Việt Nam News

Emperor Akihito's granddaughter's upcoming engagement to her college sweetheart, a commoner, will cost the princess her royal status in a move that highlights the male-dominated nature of Japan's monarchy as it faces a potential succession crisis.

Belgium kicked off a year of Magritte Wednesday, marking the 50th anniversary of the Surrealist artist Rene Magritte's death with a series of events, including a major art exhibit in Brussels.

It was the smash-hit sitcom that entertained millions in the 1980s and 1990s and now it's back: Roseanne will again grace US television screens in 2018, ABC has announced.

For American couple Dan Drage and Kimberly Drage, it’s the people of Việt Nam that have made their 10-year stay here so enchanting.

A new documentary on President Hồ Chí Minh’s time in France from 1919-1923 will be aired on Việt Nam Television (VTV) tonight (May 18).

Renowned opera singers from South Korea will join musicians selected from the HCM City Conservatory of Music in a special classical music concert on Sunday evening.

“Fire Fest”, a craft beer and barbeque festival, will be held at Oxygen in District 2 on May 20.

The outdoor bar Saigon Outcast will host a two-day Soul Carnivale music and arts festival on May 27 and 28.

The Dragonfly Theatre Company in cooperation with the SOUL Live Project will stage British playwright and sreenwriter Abi Morgan’s play Lovesong from May 24-28.

The Friends of Vietnam Heritage’s FVH Film Night will screen the Vietnamese classical movie Làng Vũ Ðại Ngày Ấy (The Old days of Vũ Ðại Village) at the Việt Nam Feature Films studio (VFS) on May 25.

The first Arts & Crafts Market Hanoi will be held this Saturday, from 9am to 5pm at 1B Đặng Thái Thân Street.

Việt Nam’s Tourism Ambassador and Hollywood film director Jordan Charles Vogt-Roberts returned to Việt Nam to launch a scholarship fund for Vietnamese students on Thursday. 

International visitors have the opportunity to watch four Vietnamese movies Đảo Của Dân Ngụ Cư (The Way Station), Vợ Ba (The Third Wife), Vị (Taste) and Con Culi Không Biết Khóc (Sloth Monkey Never Cries) at Cannes Market at the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival, held from May 17 to 28 in France.

Two exhibitions of photos capturing some significant moments in President Hồ Chí Minh’s life and career and his contributions to the nation are on public display in HCM City to mark his 127th birthday.

The private film company Thiên Ngân (Galaxy), in co-operation with its partners, has introduced its latest film in hopes of drawing young audiences away from Korean and American  productions that have dominated cinemas this summer.

Paolo Sorrentino, the Oscar-winning film director who scored a small-screen hit with The Young Pope, is to make a follow-up series called The New Pope.

Late night funnyman Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the Oscars, the Academy said on Tuesday, as the glitzy annual show moves on from the biggest mix-up in its history.

Two veterans in their 70s living in the central coastal city of Nha Trang have collected hundreds of objects and documents on President Hồ Chí Minh and exhibited them for free.