Việt Nam News

Sheraton Hanoi Hotel and JW Marriott Hanoi Hotel are holding a charity race on September 24. Entitled ‘Run to Give 2017’, the event is an annual charity programme hosted by the two hotels.

Tet Shoeboxes Project, a Hà Nội-based charitable project, are hosting a special fundraising event – Share the Light – this Saturday at The Grove Garden Bar in Tây Hồ District.

Stephane Gauger characterises himself as a Vietnamese-American with European influences.: his mother is Vietnamese, he grew up in America and he has spent time in Europe visiting extended family in France. For him, making films in Việt Nam a chance to discover his roots. 

HCM City’s residents will have the chance to enjoy the cuisine and culture of all five continents at a festival to be held at Hoa Lư Stadium in the District 1 from October 5 to 8.

A fashion show of brocades created by Vietnamese jewelry designer Minh Hạnh will take place at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland today.

Photographer Trương Thanh Nhã won gold medal at Photo Club Arizona (PCA) Salon 2017 in Serbia for his black & white photo.

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli’s voice soars to the rafters of the Tuscan theatre, but all eyes are on the orchestral conductor beside him — a robot with an apparent penchant for Verdi.

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Sci-fi filmmaker J.J. Abrams has been tapped to direct Star Wars: Episode IX after the departure of Colin Trevorrow, Lucasfilm announced on Tuesday, delaying its release for seven months.

The HCM City Department of Tourism, in co-operation with its partners, will organise a free fashion and technology festival on Nguyễn Huệ Pedestrian Street next month.   

The Song Magazine plans to publish a work by novelist Nguyễn Một in the US.

Dozens of veteran and young cải lương (reformed theatre) artists and singers will perform at HCM City Drama Theatre for a charity programme on Friday to raise funds for poor farmers living in the Cửu Long (Mekong) River Delta provinces.

Artist Hoàng Hà Tùng will display his paintings of Vietnamese and Dutch farmers at a solo exhibition in Amsterdam.

A traditional theatre programme offering tuồng and hát bội (classical drama) performances will begin this month on HCM City’s Bùi Viện Walking Street, as part of the city’s efforts to attract visitors.  

A recent exhibition in Hà Nội brings audiences the work of eight photographers from France and Việt Nam who have shot images of contemporary dancers in the two countries.

An exhibition of art from Việt Nam, Laos and Cambodia, displaying 55 paintings by 22 artists from three countries, was officially opened as part of Đà Nẵng’s Fine Arts Day yesterday.

The central province of Quang Nam has designated the Tam Hải Island commune in Núi Thành District as an eco-tour site, ecological buffer zone and global geo-park site.

A solo exhibition entitled Green Dreams by 10-year-old artist Nguyễn Hà Phương is being held at the Việt Nam Fine Arts Museum until September 17. Phương is the youngest artist to hold a solo show at the prestigious museum.