Việt Nam News

About 300 artefacts unearthed at varios sites in northern Hải Dương Province are on display at an exhibition held at the provincial museum to mark Việt Nam Culture Heritage Day (November 23).

He played a suicidal bum in Down and Out in Beverly Hills, but Nick Nolte was crowned king of Hollywood on Monday with a star on the iconic Walk of Fame.

German police on Monday arrested a 58-year-old man in Berlin on suspicion of handling stolen items from John Lennon's estate, including the late Beatle's diaries. The items were stolen from Lennon's widow Yoko Ono in New York in 2006 and have been seized as evidence, Martin Steltner, a spokesman for the Berlin prosecutor's office, said.

Vietnamese heartthrob Noo Phước Thịnh, whose baby face has charmed a great number of teenaged and young fans, will give a free concert in Hà Nội next week, his first ever in the capital city.

The Đà Lạt Flower Festival 2017 will kick off on December 23 in Đà Lạt city, with a range of cultural events. 

Six works of art by students from Hà Nội secondary schools are on display at the Rivers of the World exhibition on Book Street, also known as December 19 Street.

Teachers and students at the Y Tý Kindergarten in Bát Xát District, the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai. The country marks Vietnamese Teachers’ Day today, November 20. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh

Chuyện Tình Nàng Giáng Hương (Love Story of Giáng Hương), a musical based on Vietnamese fairy tale Từ Thức Gặp Tiên (Từ Thức Meets a Fairy), will return for eight nights at the HCM City Opera House.

More than 50 paintings, eight sculptures by 60 artists and Buddhists are on display in downtown Hà Nội to commemorate the 8th National Buddhism Congress (for the term 2017-2022).

Miss Việt Nam Đỗ Mỹ Linh won the Beauty with a Purpose award at the Miss World 2017 beauty pageant, held in China last weekend.

Ten year old violinist Cao Hoàng Linh from Hà Nội has won first prize in the Junior B category at an International Music Competition held in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Country Music Hall of Famer Mel Tillis, known for songs such as I Ain't Never and Coca-Cola Cowboy, died early on Sunday aged 85, his publicist said.

Pineapples piled up at the fruit market at night in Long Biên District, Ha Noi. Fruits from all over the country are gathered here and distributed all over the capital city and other localities. VNA/VNS Photo Việt Thanh Nguyễn

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip celebrate 70 years of marriage on Monday, becoming Britain's first reigning couple to mark a platinum wedding anniversary.

The beauty of Việt Nam’s natural heritage will be the focus of activities at the Green Heritage Culture and Tourism Week, which will take place in Hà Nội from November 20-23.

As many as 80 artworks, including 40 paintings, and 40 sculptures of People’s Artist Vương Duy Biên are being displayed at his latest solo exhibition, the art space at Bốt Tép hamlet, Hiền Ninh commune, Sóc Sơn district.

The Ba Bể - Bắc Kạn Tourism Week 2017 kicked off on Saturday at Ba Bể Lake in the northern province of Bắc Kạn, opening a series of cultural events that aim to strengthen tourism cooperation between the six participating provinces of Bắc Kạn, Cao Bằng, Lạng Sơn, Thái Nguyên, Tuyên Quang and Hà Giang.

H. pylori are types of bacteria that infect around two-thirds of the world’s population. The H. is short for Helicobacter, so called because they are spiral in shape (“helico-,” as in the word “helicopter” means “spiral”).