Việt Nam News

A woman waters vegetables on a field in Thanh Thủy District, in the northern province of Phú Thọ. — VNS Photo Trần Tuấn Việt

At exactly 5pm on January 6, four ships transporting the necessities for Tết (Lunar New Year festival) preparations arrived to greet residents and soldiers at Trường Sa (Spratly) Islands, about 248 sea miles from Cam Ranh City in the central province of Khánh Hòa.

Artist Nguyễn Thu Thủy hosted a visit and talk at the Mirror House in Thống Nhất Park, Hà Nội, on January 15 with many international guests who are members of the Friends of Vietnamese Heritage group (FVH).

A documentary film about Asian openbill storks eating snails won the Green Việt Nam Award at the sixth National Environmental Festival Film, the organisers said this morning in Hà Nội.

Tea has been an essential part of Vietnamese life for thousands of years. It is believed that the refreshing beverage not only calms the mind, but also helps ward off a number of common diseases.

One of the reasons tourists return to Cù Lao Chàm (Chàm Islands), a group of eight small islands off  Hội An City, is its tour guides.

Veteran musician and writer Vũ Đức Sao Biển’s latest book, Ơi Cái Tuổi Trăng Tròn  (Hello Teenage), was released in HCM City last week. 

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has signed a decision to establish the Phia Oắc-Phia Đén National Park in the northern province of Cao Bằng.

Many people around or after their fifties complain about knee pain that occurs apparently without reason and it is described as an uncomfortable sensation that comes and goes but not bad enough to visit a doctor.

More than 10,000 people are expected to attend a music festival aimed at connecting all people, despite the age or interests, in Hà Nội on January 20.

 Việt Nam National Television’s channel 6 (VTV6, the youth channel) has become a site for digital natives - experts born between the years 1985 and 2000.

To promote and preserve the clarity and purity of Vietnamese language, a literature teacher and high school students in HCM City have started a project to encourage people to use proper Vietnamese.

Việt Nam National Television (VTV) will air a documentary series entitled Colours of Japan on January 19, kicking off a range of activities to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the establishment of ties between Việt Nam and Japan. 

Ballets by Vietnamese and international choreographers will appear on stage at the HCM City Opera House on January 19, with the night’s highlight a new contemporary ballet titled Falling Angels choreographed by Nguyễn Phúc Hùng.

Young Vietnamese singers — Min, Sơn Tùng and Hương Tràm, whose hits have garnered millions of views on Youtube — dominate the top five in all categories of the Zing Music Awards 2017, the organisation board revealed at a press conference recently.

Young artists of the Thế Giới Trẻ (World of Youth) Drama Troupe will offer three new comedies to serve theatergoers during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

French restaurant Jardin des Sens, a joint venture between SonKim Land and Pourcel Château Group, opened January 12 in a heritage villa in HCM City’s District 3.

Travel experts have urged HCM City to classify its tourism activities into specific groups with development potential, such as shopping tourism, community tourism and river tourism.