Việt Nam News

The Voice of HCM City (VOH) radio station plans to launch a series of activities to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Làn Sóng Xanh (Blue Wave), a radio programme that promotes Vietnamese music.

Vietnamese residents aged 16 to 35 are encouraged to compete in the Bông Lúa Vàng (Golden Rice), a national amateur traditional music contest launched by Voice of  HCM City People (VOH).

The ancient city of Hội An plans to include the annual mid autumn festival, which falls on full-moon day of the lunar August, and the traditional pottery craft of Thanh Hà Village as the National intangible heritage status.

The first vinyl record of classical diva Phạm Thu Hà, titled Đường Em Đi (My Way), featuring the classical songs of late renowned composer Phạm Duy, has been released.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has said that already popular songs that have no words against traditional culture values and no violation against national benefits should not need any permission to be performed, regardless of when and where they were composed.

Overseas Vietnamese students’ Companion Scholarship held a fund-raising concert last Sunday in Paris to support of their fellows in Việt Nam.

Over 200 dancers will offer a spicy samba performance on Trần Hưng Đạo Street off the Hàn River bank this Saturday (May 27th).

Đà Nẵng city’s tourism department launched visitor centre at Đà Nẵng International Airport’s new terminal on Tuesday.

The HCM City People’s Committee has approved a project to build a new children’s cultural centre in District 5.

Authorities in the former imperial capital city of Huế have banned the construction of high buildings in the territory of its garden houses.

Bái Tử Long National Park in the northern province of Quảng Ninh has been recognised as the 38th ASEAN Heritage Park.

Twenty three artists from the State Dance Ensemble of Belarus will perform in Hà Nội and Lào Cai Province on May 25 & 27.

Vietnamese people have long taken pride in their bánh mì, a dish named as one of the best street foods in the world by CNN (American Cable News Network), and listed in the Oxford English dictionary as ‘a Vietnamese snack consisting of a baguette (traditionally baked with both rice and wheat flour) filled with a variety of ingredients, typically including meat, pickled vegetables and chili sauce’.

Photo of the day

Couleurs d’Asie by Réhahn – Saigon, a new gallery by Hội An-based photographer Réhahn, will open in HCM City on June 1.

Women draw up nets at sunrise on Sầm Sơn Beach in the central province of Thanh Hóa. – VNA/VNS Photo Trọng Đạt