Việt Nam News

A clay and sculpture workshop entitled Tạo Ra Voi, Cứu Rỗi Voi (Make An Elephant – Save An Elephant), created and organised by Bulgarian artist George Burchett, will be held from September 26 to 30 at Heritage Space, Mỹ Đình 2 Ward, Từ Liêm District, Hà Nội.

Playboy magazine, once famous for bunnies and soft porn, for the first time is featuring a Muslim woman wearing a hijab, in a spread that is drawing both praise and criticism.

Bob Dylan is releasing a 36-CD box-set of his 1966 world tour, a landmark yet controversial series of concerts that followed the folk great's shock decision to go electric.

Spanish conductor David Gómez Ramírez, lead conductor of the Lira Saguntina Symphonic Orchestra and Choir came back to Hà Nội for the concert Nights in the Gardens of Spain.

An International Photo Contest themed ‘Shining Sea, Bright Future’ has been launched at the 5^th Asian Beach Games in Đà Nẵng city for domestic and foreign photographers.

Vietnamese and foreign fashion designers will introduce luxury and ready-to-wear clothing and accessories at the Elle Fashion Journey 2016 at HCM City’s Gem Centre this week. 

Bùi Ngọc Quân is a dancer and director of a comtemporary dance theatre, currently based in Belgium.

A series of new TV programmes dedicated to Vietnamese tourism was launched yesterday. The TV programmes were produced to celebrate World Tourism Day, yesterday.

Hundreds of representatives from various ethnic groups will participate in cultural activities organised at the Việt Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism between November 18 and 23.

Drake, the Toronto rapper whose latest album Views has topped this year's charts, followed his success Monday with a film set to the music.

French and Vietnamese experts met recently in Cần Thơ to discuss how to better preserve the cultural heritage of Việt Nam, particularly in the central province of Thừa Thiên – Huế.

Lotus flowers and seeds (hoa sen) have played a vital role in Vietnamese life, cuisine and national identity for centuries. All parts of the lotus flower are utilized to create Vietnamese specialty dishes with specific characteristics and distinctive flavours.

Nearly 800 chèo (traditional opera) artists from traditional troupes nationwide are performing at the Chèo National Festival 2016 in the northern province of Ninh Bình.

A huge new exhibition about Tintin creator Herge does not shy away from showing how the cartoonist pined to be taken seriously as an artist nor his shame at his passivity during the Nazi occupation of Belgium.

Ngô Minh Hiếu, a farmer in Thường Phước 2 Commune, Hồng Ngư District in the southern province of Đồng Tháp, catches fish on the Tiền River to feed his family. – VNA/VNS Photo Mạnh Linh

Hà Tĩnh Province’s People’s Committee has received the certificate recognising Phúc Giang School’s woodblocks as a UNESCO Documentary Heritage by Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific.

The Disability Research and Capacity Development Centre in HCM City last Saturday launched a contest for students to design and upgrade public facilities to make them more usable for people with disabilities.

Well-known French photographer Réhahn Croquevielle’s photos featuring the beauty of Việt Nam are on display in France.