Việt Nam News

Nha Trang Observatory, the first of its kind in Việt Nam, will open its doors to visitors in September.

The central city officially put into operation its first open-top double-decker bus tour, connecting the airport and 25 stops in the city, on Saturday.

Colombians in the city of Itagui hauled mattresses and hammocks into the streets Sunday to mark the annual "World Laziness Day", a quirky effort to urge overstressed workers to slow down.

Some 400 Viking objects were stolen from a Norwegian museum at some time over the weekend of August 11-13, the museum’s director said on Sunday, describing the loss as "immeasurable".

A run of sold-out performances at the Hanoi Opera House this month, featuring award-winning plays and the capital’s leading actors, have experts hoping for a revival of Việt Nam’s theatrical heritage.

Thousands of local and foreign tourists flocked to Bùi Viện Walking Street in the popular backpacker area of HCM City’s District 1 as it officially welcomed walkers at its grand opening last night.

As many as 50 artworks of Vietnamese established late painter Lưu Công Nhân will be on display in an exhibition from August 26 - September 25 entitled Nét (Stroke), taken placed at Vincom Centre for Contemporary Art (VCCA).

Dozens of quan họ (love duets) artistes in Bắc Ninh Province – cradle of the traditional art form – are coming together every Saturday night to entertain audiences in a very special performance. Instead of performing in the yard of a communal house yard, which is the typical venue, the singers perform on boats on the Nguyên Phi Ỷ Lan Lake in Bắc Ninh City.

Do you have painful bowel movements? Do you feel tenderness and pain down the “valley” when you are comfortably sitting in front of your computer and this pain won’t go away? Do you wake up in the middle of the night with itching and pain, a literal pain in the ass?

An exhibition titled “The Peace Movement in Japan Supporting Việt Nam during Wartime (1954 – 1975) and the Friendship between Việt Nam and Japan” opened at the HCM City War Remnants Museum yesterday (August 20).

Various photos portraying the importance of breastfeeding are on display at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum, Hà Nội, to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week.

A view of a construction site of Cẩm Phả Port in the northern province of Quảng Ninh. — VNA/VNS Photo Lưu Trọng Đạt

Made entirely of wood, the houses are where the locals keep the bodies of their loved ones as well as their personal effects and working tools. It is in their belief that in the after life the dead has need for such items just as they did when they were alive. Most distinguishable features are various statutes carved from fresh wood, which local install as parts of a protective fence around the dead’s final resting places.

Some new adventurous tours and destinations in the northern province of Hà Giang will be opened in the near future to bring tourists more options to visit.

Pop superstar Taylor Swift has donated to a US charity that supports victims of sexual assault after winning a groping lawsuit against a former radio DJ, the organisation confirmed Thursday.

The first total solar eclipse to sweep North America in nearly a century will march across the continent on August 21, casting a shadow over millions of people from coast to coast.

A project of excavating the ancient shipwreck that has recently been discovered in Dung Quất Economic Zone in the central province of Quảng Ngãi has been approved by the local People’s Committee.