Việt Nam News

The 2017 Bình Điền Spring Flower Market opened on January 23 in HCM City’s District 8.

Television stations have lined up dozens of new and interesting programmes to entertain nationwide audiences during Tết (Lunar New Year)

Vietnamese overseas in the US and Canada joined a number of activities to celebrate Tết, Vietnamese Lunar New Year in their host country.

Cao Bá Hưng, an 18-year-old boy, was announced as winner of the reality talent show Sing My Song on Sunday night.

Visitors to Lam Kinh historical relic in Thọ Xuân District in the northern province of Thanh Hóa will be exempt from purchasing tickets for one week.

Ecopark on the outskirts of Hà Nội is gearing up for Lunar New Year festival, with a festival featuring flower arrangements set to be a highlight.

2016 is a milestone to Hà Nội’s tourism as the sector of the capital has seen many positive developments that are inevitable consequences of improved attention and investments.

It was the shocking, surreal, drug-fuelled movie that defined a generation. Two decades later, the ageing Scottish lowlifes of Trainspotting are back with a new sequel which premiered Sunday in Edinburgh. 

All eyes will be on Hollywood Tuesday as the list of nominees for this year's Oscars is unveiled with critical darlings La La Land, Moonlight and Manchester by the Sea set to fare well.

Lisa Blair has set off from the Western Australian town of Albany on Monday, as she attempts to be the first woman to circumnavigate Antarctica solo, non-stop and unassisted in less than 100 days. 

Comic actor Trường Giang brought home four awards at the 22nd annual Mai Vàng (Golden Ochna) Awards ceremony at the HCM City Television Theatre.

Everyone  who’s been to Việt Nam even once will know that coffee is a big deal here.

The Việt Nam Music Copyright Protection Centre collected VNĐ72 billion (US$3.2 million) in royalties last year for registered composers and songwriters, an increase of 7 per cent over last year. 

The second week-long Hội An International Food Festival will take place from March 20 with the participation of 12 international chefs showcasing their countries’culinary specialties made with herbs and ingredients from Hội An.

Children look at rooster-shaped kumquat trees at a flower festival in HCM City’s Tao Đàn Park to celebrate the coming Lunar Year of the Rooster.

The three main regions of Việt Nam are characterized by different climate and soil conditions that result in different traditions and customs, and some of these have to do with which traditional dishes are favoured and how they are prepared when Tết, the Lunar New Year, is celebrated.

Already popular for its beautiful terraced rice fields, a district in mountainous Yen Bai province hopes to expand the tourist season with yellow canola blooms,  Đinh Hữu Dư reports

Professor-composer Ca Lê Thuần, who helped develop classical music in the country, passed away last Friday (January 20) at Thống Nhất Hospital in HCM City after a period of time of being treated at the hospital for a stroke.