Việt Nam News

To mark the National Day of the Kingdom of Spain on October 12, Việt Nam News presents an article written by the Ambassador of Spain to Việt Nam, María Jesús Figa López-Palop

A European language festival in Hà Nội will allow visitors to learn English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish and learn about the diversity of the continent.

The Việt Nam Culinary Culture Association was established in HCM City on Wednesday.

The fourth Vietnam Junior Fashion Week 2017 (VJFW 2017) will be held in HCM City from October 13 to 15.  

A vertical photo depicting a papaya tree rising from a narrow gap between  residential buildings in HCM City, taken by Trần Vũ Quang Duy, won first prize at a photo contest for young Vietnamese artists.

The Government unveiled an action plan on Monday to transform the tourism sector into the country’s economic engine, following the Poliburo’s decision to pursue that goal.

 Choreographer and theatre director Tấn Lộc and his young staff will stage a musical drama for children at HCM City’s Bến Thành Theatre this week.

Vietnamese film Mỹ Nhân (The Beautiful Woman) by director Đinh Thái Thụy will open the APEC Film Week 2017, which runs this week in Hà Nội and Đà Nẵng in conjuction with APEC Việt Nam 2017.

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With almost ninety per cent of its population being the ethnic people, Hà Giang’s food is unique and diverse. Among the well known dishes like thắng cố (simmer horse’s meat and offals), thắng dền (boiled glutinous rice dumplings), grilled alga, one should not miss cháo ấu tẩu, a porridge made by rice, pork bone and ấu tẩu root.

The annual Science Film Festival is bringing 19 science films mostly targeting young people in Việt Nam’s big cities, with screenings beginning this month and running until December 7.

Scholar Huỳnh Thúc Kháng Memorial House in Tiên Phước District  in the central province of Quảng Nam will get a new facelift as a its innovation project will receive a total investment of VNĐ50 billion (US$2,2 million) which has been approved by the provincial People’s Committee.

Vietnamese blockbusters will be shown for free for a month at CGV cinemas nationwide.

A psychology student from Belarus, Aleksandra Chichikova, was chosen Miss Wheelchair World in the first-ever edition of the beauty pageant held in Warsaw.

A permanent exhibition house for Indonesian products opened officially on Monday in Hà Nội.

The final poems of Leonard Cohen, completed days before the legendary songwriter died, will be published in an anthology next year, his estate announced.

A first-of-its-kind festival to promote local tourism, traditional crafts and cuisine took place at a festival in the northern province of Hà Nam and ended yesterday.

The welfare of stray cats and dogs roaming Iraq's capital Baghdad is far from a priority for most residents after years of bloodshed and insecurity.