Việt Nam News

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art announced Tuesday it had found a new director in Austrian-born Max Hollein as the venerated institution struggles to tame a budget deficit despite pulling in record crowds.

Jean Paul Gaultier and Roberto Cavalli are in Saudi Arabia — headlining the kingdom's first ever Arab Fashion Week, an event that opened Tuesday to equal parts excitement and controversy.

Hundreds of historical artifacts dating back centuries go on display for the very first time this week in Hà Nội.

The annual Hùng Kings Memorial Festival (Hùng Temple Festival) hosted by the northern province of Phú Thọ is approaching. Organisers have put together an exciting list of events, including contributions from neighbouring provinces.

Hoàng Quyên, the runner up in Việt Nam Idol 2012, has released her third album entitled Sóng Hấp Dẫn (Attractive Wave). The album was made over the course of two years in  the first co-operation effort between the singer and composers Đỗ Bảo and Võ Thiện Thanh.

A traditional Vietnamese long dress contest will be organised in Prague, Czech Republic, in mid June.

A book of Turkish tales, containing 200 small humorous stories about Nasreddin Hodja, was launched in Hà Nội recently. 

Fleetwood Mac, the veteran rockers notorious for internal strife, are at it again. The band said Monday it was parting ways once more with guitarist Lindsey Buckingham.

The research, published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, challenged a long-held consensus that humans started to move en masse from our birthplace in Africa only about 60,000 years ago, with a few small, unsuccessful migrations before.

Cháo trai is among the specialties of Hà Nội

Now showing in cinemas, Những Tháng Năm Rực Rỡ (Go-Go Sister) is one of two movies released this year that have been included in the five top grossing Vietnamese films.

Fashion designer Nguyễn Công Trí will present his latest collection at the four-day Việt Nam International Fashion Spring-Summer Week 2018 (VIFWS 2018) in HCM City on April 19.

The triennial National Drama Festival will take place at the HCM City’s Army Theatre from April 11-25.

Hundreds of flower lovers flocked to an orchid festival titled Lai Châu Fragrance and Colours held in northern city of Lai Châu over the weekend. Lai Châu Province is considered a territory of valuable orchid species especially Hoàng Thảo Kèn (Dendrobium Lituiflorum) and Hoàng Thảo U Lồi (Dendrobium Wardianum). The exhibition gathered both professional flower collectors and flower fans.

Horror-thriller A Quiet Place, a movie featuring barely three minutes of dialogue, made a resounding debut in North American theaters over the three-day weekend, taking in an estimated US$50 million, industry tracker Exhibitor Relations said on Sunday. 

Disgraced US megastar comedian Bill Cosby returns to trial Monday for alleged sexual assault, a tougher legal fight the second time around and the most high-profile criminal case so far in a #MeToo world.

The "Transplanted" band will perform at a concert of fusion music featuring different instruments from Việt Nam, Morocco, France and Australia in Hà Nội today.

The island district of Lý Sơn, 30km off the coast of Quảng Ngãi Province, has planned a night market for tourists on the island in May.