Việt Nam News

After a year of taking the industry by storm, three pop bands in HCM City have become new music icons for young audiences.

The white water cascaded down a series of rocky outcrops, giving the effect of many waterfalls rather than just one. From far distance, the waterfall looks like a white dragon waggling its tail. What a fairy-like sight.

The number of people visiting Mũi Né in Bình Thuận Province and Đà Lạt in Lâm Đồng Province rose sharply on the fourth day of the new lunar year (31 January 2017).

Chinese visitors led the pack as more than a million foreigners visited Việt Nam in January.

The opening ceremony of 2017 Bái Đính pagoda Festival was held on Thursday, the sixth day of the first lunar month, in northern province of Ninh Bình. The annual festival will remain open until the third lunar month of this year.

The seven-day Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday from January 26 to February 1 combined with favorable weather conditions caused a surge in the number of tourists and festive bookings across the country.

Composer Cellist Hoàng Dương (Ngô Hoàng Dương) passed away on Monday 30 January, according to an announcement from his close relatives.

The southern province of Tây Ninh on Tuesday opened a month-long Spring Festival with an arts performance Tây Ninh – Perfume and Beauty of Spring at the Bà Đen Mountain Resort.

The Book Street Festival held in HCM City as part of its Tết (Lunar New Year) celebrations was a resounding success, surpassing expectations, organisers said.

The German Resonanz Ensemble will present their Urban String concert in Hà Nội on February 13 as part of their Asian tour.

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A celebration was held this morning on the occasion of the 228th anniversary of King Quang Trung's decisive victory against Chinese-Quing dynasty's force  in Việt Nam in 18th century. 

Hundreds of people flocked to Gia Viên, a village on the outskirts of Huế, early this morning to cheer the swinging chair game, called đu tiên in the Vietnamese language.

A group of dance therpay artists from the Stephen Petronio Company will perform at the Hà Nội Opera House and host workshops for disabled children in the famework of DanceMotion USA on February 12 and 14.

 U.S. talk show host Ellen DeGeneres on Tuesday took a subtle dig at U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration ban by explaining the plot of her hit animated movie "Finding Dory."

Penelope Cruz, Hugh Jackman, Catherine Deneuve, Richard Gere and Robert Pattinson are among the high-wattage stars due on the red carpet at February's Berlin film festival, organisers said Tuesday as they unveiled the line-up.

Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his rock poetry, but he is returning to classics with his new album which marks his latest collection of Frank Sinatra standards.

Nearly 6 out of 10 young people ages 6-17 say they read for fun, according to a new study from Scholastic and YouGov, a percentage that has dipped slightly since a 2010 report.