Việt Nam News

The backstage of a xoan singing festival in the northern province of Phú Thọ. Xoan singing is a kind of performing art, attached to worship of Hùng Kings and performed by farmers growing wet rice in midland areas, mainly in Phú Thọ Province. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh

Located some 30km east of Mekong Delta city of Sóc Trăng, Trần Đề District is well-known for its mud flats that span over dozens of kilometres.

On the occasion of Mexican Independence Day on September 16, the Ambassador of Mexico Sara Valdés Bolaño reflects on her country’s history and on relations with Việt Nam.

Ethnic Khmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces have received congratulations and support from authorities on the occasion of the upcoming Sen Đôn-ta Festival on September 19-21.

The first exhibition in HCM City to feature photographs of female nudes opened yesterday at the HCM City Fine Arts Association.

 A festival for fans of rock, hiphop and street arts will be held tomorrow at Hà Nội Creative City.

Lady Gaga said Thursday she had been hospitalised in "severe pain" and was pulling out of Brazil's Rock in Rio festival, which she was due to headline this weekend.

London musician Sampha was awarded Britain's Mercury Prize on Thursday for his debut album, Process, beating out competition from singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran.

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Hundreds of dancers will peform at the International Dance Festival in northern Ninh Binh Province from September 16 to 22.

Cô Ba Sài Gòn (The Tailor), a romantic comedy produced by movie star, director and producer Ngô Thanh Vân, will be screened at the 22^nd Busan International Film Festival in Busan, South Korea next month.

A book reviewing a 25-year charity house project run by a Swedish woman for underprivileged children in Việt Nam was launched in Hà Nội yesterday at the Vietnamese Women's Museum.

Winners of a unique contest that required contestants to write new lyrics for popular folk songs received awards from the HCM City Department of Culture and Sports at a ceremony on Wednesday (September 13).

The Vietnamese movie Cha Cõng Con (Father and Son) has been selected as the official entry for the Best Foreign-Language Film for the 90th Academy Awards. 

Renowned Vietnamese poet Thanh Tùng passed away in his home here on Tuesday.

The hero of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory book was originally written as a black boy, the author's widow told the BBC on Wednesday.

New Zealand opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, hailed as one of the greatest sopranos of the modern age, officially announced her retirement on Wednesday at the age of 73.

The British Business Group Vietnam will host the 17th annual Fun Run for Charity in District 7 on September 24.