Việt Nam News

Đà Nẵng city’s Fine Arts Museum has launched a graphic painting exhibition, The Emotion of May, displaying 50 paintings from local artists and designers at 78 Lê Duẩn Street.

Countless celebrations across the country have marked the Buddha’s 2,561st birthday, which fell on May 10 this year, the 15th day of the fourth lunar month.

 Lai Xá Village in Hoài Đức District on the western outskirts of Hà Nội will open a photography museum celebrating the art form’s early 20th century roots in the village.

Nike Wagner, great-granddaughter of legendary German opera composer Richard Wagner, on Tuesday said she had given up hope of ever directing the annual Bayreuth festival dedicated to his works.

The Grammys will move next year from Los Angeles to New York to mark the 60th edition of the music industry’s premier awards, the Recording Academy announced on Tuesday.

Six riders from Australia joined a 400km charity bike trip to raise scholarship funds for disadvantaged students in central Việt Nam. They raised US$22,000 to send seven academically gifted, poor students to university.

Former Associated Press war photographer Huỳnh Công Út (Nick Út) has donated a set of five photos of the American war in Việt Nam and a camera he used during the war to the Vietnamese Women’s Museum in Hà Nội.

The classic children’s play The Bluebird by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck will premiere at Việt Nam Youth Theatre on May 11 & 12, as part of the cultural offerings celebrating Europe Days.

The Vietnamese version Vung Cach Ly of novel The Quarantine by former Italian ambassador to Việt Nam Lozenro Angeloni was recently published by Thái Hà Books and Labour Publishing House.

Việt Nam has 32 golf courses nationwide, and 60 others are planned, but golf tourism has yet to take off due to poor connections among travel agencies and golf tour operators.

KBBV, the Breton Society in Việt Nam, will organise a celebration of Gouel Breizh, the National Day of Brittany, in HCM City on May 20.

The Vietnamese film Cha cõng con (Father and Son) has won the Best Cinematography award at the 17th Milano International Film Festival (MIFF).

Nguyễn Huệ Walking Street in HCM City downtown will be alive with street artist performances every Saturday and Sunday night from May 13.

Comic book legend Stan Lee is 94 years old but still working on new characters – telling fans they can expect a Latin superhero by the end of the year.

The French-Vietnamese Week of Architecture kicked off yesterday in HCM City to honour the work of architects.

Central Quảng Bình Province will build a memorial house for General Võ Nguyên Giáp in his home village.

Come summer, and we look for food and drinks that are not heavy, and have a cooling effect. One food that has emerged as a gourmet favourite for summer is the jellyfish, which is appreciated not only for its taste, but also for its medicinal properties. Herbalists say jellyfish is good medicine for hypertension.

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