Việt Nam News

Dozens of singers will perform at a free gala Vang Mãi Bản Hùng Ca Đất Nước (Singing Songs in Praise of Việt Nam Forever) at  the Bình Thạnh District Cultural House tonight (April 21) in HCM City to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of Reunification Day (April 30) and Labour Day (May 1).

A bikini flashmob and a kayak race in the sea of Mỹ Khê will spark the launching of the Summer Beach Holiday in the central city on April 28.

The fourth HCM City Biennale Art Exhibition for Young Artists opened at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum on Thursday.

The MTV Video Music Awards, one of the year’s most headline-grabbing pop culture events, is returning to Los Angeles.

Two Israeli authors are among six writers shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker International Prize, organisers announced on Thursday.

The 24th Budapest International Book Festival was inaugurated on Thursday with the attribution of the Budapest Grand Prize to Turkish winner of Nobel Prize in Literature Orhan Pamuk.

A sharp increase in MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Conference and Event) tourist arrivals in HCM City has fuelled concern among tourism firms over possible shortages of hotel rooms and conference halls.

Nearly 100 Vietnamese movies and documentaries will be screened to celebrate Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30), Labour Day (May 1), Điện Biên Phủ Victory Day (May 7), and late president Hồ Chí Minh’s birthday (May 19), as part of celebrations for National Tourism Year – Lào Cai, Tây Bắc, from April 25 to May 23.

Photo of the Day - Clean up Hoàn Kiếm Lake

A series of reading activities targeting children has been launched on the HCM City Book Pedestrian Street to celebrate Vietnamese Book Day.

People can watch two valuable documentaries on television soon – one on the last days of the war with America in 1975, and the other on late president Hồ Chí Minh.

New York’s famed Empire State Building lit up with sky-high iconic fashion photographs after nightfall on Wednesday to celebrate the 150th anniversary of style magazine Harper’s Bazaar.

Prince’s estate moved to block the release of several decade-old tracks, casting a cloud over commemorations of the pop legend’s passing.

L’Espace will open an art exhibition entitled Cử Động Của Ký Ức (The Gesture of Memories) by Florian Nguyen from 6pm tomorrow. to run until June 4.

Hà Nội Museum has recently added a special item to its collection: a wooden replica of Mông Phụ Village Gate, one of the unique architectural structures in the ancient village of Đường Lâm on the outskirt of Hà Nội.

Fun Beach Festival, one of the country’s biggest music and camping festivals, will be held in Vũng Tàu on April 29 and 30.

Eleven international and local DJs will perform at the Ravolution Music Festival 2017 in District 2 on May 12-13.

South Korean pianist Kim Jee Hee will present a piano recital at the HCM City Conservatory of Music on April 22.