Việt Nam News

The life of the Vietnamese diaspora in Russia will be reflected in a new soap opera produced by Việt Nam Television titled Moscow – Mùa Thay Lá (Moscow – Season of Falling Leaves).

A Botanical-Animal Museum has opened at the Sài Gòn Zoo and Botanical Gardens (Sài Gòn Zoo) in HCM City.

The management board of the Hỏa Lò Prison museum yesterday received memorabilia from the family of late US Commander Walter Eugene Wilber.

Senior lead singers of quan họ singing (a Vietnamese folk music style) in Diềm Village in Bắc Ninh City. — VNS Photo Vị Thanh

The well-known girl band T-Ara of South Korea will perform at a music festival in HCM City tonight.  

There are no neighbours and the views are stunning, and if you can live without heating, running water, electricity and internet, then why not apply for a job as a hermit?

The Sundance Film Festival opens in Utah on Thursday, promising to set the agenda for independent cinema and starting the 2018 Oscars buzz a month before this year’s statuettes are awarded.

A 3D virtual military museum has been opened on Côn Đảo Island by the Việt Nam Military History Museum and the Political Department of Military Zone No 7.

Painter Thành Chương has completed 60 paintings of roosters to celebrate the Lunar New Year of the Rooster. Using different materials, such as lacquer, oil on canvas and watercolours, Chương uses the roosters to reflect society and his own philosophy of life.

Việt Nam’s biggest traditional holiday, known as Tết, is approaching very near us. Foodwise would like to tell you most tasty and delicious Tết dishes cooked by locals in the country’s three regions.

Reese Witherspoon, fed up with Hollywood gender bias, is calling for an end to the practice of handing excellent actresses only "thankless roles."

One of the Pacific's last traditional navigators, or wave pilots, has died in Majuro, but not before passing many of his skills onto a younger generation of Marshall Islanders.

To Your Health:

HCM City’s Trần Hữu Trang Cải Lương (reformed opera) theatre, one of the region’s leading traditional art troupes, is preparing a series of new shows to entertain farmers during Tết (Lunar New Year), which begins January 28.

Artists and cultural groups are working to encourage Vietnamese men to wear áo dài, the famous Vietnamese traditional long dress.

The Việt Nam Literature Association presented the 2016 Literature Award to seven writers, poets, writers and a translator at the Việt Nam Literature Museum last Saturday.

Đầm Sen Cutural Park in HCM City’s District 11 will offer hot-air balloon rides for the first time during the Tết holiday (Lunar New Year) from January 28 to February 2.

A documentary series entitled Sắc Màu Nhật Bản (Colours of Japan) which showcases the best of Japanese gastronomy will be aired on Vietnamese television from February 3.