Việt Nam News

Collections of old and rare books, sheets of music, artworks and fans will be exhibited on the HCM City Book Pedestrian Street from March 19-25.

Briton Andria Zafirakou, who works in a school in one of the UK’s poorest areas, on Sunday won the US$1 million Global Teacher Prize for 2018 at a star-studded ceremony in Dubai.

Digging in its claws, Black Panther has clung to its box-office lead for a fifth straight weekend, taking in an estimated US$27 million in North American theaters while fending off two new films, website Exhibitor Relations said Sunday.

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Đêm Hoa Lệ (Wonderful Night), a cultural programme that offers cải lương (reformed opera) and hát bội (classical drama) shows, will be staged every week at Chợ Lớn Theatre in HCM City’s District 5, known as Chinatown.   

Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) is an infection of the gut and the second leading cause of illness in young children, especially in resource-limited tropical countries like Việt Nam where places are crowded, and food hygiene can be an issue.

People and landscapes of various countries and territories seen through the lenses of Vietnamese photographers are now on display at an exhibition in Hà Nội.

A 400-year-old village devastated by a tropical storm last October has gotten a facelift in the form of murals.

The show Hội An Memories, the largest outdoor visual arts performance ever in Việt Nam, debuted yesterday (March 18) at Hội An Impression Theme Park in the central province of Quảng Nam.

Young women from across the country are encouraged to participate in the national Miss Việt 2018 competition, which has just been launched.  

Portraits expressing people’s loneliness and misery are on display at an ongoing exhibition by visual artist Nguyễn Công Hoài.

Situated to the southeast of Phú Quốc Island, Nam Du Archipelago in the southern province of Kiên Giang consists of 21 islands and islets. The archipelago is often referred to as a miniature of Hạ Long Bay in the southern sea of Việt Nam, but unlike its tourist-clogged northern counterpart, it is a rather untouched destination.

HCM City’s annual Book Festival kicks off on Monday (March 19) at Lê Văn Tám Park in District 1.

Việt Nam has made great efforts and significant contributions to the general development of Francophone communities and the French language in the region in recent years, said Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Hà Kim Ngọc at the official ceremony of International Francophone Day 2018, held at the Centre of International Conference on Friday.

An exhibition featuring daily life in Hà Nội and its people opened on Friday at the Hà Nội Museum as part of the ongoing three-day National Press Festival held in the city.

As many as 30 sakura trees and 10,000 sakura branches will be exhibited in downtown Hà Nội between March 23 and 26 as part of the Japanese Culture Exchange Festival.

The book 1987, containing stories of those born in 1987 — the first year after the initiation of the country’s famous Đổi Mới (Renewal) policy—has become a best-seller, with 10,000 copies selling out only three months after its release.