Inferno, the latest big screen installment of Dan Brown's conspiracy novels, fizzled out in its opening weekend in North America, industry data showed Monday, earning $10 million less than expected.

Hà Nội cuisine features a wide variety of dishes with vermicelli. Among them, bún chả (vermicelli with grilled pork and fresh herbs) delights, with its seductive taste and aroma. Nothing is better than savouring bún chả at a small food stand in summer or winter, while the intriguing scent of grilled pork surrounds you.

The second season of "Forever Young", a soap opera about friendship and love between young people from Việt Nam and South Korea, returns to Vietnamese television screens on November 3.

Meritorious artist Phạm Bằng passed away last night aged 85 at Hồng Ngọc General Hospital in Hà Nội.

A portrait of President Hồ Chí Minh which was made by Algerian-French artist Mustapha Boutadjine was given to the Hồ Chí Minh Museum in Hà Nội on October 31.

Thousands of locals and visitors flocked to the Nguyễn Huệ pedestrian street in HCM City to enjoy the first Unicorn, Lion and Dragon Dance Festival that kicked off on October 30.

A bed first made famous by Vincent van Gogh’s 1888 painting The Bedroom, may today still be lurking in a home or attic in a small Dutch town, an art historian claimed on Sunday.

The fourth Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF), themed “Cinema-Integration and Sustainable Development,” will take place from November 1 to 5.

As a doctor, when I prescribe a medication for my little patients, I always have to consider the benefits of the medication versus its possible side effects. If the potential harm is greater than its benefits then the medication should not be given.

Many Vietnamese and international designers will attend Việt Nam International Fashion Week (VIFW) Fall/Winter 2016 at the National Convention Centre in Hà Nội on November 1-6.

Japanese Superior Buddhist monk Sagawa Fumon, head of the Todaiji temple, and 34 representatives presented a bronze statue of the 11-faced Avalositesvara Bodhisattva to Đà Nẵng’s Quán Thế Âm (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) pagoda yesterday.

Trịnh Nhật Minh, a nine-year-old boy from Hà Nội, beat three other finalists to win the fourth season of The Voice Kid Vietnam.

A Lự minority woman in the northern mountainous province of Lai Châu. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh

Composer Đặng Tuệ Nguyên will debut a new musical work combining Western piano and Vietnamese chèo (traditional opera) on October 29 at Công Nhân Theatre.

Sculptures and paintings that express life through colours and shapes are on display as part of the Art in the Forest 2016 (AITF) programme.

Singer Hồ Quỳnh Hương will release her first bolero album titled Hương xưa 1 on November 1, marking her return to singing.

Halloween, traditionally held on October 31, will come early tonight to enterprising young people at HCM City’s Hoa Lư Gymnasium.

Culinary specialties of the Mekong Delta region will be on offer through October 31 at a food festival in An Hòa Park, Rạch Giá City, in the southern province of Kiên Giang.