Việt Nam News

Children and artists yesterday collaborated on an installation art piece at Đông Kinh Nghĩa Thục Square in Hà Nội’s Old Quarter to celebrate the success of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week held in Việt Nam.

A woman and her daughter sew on a sunny day in Sa Pa Town, Lào Cai Province. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh

The wife of the President of Việt Nam, Madam Nguyễn Thị Hiền, hosted spouses of APEC Economic Leaders during the 25th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in the ancient city of Hội An in Quảng Nam Province on Saturday.

The Việt Nam Museum of Ethnology will host a series of cultural activities to mark its 20 years of operation.

HCM City’s visual arts culture in recent years has seen the opening of new contemporary art spaces, including The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre (FCAC), BLANC Art Space and Đông A Gallery.

One hundred and sixty young representatives from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies met to discuss the bloc’s opportunities and challenges as future leaders in Việt Nam’s central city of Đà Nẵng.

Autumn sunlight colours busy Phùng Hưng street in downtown Hà Nội, but the street also seems brighter these days as murals appear on boring stone vaulting.

Two propaganda poster contests have been launched by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Hà Nội.

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Music lovers in Việt Nam are soon to be enthralled by a line-up of spellbinding and enchanting concerts in the European Music Festival 2017.

Flamboyant fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier is to tell the story of his colourful life in a racy new stage musical.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday morning shared a bánh mì breakfast with Australian-Vietnamese celebrity chef Luke Nguyen at a local street food restaurant, before beginning a busy day of meetings for the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week.

Hundreds of guests, including models and fashionistas, attended the opening of Zara, a Spanish Inditex store, in Hà Nội on Wednesday night. The store, which features Zara clothing and accessories, is the second in Việt Nam by the world’s biggest fast-fashion retailer. The first was opened in HCM City last September.

The book about  Donald Trump’s presidential election campaign has been released to help Vietnamese readers understand more about the US President and his strategy.

Đặng Thị Nhiễu, keeper of the Forest Temple in Ngọc Thụy Ward, Long Biên District, Hà Nội, performs a hầu đồng ritual, one of the features of Mother Goddesses worship, yesterday.

This year’s Monsoon Music Festival (MMF) – Việt Nam’s biggest music festival – may be the last, as the organisers can’t find a suitable venue for the coming years.

APEC Park was opened on the west bank of the Hàn River in the central city of Đà Nẵng yesterday.

A Roman temple has been restored to its original site seven metres below the City of London, using sound, lights and misty haze to bring the ruin back to life.