Việt Nam News

Paintings of renowned Vietnamese artists are being displayed at Chọn Auction House and will be put up for auction this Sunday. Among the paintings featured is the sketch-on-paper portrait Cô Thành Cuối Năm Ất Sửu (Miss Thành in late 1985) by the late renowned artist Bùi Xuân Phái. 

Vietnamese movie star and director, Ngô Thanh Vân, known as Veronica Ngo, will star in the movie Star Wars: The Last Jedi, confirmed its distributor, Walt Disney Studios. Vietnamese-American actress, Kelly Marie Tran, who will also star in Star Wars, will come to Việt Nam at the end of this month before the movie hits the theatres internationally on December 15.

The art of making poonah paper from the bark of a tree for artwork and votive offerings is being revived in Yên Thái, a village outside Hà Nội that made the product for at least 600 years.

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Amazon said Monday it had acquired the global television rights to The Lord of the Rings, based on the celebrated fantasy novels by J.R.R. Tolkien, with a multi-season commitment.

Christie's kicked off the fall auction season in New York on Monday a Vincent Van Gogh leading the way at $81.3 million with robust sales of impressionist and modern art.

An exhibition on Hồ Chí Minh was opened in Paris, France, on November 13, highlighting the late President as a great man of peace and culture.

A new exhibition at the Hà Nội Museum features work by two painters whose contrasting themes and styles portray the world’s diversity.

The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will hold the “A Night of Concertos” concert at the Opera House this week, featuring Japanese and Vietnamese soloists.

Lâm Đồng Province’s Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism on Sunday introduced its new tourism code of conduct.

A collection of people born in the year 1987 have written about their lives in a book. It is simply titled 1987.

Canadian teen singer Shawn Mendes on Sunday won best artist and best song at the MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA) in London, pipping heavyweight competitors such as Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus and Ed Sheeran.

Ravens by Swedish director Jens Assur took the premier Golden Alexander award at the 58th Thessaloniki International Film Festival last night, with its star Reine Brynolfsson also winning the best actor prize.

A museum or open gallery for contemporary art needs to be set up in Viet Nam. Art needs room to grow and breathe. It is the heart and soul of a nation. The art of previous centuries is housed in pagodas, temples, dinhs and private homes, but modern art needs it own space.

Photos depicting intangible and tangible heritages of Việt Nam are on display at the Hồ Gươm Cultural Information Centre located in Hà Nội’s Old Quarter, which gathers many international tourists everyday.

More than 1,200 local and international visitors flocked to HCM City’s popular Nguyễn Huệ Pedestrian Street to participate in a South Korea culture expo that opened on Saturday evening (Nov 11).