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Two partnerships of design companies – the OMG-Designers-Boydens-Hydroscan-Huni Architectes-Ney & Partners, and CPG Consultants-Landscape Jardins Asia-Consulus-Glopan, were awarded second prizes at the contest on planning and architectural design of the Hàn River banks.

The InterContinental Da Nang Sun Peninsula Resort has won as the World’s Leading Luxury Resort at the grand final gala held by World Travel Awards as the Sun Siyam Iru Fushi in the Maldives.

Music, handicraft, cuisine and tourism of Huế will be featured during a programme taking place on December 13-16 at the Hà Nội Opera House.

A single miscarriage during the first term of pregnancy is not a rare occurrence. Indeed, this happens to 15 per cent of women. However, just one or two per cent of couples experience Recurrent Early Spontaneous Abortion (RESA), usually defined as three miscarriages before the 12^th week of amenorrhea (1^st term).

The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will restage the ballet The Nutcracker at the city Opera House this week.

The first Vietnamese professional minority ethnic dancing contest was held last week in Hà Nội.

The UNESCO's recognition that Mother Goddesses of the three Realms as now intangble cultural heritage of humanity urged Vietnamese people and cultural managers to preserve and promote the heritage.

The Chàm Island Maritime Protection Centre has launched a photo contest, the Chàm Island-Hội An World Biosphere Reserve in My Eyes, to mark the 8^th anniversary of the world recognition in 2017.

Film fest honours talents  of VN’s young filmmakers

The ancient Indian philosophy behind yoga, the mind-body discipline now practised the world over, on Thursday joined UNESCO’s list of "intangible" world heritage.

Central Quảng Nam Province will introduce balloon flights during Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday in Hội An city from January, vice director of the provincial department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Hồ Tấn Cường told Việt Nam News yesterday.

The annual 6^th Southern Traditional Cake Festival will take place in the Cửu Long ( Mekong) River Delta province of Cần Thơ from April 6 to 9 next year, according to the province’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The annual HCM City – Development and Integration Festival to promote friendship between city residents and expatriates kicked off on Dec. 1 at the April 30 Park in District 1.

The Practices related to the Vietnamese belief in Mother Goddesses of the three Realms has been officially recognised by UNESCO as an intangble cultural heritage of humanity.

Meritorious Artist Quang Lý, one of the country’s most popular singers of folk and revolutionary music, died Thursday morning after a heart attack at his home in HCM City. 

Eight large paintings by five Vietnamese artists are part of an international exhibition being held in China’s Guangdong Province.

Martin Rama, former Lead Economist of the World Bank in Việt Nam, shares with Việt Nam News his love for the capital city