Việt Nam News

Video game giants Ubisoft and Nintendo have teamed up to put their respective stars, Raving Rabbids and Mario, together in a new role-playing adventure.

A tiny portrait which Pablo Picasso set into a ring to appease his lover Dora Maar after an argument will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s London auction house next week.

The Vinschool One Choir won two gold medals at the International Choir Competition 2017 held between 7th and 11th June in the ancient city of Hội An in the central province of Quảng Nam.

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A new TV programme on Vietnamese music airing on HCM City Television (HTV) has attracted many young viewers in the city and southern provinces.

The Việt Nam Post in co-operation with the central province has issued the first ever stamp on ‘Ngọc Linh’ ginseng (Panax vietnamensis, or Vietnamese ginseng) during the Ngọc Linh ginseng festival in Nam Trà My District.

A Việt Nam Exhibition pavillion combining tradition and modernity has received hundreds of visitors in recent days at Expo 2017 Astana in the capital of Kazakhstan.

Vũ Tuân Sán, a veteran researcher of Hà Nội and Han-Nôm studies, died after prolonged illness last Friday in Hà Nội. He was 103.

Painter Nguyễn Thu Thủy, head of the New Hanoi Art Company, received the bronze medal at the 10th International Design Award (IDA) ceremony held on June 10 in Los Angeles.

An exhibition featuring works by famed Vietnamese overseas artist Văn Dương Thành is on display at the National Village Museum located in Bucharest, Romania.

A play inspired by the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and Norwegian husband and wife diplomats behind the 1993 Oslo Accords was crowned best play on New York’s Broadway on Sunday at the Tony Awards.

Wonder Woman, the muscular feminist superhero from Warner Bros. and DC Comics, stayed strong over the weekend, easily holding onto the top spot in North American theatres while leaving newcomer The Mummy in the dust.

Choir team La Salle Chorale from the Philippines was awarded the top prize of the fifth International Choir Competition at Hội An Theatre on Saturday. The team, conducted by Serry Repique, was also awarded the prize in the folklore and the mixed choirs categories. The competition’s international jury also gave 29 gold and 18 silver diplomas to the contestants.

 To mark the National Day of the Russian Federation on June 12, Việt Nam News presents an article by Russian Ambassador Konstantin V. Vnukov, who discusses his nation’s rich history and deep Asian ties.

A collection of posters on Vietnamese youth’s wish for a peaceful world by HCM City’s students is on show at the War Remnants Museum.