Việt Nam News

Made entirely of wood, the houses are where the locals keep the bodies of their loved ones as well as their personal effects and working tools. It is in their belief that in the after life the dead has need for such items just as they did when they were alive. Most distinguishable features are various statutes carved from fresh wood, which local install as parts of a protective fence around the dead’s final resting places.

Some new adventurous tours and destinations in the northern province of Hà Giang will be opened in the near future to bring tourists more options to visit.

Pop superstar Taylor Swift has donated to a US charity that supports victims of sexual assault after winning a groping lawsuit against a former radio DJ, the organisation confirmed Thursday.

The first total solar eclipse to sweep North America in nearly a century will march across the continent on August 21, casting a shadow over millions of people from coast to coast.

A project of excavating the ancient shipwreck that has recently been discovered in Dung Quất Economic Zone in the central province of Quảng Ngãi has been approved by the local People’s Committee.

Visitors to Hóc Mó, a wild and charming beach located in the central province of Quảng Ngãi, can enjoy all sorts of activities, from fishing, to enjoying beautiful views or learning about the culture of the local fishing village.

HCM City art troupes and cultural centres will offer several shows to celebrate the annual Buddhist holiday of Vu Lan, an event that eulogises motherly love, held annually in the seventh month of the lunar calendar.  

Culture researcher Hữu Ngọc has been awarded Grand Prize at the Bùi Xuân Phái - For the Love of Hà Nội Awards for lifelong research and huge contribution to popularising Hà Nội culture. 

Vietnamese contemporary painter Lê Quốc Huy has opened his second private exhibition at Việt Nam Fine Arts Museum, 66 Nguyễn Thái Học Street on August 15

The sixth Việt Nam International Book Fair will take place at Hà Nội’s Thống Nhất Park from August 23 to 27 with the participation of nearly 100 domestic and foreign book companies and publishing houses.

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A collection of 130 photos of women by noted Vietnamese photographer Nguyễn Quốc Dũng is being published this month in a retrospective of his 20-year career.

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 Mexican scientists said Wednesday they have discovered the fossilized remains of a previously unknown species of giant sloth that lived 10,000 years ago and died at the bottom of a sinkhole.

Japanese film director Masako Sakata received a Friendship Medal for her contribution to help Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange (AO) recently at the Vietnamese embassy in Japan.