Việt Nam News

Travel demand for the upcoming Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday that begins on February 16 is expected to increase 20-30 per cent compared to last year.

Researcher Phan Cẩm Thượng has just launched the second book in his four-volume series on Vietnamese civilisation.

Handwritten letters of the Vietnamese people during the last hundred years are on display at an exhibition in Hà Nội.

A set of two bonsai kumquats shaped like a giant vase is already for sale in Lạc Long Quân Street. Despite their sky-high price, the curvy trees quickly caught attention from the public.

Việt Nam took second spot out of nine Asian countries and territories surveyed for the 2017 Prudential Relationship Index, which was released in HCM City on Saturday.

Việt Nam and China will enhance co-operation and exchange in the field of culture as ministers of culture from the two countries held a discussion yesterday in Beijing.

The 15th-century astronomical clock in Prague's centre, which draws crowds of tourists every hour, was halted on Monday morning for six months of repairs, city hall said.

More than 700,000 people flocked to a record-breaking Paris exhibition dedicated to the Christian Dior French fashion house, its organisers said Monday.

Most beautiful angles in thousands of hầu đồng rituals are featured in a photo book compiled by Nguyễn Á.

The number of foreign tourists coming to HCM City on cruise ships remains relatively low because of a lack of ports for cruise ships, according to tourism experts.

Vietnamese-American singer Phi Nhung, who has more than 20 years in the industry, will release an album to raise funds for poor children next week.    

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Pop singer Mỹ Tâm and three overseas Vietnamese, Thanh Hà, Elvis Phương and Đình Nguyên, will join a live concert to raise funds for underprivileged children with cancer at Da Nang's Trương Vương Theatre on January 19.

 Israeli archaeologists announced Sunday they have uncovered a rare site dating back some half a million years – just next to a modern highway and only several metres underground.

The 12^th International Gastronomy Festival in HCM City showcasing special local and international dishes will be held from January 11-14 at Lê Văn Tám Park in the city’s District 1.

The stamps, featuring the image of a dog with folk imprints, were designed by painter Phạm Hà Hải,who won the competition Folk Material in Lunar New Year Stamp held by the ministry in 2017.

French singer France Gall, who shot to fame in the 1960s with a series of hits and a sexually suggestive song about lollipops written by Serge Gainsbourg, died Sunday aged 70, her spokeswoman announced.