World Hepatitis Day falls on July 28. Hepatitis B is a matter of concern in Việt Nam, with at least 5 per cent of the population infected. Most people have heard of Hepatitis A&B, but not everyone knows that there is also Hepatitis C, D, and E. While A&B can be prevented by vaccination, the other three cannot.
While traditional entertainment venues appear to be losing popularity, street performances have been attracting an increasing number of HCM City residents.
French photographer Rehahn and a group of artists and entrepreneurs are pushing to turn Phan Bội Châu Street in Hội An’s old French Quarter into Rue des Arts.
There are more than 1,000 restaurants serving Japanese cuisine in Việt Nam, the majority of which are in HCM City.
The HCM City-based film studio BHD is remaking the award-winning American comedy-drama TV series Glee with Vietnamese actors and a new plot.
Fishermen in the Khánh Hòa Province have harvested a bumper anchovy crop in the early days of July, as each trip nets some 700-800kg of anchovy, twice their average catch.
An ongoing exhibtion at Việt Nam Fine Arts Museum take visitors back to the glorious years of national resistance through 50 artworks by different generations of Vietnamese artists.
The Vietnamese Women’ Museum in Hà Nội received war mementoes from writer and journalist Colonel Đặng Vương Hưng during a ceremony on Friday.
More than 10 paintings by great names of Việt Nam’s fine arts will be auctioned here next Sunday (July 30).
A Vietnamese version of the famous musical Chicago will be staged at HCM City’s Quân Đội (Army) Theatre early next month.
The People’s Committee of Thừa Thiên- Huế Province determined to remove the grave of the bulldozed king wife’s tomb to another place, augmenting the conflict between local government and the royal family committee.
A Montreal supermarket on Wednesday began selling organic fruits and vegetables grown on its roof, a first in Canada.
Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi’s Despacito, whose reggaeton beat has swept the globe, on Wednesday was named the most streamed song of all time.
Dozens of young fashion designers will join a new entertainment programme aimed at students and young labourers launched by the HCM City Youth Cultural House.
On Colombia’s National Day, July 20, the Colombian embassy presents a development roadmap that the conflict-ravaged South American nation will pursue as a new era of peace dawns on its horizons.
Young artists of the HCM City Drama Theatre will stage a historic play about the Mậu Thân offensive that occurred in the spring of 1968 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day on July 27.
Renowned Vietnamese singer Mỹ Tâm’s music video (MV) Đâu Chỉ Riêng Em (Not Only Me) reached over one million views and become one of the most trending clips on YouTube after just one day of its official release on July 17.
The long anticipated Vietnamese movie Cô Gái Đến Từ Hôm Qua (The Girl From Yesterday) will hit cinemas on July 21, after soldout sneak previews in recent days.
