Việt Nam News

Việt Nam is among the leading countries in the world in terms of dishes cooked from different flowers, such as thiên lý (Telosma cordata), ban (Bauhinia variegata) flowers and many others.

Nigerian afro-pop star Wizkid and South Africa's Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya won top prizes at the 2016 MTV Africa Music Awards in Johannesburg on Saturday.

Lady Gaga rose to fame with her shock-inducing outfits and remains the seventh most followed person on Twitter, but on her sober new album, she admits an unease in the era of social media.

French conductor Laurent Boer, director of Ensemble Polyphonique de Choisy-le-Roi, and choir members of the ensemble will hold a concert in HCM City Opera House on October 29.

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Nine films from Peru, Argentina, Cuba, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Panama, Uruguay and Venezuela -- whose embassies are all part of the festival organising committee -- will be screened during the fourth annual Latin American Film Festival from October 24-29 in Hà Nội.

Hà Nội-based artist Nguyễn Minh Nam, whose works reflect cultural issues, is showing a collection of his latest paintings at the Craig Thomas Gallery in HCM City.

As molecular gastronomy is a very new conception for most of Vietnamese people, French chef Raphael Szurek of the Hà Nội’s fine-dining French Grill Restaurant has presented a workshop on the theme for a group of local food bloggers and gastronomy reporters.

Phước Bình National Park is one of the latest additions to the list of national parks and nature reserve in Việt Nam.

Dozens of singers and dancers will perform at a charity concert tonight to raise funds for people affected by the floods in the central provinces of Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị and Hà Tĩnh.  

It is very imperative that relevant agencies including National Institute of Music, Folk Arts Association of Việt Nam and Việt Nam Musicians' Association work with Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports to propose to UNESCO to recognize đàn bầu as world heritage

The Việt Nam National Opera and Ballet (VNOB) will perform the classical romantic ballet Giselle tonight and tomorrow (October 21-22) at Hà Nội Opera House.

The Korean Tourism Organisation (KTO) signed memorandums of understanding with the Việt Nam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) to promote the mutual co-operation.

Fishermen collect fishing nets in Đông Hải sea in southern Trà Vinh Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Nguyễn Hoàn Vũ

The 5B Võ Văn Tần Theatre will stage a new experimental play Giấc Mơ (Dream) at the Opera House on October 26.

Eight Japanese films will be screened at the annual Japan Film Festival in HCM City from October 28 to November 11.

Veteran author Lê Văn Thảo, winner of the Hồ Chí Minh Awards for Literature and Arts in 2012, died on October 21 in HCM City after suffering from cancer. He was 77.

Australian archaeologists announced plans to recreate Laos' mysterious Plain of Jars as a three-dimensional virtual reality experience, that could one day see museum visitors walk through remote dig sites.