Việt Nam News

Picasso, Dali, Miro, Chagall... names that are instantly recognisable in the international art world. Now works by these masters are being exhibited in Baghdad thanks to an anonymous Iraqi collector.

Archaeologists have discovered what they believe is the first evidence of Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain, the University of Leicester announced Tuesday.

The Christmas Lighting Ceremony will be held at French Village in the Bà Nà Hills Mountain resort in the central city on December 9th, starting a month of performances and events to celebrate the New Year.

Young musicians and producers are driving the music industry, but many artists said their work, while popular, lacks gravitas and is too focused on love themes.

Folk music researcher Bùi Trọng Hiền recently completed a groundbreaking report the revitalising of hát cửa đình (singing at the village’s communal house). It is the oldest form of ca trù singing, which has been recognised by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding since 2009.

The first book of Chăm fairytales collected and translated into Vietnamese by teacher and educator Kinh Duy Trịnh of Bình Thuận Province has been released.   

The Mnông people in Đôn Village in the Central Highlands Province of Đắk Lắk share stories about their elephants and the role of the animals in their community life at an exhibition titled "Elephants in the Central Highlands".

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The film Em Chưa 18 (Jailbait), directed by Lê Thanh Sơn, won the Golden Lotus prize for best feature film at the 20th Vietnamese Film Festival yesterday.

Ten paintings by noted Vietnamese artist Lê Phổ (1907-2001) were sold at high prices at an auction sale held by Christie’s Hong Kong on November 26.

China's president has ordered the country to march on in its "revolution" to clean up notoriously dirty and foul-smelling public bathrooms in a bid to improve quality of life and boost tourism.

A collection of French artist Claude Monet's personal belongings, including a pair of round-rimmed wire spectacles, have fetched almost US$11 million at an auction in Hong Kong, Christie's said.

The state-supported film industry, once the “pride of Việt Nam,” has fallen victim to shrinking budgets and rising commercialism, Vice Chairwoman of the Việt Nam Cinematography Association Nguyễn Thị Hồng Ngát lamented yesterday at a seminar on the development of national cinema, held alongside the 20^th Việt Nam Film Festival.

An annual festival to honour the buckwheat flowers, the most iconic flowers of the northern province of Hà Giang, and the unique cultural values of the province’s local ethnic people is happening now in Đồng Văn District.

Images of old and modern Panama are on display at an exhibition entitled ‘Visit Panama’, which opened yesterday in Hà Nội.

Filmmakers and cinema experts at the seminar Việt Nam Film Festival in National Cinema Development, held alongside the 20^th National Film Festival, agreed that the event has evolved over the years to increasingly reach international standards.

Valuable documents are being displayed at an exhibition titled A Century Alongside The Nation’s History to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the National Library of Việt Nam.

Coco gave Disney and Pixar much to be thankful for over the long Thanksgiving weekend, as the highly reviewed animation led all comers on North American screens, according to industry estimates released Sunday.