalists pay tribute to gods and ancestors who taught them to cure ailments, will be part of an  event to celebrate the Việt Nam Ethnic Groups’ Cultural Day on April 19.

For Will Frith, born in the US to an American father and Vietnamese mother, a visit to Việt Nam in 2004 ignited a passion for coffee that would change his life.

The Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH) will organise two interesting activities this weekend.

The historical play Thái Hậu Dương Vân Nga (Queen Mother Dương Vân Nga) by famous scriptwriters Hoa Phượng and Chi Lăng will be restaged in a new version to celebrate 100 years of cải lương (reformed opera).

Book lovers of all ages will flock to Thống Nhất Park, Hà Nội, to celebrate Việt Nam Book Day 2018 on April 21.

Manzi Art Space will host a world music night featuring Di Thực or The Transplanted – a fusion/world music group bringing together six musicians from Morocco, Việt Nam, France and Australia.

The Russian Centre of Science and Culture will celebrate International Day of Human Space Flight and International Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics tomorrow in Hà Nội with a free entry event.

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art announced Tuesday it had found a new director in Austrian-born Max Hollein as the venerated institution struggles to tame a budget deficit despite pulling in record crowds.

Jean Paul Gaultier and Roberto Cavalli are in Saudi Arabia — headlining the kingdom's first ever Arab Fashion Week, an event that opened Tuesday to equal parts excitement and controversy.

Hundreds of historical artifacts dating back centuries go on display for the very first time this week in Hà Nội.

The annual Hùng Kings Memorial Festival (Hùng Temple Festival) hosted by the northern province of Phú Thọ is approaching. Organisers have put together an exciting list of events, including contributions from neighbouring provinces.

Hoàng Quyên, the runner up in Việt Nam Idol 2012, has released her third album entitled Sóng Hấp Dẫn (Attractive Wave). The album was made over the course of two years in  the first co-operation effort between the singer and composers Đỗ Bảo and Võ Thiện Thanh.

A traditional Vietnamese long dress contest will be organised in Prague, Czech Republic, in mid June.

A book of Turkish tales, containing 200 small humorous stories about Nasreddin Hodja, was launched in Hà Nội recently. 

Fleetwood Mac, the veteran rockers notorious for internal strife, are at it again. The band said Monday it was parting ways once more with guitarist Lindsey Buckingham.