Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has just sent an official letter to the local authorities of Bắc Giang Province, asking them to halt the ongoing construction of a new gatehouse at a local pagoda, due its being a National Special Relic Site.

A cinematic photography exhibition entitled Tráng Màu Hạnh Phúc (Coating the Colour of Happiness) will be held this afternoon at 60 Thổ Quan Alley, Khâm Thiên Street.

Hungarian chess grandmaster Judit Polgar will join the chess exchange day and book discussion with Vietnamese fans on Sunday, April 15 at 9am at Sword Lake Information and Culture Centre at 2 Lê Thái Tổ Street.

Châu Đốc Town in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang has launched a project on sustainable tourism for the 2018-2025 period to promote the town as a spiritual and cultural destination with unique tourism products and services.

 Independent publishers dominated the shortlist for Britain's Man Booker International Prize, announced on Thursday, celebrating translated works of fiction spanning the globe.

Non Nước Cao Bằng Geopark in the northern border province of Cao Bằng was recognised as a global geopark by the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council in Paris yesterday.

As a country of active volcanoes, Japan has thousands of onsens scattered across the country. No stay in Japan is complete without going to an onsen. Luckily though, the amazingly relaxing and therapeutic experience of onsen is now available in Việt Nam.

French theatre company Be Clown will perform its circus play Pétole (Becalmed) for free in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Cần Thơ on April 15.

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An exhibition, featuring 38 photos inspired by daily life in Việt Nam, will be held in HCM City on April 7. 

Two new stamps have been issued in France to celebrate the 45th anniversary (April 12, 1973 - April 12, 2018) of diplomatic ties between Việt Nam and France.

Elephants used their trunks to shower floral-clad Thais with water on Wednesday in a street fight celebrating the kingdom's traditional new year, a raucous festival known as Songkran that will bring revellers out for a nationwide water battle this week.

Two dinosaur skeletons marketed as hip design objects – one of a diplodocus, the other of an allosaurus – sold for more than 1.4 million euros (US$1.7 million) apiece at auction in Paris on Wednesday.

 Xăng Khan, a traditional festival of the Thái ethnic group, where herbalists pay tribute to gods and ancestors who taught them to cure ailments, will be part of an  event to celebrate the Việt Nam Ethnic Groups’ Cultural Day on April 19.

For Will Frith, born in the US to an American father and Vietnamese mother, a visit to Việt Nam in 2004 ignited a passion for coffee that would change his life.

The Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH) will organise two interesting activities this weekend.

The historical play Thái Hậu Dương Vân Nga (Queen Mother Dương Vân Nga) by famous scriptwriters Hoa Phượng and Chi Lăng will be restaged in a new version to celebrate 100 years of cải lương (reformed opera).

Book lovers of all ages will flock to Thống Nhất Park, Hà Nội, to celebrate Việt Nam Book Day 2018 on April 21.