Việt Nam News

A jazz concert by Belgian trio The Poets’ Souls featuring Vietnamese guest Hoa Đăng will be held in Hà Nội and HCM City on March 19 and 21.

HCM City-based boy band 365’s first MV (music video) has been nominated for the 2017 Cống Hiến (Devotion) Award for Best MV by the Vietnam News Agency’s Thể Thao & Văn Hóa (Sports & Culture) newspaper. 

As Kong: Skull Island tops box offices worldwide and shatters records in Việt Nam, its director, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, has taken on a new role: Việt Nam’s Tourism Ambassador for the 2017-2020 tenure.

In an interview, he spoke about his hit film and his plan for his new mission.

HCM City’s publishing houses have released dozens of new books featuring the history of South Việt Nam as part of the city’s cultural activities to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of Reunification Day on April 30. 

German pianist Hinrich Alpers and Vietnamese violinist Bùi Công Duy will present a free concert in HCM City on March 16.

The annual Hindu festival of colours will be organised soon in Hà Nội.

A sculpture of a courageous young girl installed temporarily in New York to champion gender diversity is so popular that thousands of people have signed a petition demanding it remain permanently.

A new-look newspaper kiosk appeared on a Paris street on Monday, the first of hundreds that will replace the iconic domed structures that have dotted the city since the 1860s.

HCM City Áo Dài Festival 2017

The director the new Hollywood blockbuster Kong: Skull Island, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, has been officially appointed as Việt Nam’s Tourism Ambassador in the 2017-2020 tenure by Việt Nam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism at a ceremony yesterday.

The latest releases of Kim Đồng, Women and Youth Publishing House will be introduced to readers at Spring Book Festival 2017 at Việt Nam’s Women Museum on March 15.

There will be 200 booths featuring delicacies from Việt Nam and other countries at the International Food Fest 2017, to be held in Hà Nội from April 7 to 9.

The Ban Flower Festival and the fifth Culture - Sport - Tourism Festival opened in the northern province of Điện Biên on March 12 with a range of activities.

The Foreign Ministry's Culture and UNESCO Department has encouraged Vietnamese artists to present their works to Việt Nam’s embassies and consulate generals worldwide.

In the box office battle of the beasts, King Kong easily conquered Wolverine.

“I love, I share” is the theme chosen to honour the French language through a film festival, concerts and writing contests for International Francophone Day, which falls on March 20.

A mixture of lanterns, traditional music performances, songs and dances by Vietnamese and Korean artists lit up Korean Cultural Day in the ancient city of Hoi An over the weekend.

More than 1,000 voluntary students and two ambassadors of the Earth Hour 2017 campaign last Saturday rode bicycles on several streets in the HCM City’s centre to call on residents to switch off lights and unnecessary electric appliances to save energy.