Việt Nam News

Vietnamese pop singer Phạm Đan Trường will raise his voice to cheer U22 Việt Nam team in its friendly game with South Korean’s K-League all stars team, which will be taken placed at 20pm, July 30 at Mỹ Đình National Stadium.

The number of international visitors to Việt Nam in the first seven months of 2017 was estimated at around 7.24 million, a year-on-year surge of 28.8 per cent.

Few of the millions of people whose letters and packages were shuttled on a tiny train line deep under London ever suspected it existed.

Katy Perry will host this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, the network announced Thursday, as it turned to one of pop music’s most visible stars for its big gala.

Vietnamese underground band Da Lab will perform a live show called After 10 Years this Saturday at the Long Vĩ Palace in Hà Nội.

The historic city of Hội An will re-enact a 17th century wedding parade held for Princess Ngọc Hoa and Japanese businessman Araki Sotaro in the old quarter as part of the 14th annual Hội An-Japan Culture Festival on August 18-20.

Located in the wetlands of the Plain of Reeds in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp, Tràm Chim National Park is known for its diversity of bird species, attracting bird-watchers year-round.

Belgian dance group Vredon graced the Hà Nội Opera House on Wednesday for an afternoon of cultural fusion.

Emmy-nominated actor Jason Bateman was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday, 30 years after breaking into the movies in Teen Wolf Too.

New music from world-renowned Australian Aboriginal singer Gurrumul will be released next month, his record label said, with one album already completed as part of a documentary.

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On occasion of National Day of Peru on July 28, Việt Nam News presents an article written by  Luis Tsuboyama, Chief of Mission of Peru Embassy in Việt Nam

Kids Vietnam (Kids in Difficult Situations in Vietnam), a non-profit organisation that aims to improve the lives of underprivileged children, will stage The Dreams musical at the Institute of Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF) on August 4.

A thematic exhibition entitled Đi Qua Cuộc Chiến (Going through the Wars) is being held at the capital’s Hồ Chí Minh Museum on the occasion of the 70^th  National Anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs’ Day on July 27.

Fifteen rock bands from ASEAN countries as well as Japan will play at Việt Nam’s biggest rock concert, the SoundSlam Festival 2017, in HCM City on August 5.

HCM City’s Youth Union and Youth Cultural House have launched a new music programme at schools, universities, industrial parks and export processing zones to mark the 70^th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day on July 27.  

Thousands gathered at central Quảng Trị Citadel last week for a mass ceremony to pray for fallen soldiers of summer 1972 historic battle for the citadel. The battle, which raged on for 81 days, went down as one of the bloodiest battles in Vietnamese history with casualties from both sides estimated to total nearly 20,000.