Việt Nam News

The frontman for the US rock band caught up in the 2015 jihadist attacks in Paris was berated on Monday for an online rant accusing teenagers on the "March for Our Lives" anti-gun protests of treason.

What started out as a tradition treat in Vietnamese homes has become big business. Ô mai is a preserved sugared or salted fruits. A favourite snack to tickle your taste buds during the days of Tết (Vietnamese New Year).

The 2018 Phan Châu Trinh Awards in HCM City on Saturday recognised 75-year-old musician and music teacher Dương Thụ for his contributions to musical research and to Vietnamese culture and music.

The Trẻ Publishing House has published Tranh Van Gogh mua để đốt (Buying and Burning Van Gogh), a new novel by Hồ Anh Thái.

Authorities in central Thừa Thiên- Huế Province conducted a ritual ceremony at a platform worshipping the gods of land and rice early yesterday morning.

The HCM City’s 10^th biennial Book Expo welcomed 1 million readers from the city and neighbouring provinces seven days after opening, an increase of 10 per cent compared to the last event.

Smash-'em up blockbuster Pacific Rim: Uprising sent shockwaves through the North American box office this weekend, claiming the top spot with takings of US$28 million, industry estimates showed on Sunday.

Swiss singer Lys Assia, the first-ever winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, has died aged 94, the competition's organisers said.

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are mostly acquired by sexual contact. The organisms that cause sexually transmitted diseases may pass from person to person through blood, semen or vaginal and other bodily fluids. STIs commonly (but not exclusively) include Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), chlamydia, herpes, gonorrhoea and, less frequently, HIV and syphilis. Occasionally, STIs can be transmitted non-sexually too, such as from mother to infant during pregnancy or childbirth.

A music show entitled The Gospel, in memory of late musician Trịnh Công Sơn will be held on March 30 and April 1 at Hà Nội Culture House of Student, 37 Trần Bình Trọng, Hà Nội.

Bình Dương Province has earmarked VNĐ9.7 billion (US$426,000) for a project to preserve and promote tài tử music that will run until 2020.

Samina Naz, ambassador of Bangladesh to Việt Nam, sends a message to Việt Nam News readers on the occasion of Bangladesh’s National and Independence Day (March 26) and celebrating the 45th year of diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and Việt Nam.

An art exhibition praising symbols of feminity is on-going in Hà Nội gathering seven female painters.

Vietnamese director Nguyễn Quang Dũng is planning to do film a remake of the 2004 Hollywood romantic comedy 50 First Dates.

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 The Kafka Festival Hà Nội 2018 will review the legacy of great writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924) exhibitions, film screenings, concerts and dance performances. 

A collection of 12 Thành Lễ ceramic pieces made in the 1960s is on display at the HCM City Book Pedestrian Street from March 19-25.