Việt Nam News

Arab Fashion Week closes with Warhol-inspired designs

The Royal Citadel will show its grace thanks to lighting decorations and performances of áo dài (traditional long dress) during the Áo Dài Festival 2016.

Lêna Bùi’s latest exhibit Nắng Bằng Phẳng (Flat Sun) includes dozens of sketches featuring plants and vegetables at the Factory Contemporary Arts Centre, a space of art galleries and studios in HCM City.

Fillipina Janicee Aranjuez Buco is the first foreigner to win any season of Việt Nam Idol 2016. The seventh season of the Vietnamese-adapted British television singing contest concluded on October 1 at BHD Studio in District 9, HCM City.

Buco was born and raised in the Philippines. She moved to Việt Nam in 2009 by herself at the age of 21 in search of a way out of poverty and to launch a career in singing. At the contest, she beat rival and finalist Việt Thắng, who is also very popular for his trained voice, via an audience SMS (short message services) vote. The two singers battled from May through September, but in the end Janicee was the victor with 54.25 per cent of the vote.

Nguyễn Hồ Như Tuyết Nhung of  An Giang Province won the 2016 Chuông Vàng (Golden Bell) Award in the annual cải lương (reformed opera) contest organised by HCM City Television.  

Germany international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) has announced a “watch and win” contest to promote its new documentary on rock band The Scorpions called “Forever and a Day”.

Three lacquer paintings by Phùng Di Thuần remind viewers the resilient and heroic attitude of Hà Nội’s people and soldiers in 60 days and nights fighting against French colonialists in the winter of 1946 are on display at an exhibition of the Hà Nội Museum. 

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Gewandhaus Choir Leipzig will perform German folksongs in Hà Nội and HCM City.

Rap chart-topper Drake on Monday earned a record 13 nominations for the American Music Awards, topping the mark set by late king of pop Michael Jackson.

Cốm is not only a Hanoian favourite. It also has an important place among Vietnamese foods as it is associated with Việt Nam's rice-growing culture which has been maintained for centuries. Eating cốm and cốm cakes gives us the fresh flavour and bucolic ambiance of the countryside.

Taking a leisurely walk through the pedestrian areas that surround Hoàn Kiếm (Sword) Lake on the weekends, one can see there is a lot on offer. Visitors can not only enjoy the shade of the trees and the slower pace of life in this otherwise bustling city, but also a variety of Việt Nam’s traditional games.

The Autumn feast opening ceremony of the Keo Pagoda Festival was held at Duy Nhất commune, Vũ Thư district yesterday.

Nearly 200 artists and musicians from 30 countries and territories will participate in the second Asia-Europe New Music Festival to be held in Hà Nội and Vĩnh Yên cities starting tomorrow.

Former national midfielder Phan Văn Tài Em on October 8 announced his retirement from football.

Việt Nam’s valuable artefacts on display in Germany

Chờ (Waiting), a short film by students at the Phạm Ngọc Thạch University of Medicine, has won the top prize at the S-Shortfilm contest designed to raise student awareness about traffic behavior.

Chăm traditional performance at Po Klong Garai tower complex in southern Ninh Thuận province at Kate festival 2016. This is the biggest event in the year of the Cham following Brahmanism to pay respect to gods and pray for productive harvests and multiple natural and human resources. – VNA/VNS Photo Mạnh Linh