Giang Điền Waterfalls, located 40km to the east of Hồ Chí Minh City, is an eco-tourism site where people can enjoy nature and avoid the heat and pollution of the city.

Renowned historian Phan Huy Lê passed away in a hospital this afternoon (June 23) after being admitted with a heart problem last week. He was 84.

A contest of drawing anti-corruption caricature was launched on June 22 by the culture ministry’s Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition Department.

The Việt Nam Music Development Centre has launched a singing contest to highlight the importance of folk music in the development of pop music.

Invitations are open for a photo competition among Vietnamese and expatriate photographers to showcase their work on environment and life. Titled “Môi Trường Và Cuộc Sống (Environment and Life),” the contest will be co-organised by online Việt Nam Urban and Environment Magazine and the Việt Nam Association of Photography Artists (VAPA). 

Golden Globe-winning Hispanic actress Gina Rodriguez has asked producers of her hit sitcom to use her Emmys campaign money to put an undocumented student through university, US media reported on Thursday.

Friends and loved ones said goodbye on Thursday to American fashion designer Kate Spade at a funeral in Kansas City, Missouri, birthplace of the 55-year-old who committed suicide two weeks ago.

As one of the four most beautiful bays in Việt Nam, Vĩnh Hy Bay in Ninh Thuận Province is famous for its pristine beauty. It is a special destination for both international and domestic travelers seeking a marine tourism experience.

The Ministry of Information and Communications will publish a collection of stamps on seas and islands every two years starting this year.

A serial on prostitution will be broadcast on the prime time of the Việt Nam Television promising to create a phenomenon among audiences, said Đỗ Thanh Hải, director of the Việt Nam Feature Film Centre.

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A classical music concert featuring renowned Sri Lankan and Vietnamese musicians will take place at the Việt Nam National Academy of Music in Hà Nội tomorrow.

A book on hát nói (recital melody), a kind of Vietnamese folk singing, was released this week after years of work by folk-culture researcher Nguyễn Đức Mậu. 

Janet Jackson has revealed that she suffered an "intense" battle with depression, which she linked to a childhood inferiority complex and societal racism and sexism.

The first draft of music Mozart wrote for the last act of his opera The Marriage of Figaro failed to find a buyer when it went under the hammer in Paris Wednesday.

The Wednesday Live Music by Antonio Padiglia will be held at 9.30pm on June 27 in Snuffbox, 14 Tôn Thất Đạm, HCM City’s District 1.

Some 40 sketches by lacquer artist Nguyễn Gia Trí will be displayed at the Việt Nam Fine Arts Museum to mark his 110th birthday on June 26. 

 The number of Japanese tourists visiting Việt Nam has only grown modestly in recent years despite a sharp increase in the number of international tourist arrivals, according to the Việt Nam National Administration of Tourism.