The healthy aspect of many Vietnamese traditions and festivals is perhaps most exemplified by the Đoan Ngọ Festival that is celebrated on the fifth of the fifth Lunar month.
What makes this festival special is that the food prepared for it has the specific objective of getting rid of worms inside the body.
French breakdance artist Valentine Nagata-Ramos will perform in the Japanese tragedy Sadako at the HCM City Institute of Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF) on June 9 as part of her Asian tour.
Young Vietnamese artists at home and abroad are eligible to participate in the first aerial-photo contest launched by the Hồ Chí Minh City Photography Association.
The three-day Tân Lộc Fruit Garden Festival kicked off in Cần Thơ City’s Thốt Nốt District on Sunday.
After a five-year break Miss Teen Việt Nam will return, featuring Việt Nam’s talented and beautiful teenagers.
ScreenX technology has been launched recently and Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge is expected to be the first film shown via this technology in Việt Nam.
Jack Sparrow is back. The wry and wicked freebooter helped the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film sail to a first place opening weekend on North American screens, with a solid US$62.2 million take, according to industry estimates.
Swedish satire The Square, a send-up of political correctness and the confused identity of the modern male, won the Palme d’Or top prize at the Cannes film festival on Sunday.
Nicotine is the chemical in tobacco that makes you want to smoking, and can be as addictive as cocaine. It increases the release of brain chemicals called neurotransmitters, which help regulate mood and behaviour. One of these neurotransmitters is dopamine, which makes you feel good. Getting that dopamine boost is part of the addiction process.
Female theatre director Trịnh Kim Chi of HCM City’s private drama troupe, TKC, believes that musical dramas created for children will dominate the market this summer.
A series of Vietnamese books that debuted this week to celebrate Children’s Day on June 1 are now available in bookstores around the country.
The Việt Nam Youth Federation (VYF) in co-operation with its partners has launched a national campaign to mark the 70th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day on July 27 in HCM City.
A stone piece resembling antique earring samples belonging to the ancient Vietnamese Sa Huỳnh civilization has been found in the central province of Thừa Thiên- Huế.
Bảy Núi ox racing of the ethnic Khmer minorities in the southern province of An Giang. – VNA/VNS Photo Công Mạo
Located on top of Đại Bình Mountain, some 25km north of Bảo Lộc City in Lâm Đồng Province, Linh Quy Pháp Ấn Pagoda appears to be out of this world. At dawn, the pagoda emerges from a sea of clouds under the day’s first light. And, after a 1000-metre climb, the view from top of the mountain is nothing short of spectacular.
Chăm Muslims in the central province of Bình Thuận began to celebrate Ramưwan, their biggest festival, on Wednesday.
Thanh Chiêm Palace (1602-1883), which was a cradle of Vietnamese romanized script, has been recognised as the National Relic state by the ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Despite their geographical distance, Việt Nam and Argentina share historical similarities and enjoy lasting friendship and solidarity, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hà Kim Ngọc affirmed.
Tour operator Võ Tấn Tân plans to offer tours of nipa palm forests that allow tourists to participate in afforestation efforts in Cẩm Thanh Commune in Hội An.
More than a year after a long-mulled reunion finally materialized, rock greats Guns N' Roses on Thursday extended their tour in North America again.
