Việt Nam News

Cẩm Kim Commune on the town’s outskirts is near, yet another world. Separated from the old town by the Thu Bồn River, this peaceful village can be reached by boat or a ten-minute bike ride.

An exhibition of 700 artefacts related to Vietnamese currency opened yesterday (April 27) at the HCM City Museum of History.

R&J Italian Lounge & Restaurant, an Italian fine dining restaurant in HCM City’s District 1, has welcomed a new chef in its newly renovated space and the jazz singer LaDee Streeter.

A group of Indian and Vietnamese archaeologists discovered an ancient road underground and some vestiges at the Mỹ Sơn sanctuary in central Quảng Nam Province while undertaking excavation and repair work since mid April.

 Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning director of The Silence of the Lambs whose four-decade career spanned a staggering array of work from romantic comedy and rock music to hard-hitting documentaries, died on Wednesday. He was 73.

Kayakers from 30 teams will race in the annual Đà Nẵng Kayak Open Race from 8am to 10am on April 30.

The Japan-Việt Nam Friendship Association of Japan’s Kawasaki City donated more than 210 bicycles to poor students yesterday, the organisation’s annual charitable donation to Việt Nam.    

On the occasion of the National Holiday of the Netherlands, called King’s Day, which falls on Thursday, Việt Nam News presents an article by the Embassy of the Netherlands in HàNội.

Three-star Michelin chef Pierre Gagnaire will cook in Đà Nẵng for one week from April 29 till May 5 at the InterContinental Đà Nẵng Sun Peninsula Resort.

The central province has launched a photo contest to promote the sixth Quảng Nam Heritage Festival to be held on June 9-14.

A pop up shop, film screening and art talk on skateboarding will be held from 6pm to 10pm tonight at Work Room Four.

 More than 100 singers, dancers and musicians will perform in a special TV show produced by Hồ Chí Minh City Television (HTV) to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the country’s Reunification Day (April 30) and Labour Day (May 1).

World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) – leading authority on global travel and tourism industry – announced the winners of the 2017 Tourism for Tomorrow Awards today at a global industry summit in Bangkok, Thailand.

ASEAN countries have the potential to become one of the world’s most attractive destinations for travel and tourism, a panel of speakers consisting of high level officials from Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines said at the World Travel and Tourism Summit 2017 Global Summit in Bangkok, Thailand.

The opening event of Việt Nam International Fashion Week 2017 Spring-Summer took place on Tuesday night in HCM City.

President Trần Đại Quang has presented Hồ Chí Minh Awards and State Awards for Literature and the Arts to outstanding works from three photojournalists of Vietnam News Agency, along with more than 50 other authors and artists.

A painting that had been in the same family for generations and was only recently credited to Spain’s famed artist Diego Velazquez was sold on Tuesday in Madrid for eight million euros, auction house Abalarte said.

A Saudi novelist has won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, becoming the third author in 10 years from the kingdom to grab the Arab world’s most prestigious literary award.