Though veteran artists are still shining, 2016 was the year that saw several young talents in movie and theatre emerge from working hard to make their mark on the domestic entertainment industry. These performers have made fans and critics stand up and take notice.
A fashion show to highlight áo dài (Vietnamese traditional dress) will open the Áo Dài Festival 2017 on HCM City’s Nguyễn Huệ Pedestrian Street in District 1 on March 3.
This year children will have a chance to discover traditional Tết paintings at Văn (Literature) Lake, part of Văn Miếu – Quốc Tử Giám (Temple of Literature – First National University) relics in Hà Nội.
A project to preserve hát bội (classical drama) and bài chòi (a traditional game combining folklore singing and lottery picks) has been approved by the Bình Định Province’s People Committee in an aim to attract tourists and preserve traditional theatre by 2020.
Huế Monuments Conservation Centre yesterday erected a nêu pole in the former Imperial Citadel following a re-enactment of a ceremony conducted by high-ranking mandarins under the Nguyễn dynasty (1802-1945).
Students officers from Army Officer College No. 1 and members of the Youth Union of the Việt Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism make traditional chưng cakes for the poor in Sơn Tây provincial town, Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Hà
Painting exhibitions and demonstrations of traditional Tết celebrations are among activities being held in celebration of Tết, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year, at heritage sites in Hà Nội's Old Quarter.
Local and foreign hand-made and organic food growers and suppliers will join the second Evergreen Farmer’s Market at the city’s Dragon Bridge Square on Trần Hưng Đạo street on January 22nd.
More than 200 golfers from Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, China, Korea and Việt Nam will compete in the JG Golf Championship Đà Nẵng 2017 on March 25-26.
Cameraman Lý Thái Dũng of Vietnamese film Cha Cõng Con (Father and Son) won Best Cinematography at the Barcelona Planet Film Festival.
With its karst topography and poetic peaks, the northwestern province of Bắc Kạn offers travelers majestic landscapes and exciting discoveries. One of them is Hua Mạ Cave in Quảng Khê Commune, a hidden gem of impressive stalactites and mysterious legends.
A phở (noodle served with beef or chicken) shop in a small alley in Ha Noi’s old quarter. – VNS Photo Thái Hà
Travelling is a common hobby to many people who like changes. To French designer Valerie Cordier, travelling also gives her inspirations in designing.
A new production by Việt Nam Television (VTV) Film Centre and Ryukyu Ashahi Broadcasting Corporation will be aired on VTV channel 1 on Sunday.
A ceremony to set up a cây nêu (New Year’s tree) on the 23rd of the last lunar month (January 20) will kick off a series of activities discovering Vietnamese traditional Tết (Lunar New Year festival) at the Việt Nam Museum of Ethnology.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Weeknd and the Pixies will play the inaugural Paris edition of Lollapalooza as the longstanding US alternative culture festival expands.
Britain's prestigious Tate institution, which runs four of the country's best known art galleries, announced on Tuesday it would have its first female director with the appointment of Maria Balshaw.
British conductor Simon Rattle on Tuesday called for a new concert hall in London to make the city more competitive on the international music scene, as he takes up his baton at the London Symphony Orchestra.
