Việt Nam News

The Song Magazine plans to publish a work by novelist Nguyễn Một in the US.

Dozens of veteran and young cải lương (reformed theatre) artists and singers will perform at HCM City Drama Theatre for a charity programme on Friday to raise funds for poor farmers living in the Cửu Long (Mekong) River Delta provinces.

Artist Hoàng Hà Tùng will display his paintings of Vietnamese and Dutch farmers at a solo exhibition in Amsterdam.

A traditional theatre programme offering tuồng and hát bội (classical drama) performances will begin this month on HCM City’s Bùi Viện Walking Street, as part of the city’s efforts to attract visitors.  

A recent exhibition in Hà Nội brings audiences the work of eight photographers from France and Việt Nam who have shot images of contemporary dancers in the two countries.

An exhibition of art from Việt Nam, Laos and Cambodia, displaying 55 paintings by 22 artists from three countries, was officially opened as part of Đà Nẵng’s Fine Arts Day yesterday.

The central province of Quang Nam has designated the Tam Hải Island commune in Núi Thành District as an eco-tour site, ecological buffer zone and global geo-park site.

A solo exhibition entitled Green Dreams by 10-year-old artist Nguyễn Hà Phương is being held at the Việt Nam Fine Arts Museum until September 17. Phương is the youngest artist to hold a solo show at the prestigious museum.

Blondie star Debbie Harry took to the London catwalk Monday to support sustainably fabrics created by VIN + OMI, designers experimenting with everything from environmentally-friendly latex to leather-style mushrooms.

Ashley Graham, the star model going stratospheric for breaking down barriers in the fashion industry, powered down the New York runway Monday celebrating curves in her latest lingerie collection.

Women wash vegetables on the Hương (Perfume) River in the central city of Huế. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh

If rice is a staple of Vietnamese daily meals, then giò (Vietnamese sausage) is considered the staple of special occasions, such as Tết (the Lunar New Year), wedding parties and ancestors’ death anniversary.

A documentary about internationally renowned Vietnamese monk and peace activist Thích Nhất Hạnh will be shown in American theatres beginning on September 12.

A new exhibition shows audiences the perspectives of eight photographers from France and Việt Nam on contemporary dance in the two countries.

South Korea-based Mnet Asian Music Awards 2017 (MAMA), Asia’s biggest music awards event, will kick off its MAMA Week tour with a concert in HCM City on November 25.

Kim Dung, 24, became the winner of Việt Nam’s Next Top Model (VNTM) All Stars 2017 contest, which ended on Saturday in HCM City.

The MAMA Week, taking place in three countries in four days, will start in Hòa Bình Theater in Việt Nam.

More than 4,400 meetings were conducted between buyers and sellers at the 13^th International Travel Expo HCM City that wrapped up last Saturday (Sep 9).