Việt Nam News

Singer Hoa Trần has launched a music video for the song Chiều Phủ Tây Hồ (Afternoon in Tây Hồ Temple) on February 27 to honour Đạo Mẫu (Mother Goddess religion) – a world intangible cultural heritage recognised by UNESCO.

 Elegant ikebana flower arrangements, together with hundreds of multicoloured flowers from Japan, are on display at “The Beautiful Japanese” – a special event that aims to introduce to Hà Nội’s people the fresh flowers from the Land of the Rising Sun.

 A range of spring festivals are taking place in the north of Việt Nam as locals wish for a year full of happiness, health and prosperity.

 Many critics and poets attending a workshop on contemporary poetry in Hà Nội on Tuesday agreed: the country is home to many poets, but few good poems.

Heritage Space continues its monthly concert series Beyond Sound tomorrow night, featuring the “hottest” generation of Vietnamese experimental musicians and international guests.

A clay mould in the form of a Bodhi leaf has been unearthed among other valuable antiques at an excavation site in the central province of Hà Tĩnh.

A Bugarian rose festival – the second of its kind – will kick off next week in Hà Nội’s Water Park near the West Lake, organisers have said.

The Walt Disney Company on Tuesday announced a two-billion-euro (US$2.5-billion) expansion of its Paris amusement park which will add a new Star Wars-themed zone to the huge site.

A British winemaker has begun making sparkling wine in pint-sized bottles, preparing for a post-Brexit future in which the imperial measure favoured by wartime prime minister Winston Churchill could make its return.

Singer Hương Giang, the Vietnamese representative competing at ‘Miss International Queen 2018’, will present an ornate national costume weighing a hefty 55kg at the transgender beauty pageant.

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The Việt Nam Association for Rights Protection of Music Performing Artists (APPA) has the first contract to represent singer Tân Nhàn and collect copyright money.

HCM City’s Nguyễn Huệ Flower Street welcomed more than a million visitors during the seven-day Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

 Audiences in Hà Nội will have the chance to enjoy the extraordinary voice of the world-renowned mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, winner of two Grammy Awards, in a special one-night only concert in the city on Friday night. The Swedish artist will stage her first-ever concert in the country at the Việt Nam Academy of Music.

 The Lim Festival featuring quan họ (love duet singing) kicked off on Tuesday, the 12th day of the lunar new year, in the northern province of Bắc Ninh, attracting thousands of visitors from all over the country.

A music collection by France-based Vietnamese zitherist Trí Nguyễn has been nominated for the Independent Music Awards (IMA) 2018. The results will be announced on March 31 in New York.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam visited the central province of Quảng Trị on Monday.

The Vatican will lend around 40 ecclesiastical works to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for an exhibition focusing on the Catholic religion's impact on fashion, organisers said on Monday.