Việt Nam News

Oscar-winning screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher will write the screenplay for the American remake of the Vietnamese horror flick, The Housemaid.

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The fourth volume of Michel Foucault's ground-breaking The History of Sexuality will be published Friday, 34 years after the death of the French philosopher.

This month's Berlin film festival, Europe's first major cinema showcase in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein revelations, will shine a light on sexual misconduct in the industry, its director said Tuesday.

Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino says persuading actress Uma Thurman to perform a car-driving scene on the set of Kill Bill -- which ended with her in the hospital -- is the "biggest regret" of his life.

A farmer in the central province of Nghệ An was attacked by a bear while he was searching for dong leaves in a local forest.

An artbook entitled Lặng Phố (Quiet Streets) has been available for sale online.

A calligraphy exhibition is being held at the Việt Nam Museum of Fine Arts. The exhibition displays about 44 calligraphy works in different styles by four calligraphers.

New Zealand's Ambassador to Việt Nam, Wendy Matthews, celebrates Waitangi Day and reviews a year of co-operation with Việt Nam.

Vietnamese audiences now have the chance to read the masterpiece The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat by the acclaimed Polish writer and journalist Ryszard Kapuściński in Vietnamese.

Experts from the Việt Nam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources have found a unique complex of fossilised coral – believed to date from 4,000 to 6,000 years ago – on the coast of Lý Sơn Island, 30km off Quảng Ngãi Province mainland.

Vietnamese artist Lộc Vàng, who has spent most of his life to pursuit and preserve the quintessence of bolero music, has debuted his first memoirs entitled Cung đàn số phận (The Melody of Fate).

Marc Veyrat, the comeback king of French cuisine, was back on the top of the culinary tree Monday after the Michelin guide awarded him the maximum three stars.

Folk rock legend Paul Simon on Monday announced what he said would be his final tour, saying he had grown tired of travelling after 50 years as a performer.

Actor John Mahoney, who portrayed the no-nonsense father in the TV sitcom Frasier, has died in Chicago at the age of 77, his longtime theatre company said Monday.

A month-long spring festival will be held at the coastal entertainment and hospitality complex CocoBay in Da Nang from February 12 to March 11, featuring Tết (Lunar New Year) customs, folk games and traditional cuisine.

About 100 paintings, sculptures and ceramic artworks are on display at an exhibition to welcome the Year of the Dog at Hàng Da Galleria in Hà Nội.

The capital city’s Hoàn Kiếm Lake (also known as Sword Lake), which once hosted a hundred-year-old turtle, may now become home to a bevy of black and white Belgian swans.