Việt Nam News

Connoisseurs and night-goers in Hà Nội now have more options for their leisure activities now that Playboy Establishment – a luxury club opened in Hà Nội last week.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has signed to add 13 historic sites to the national heritage list.

An Indian diamond trader has thrown a mass wedding for more than 200 fatherless brides and given each of them gifts worth thousands of dollars, to help poor women start a new life.

Việt Nam has received more than 10 million foreign tourists in 2016 – a new record for the country’s tourism industry. The figure was given at a conference held on Sunday to review the National Tourism Year 2016 – Phú Quốc – Mekong River Delta.

Việt Nam Television Film Centre (VFC)’s Zippo, Mù Tạt Và Em (Zippo, Mustard and You) won gold prize in the category of Television Film of the National Television Festival 2016.

Thirteen-year-old Đinh Thanh Hải won MasterChef Junior Việt Nam Season 1 with his sauté fois gras and poached apple in red wine as the starter, sauté salmon with pomelo sauce as the main and panna cotta with passion fruit sauce and mango sauce as the dessert.

Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt was the ultimate rocker who lived the dream, the band's manager said Sunday after he died aged 68 following a severe infection.

George Michael, who has died aged 53, was a teenage heartthrob turned superstar singer-songwriter whose smooth vocals belied a personal life shadowed by drug problems and heartbreak.

Various events highlighting the culture and history of the northern province of Bắc Kạn will take place to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the province’s establishment.

Acute Respiratory Tract Infection (ARTI) is the most common disease among the general population, especially among children younger than 5. According to the US Centres for Disease Control (CDC), each child has six to eight episodes of respiratory infection annually, on average.

The famed mountain town of  Sa Pa in Lào Cai Province kicked off its first Snow Festival on Saturday, with the barometer showing 9 degrees Celsius.

Veteran and young artists of the 5B Small Theatre will perform for free a historic play about late President Hồ Chí Minh for students and migrant labourers in HCM City.  

People throughout Việt Nam enjoy a peaceful and happy Christmas Eve . Vietnam News Agency’s photographers captured the atmosphere.

A collection of Nguyễn Dynasty (1802 – 1945) royal costumes is on display at the Museum of Vietnamese History in HCM City.

To celebrate Christmas, members of Hà Nội-based Vietwings hangliding club dressed up as Santa and practised their hangliding lessons.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has signed on a decision to recognise 14 artifacts as national treasures.

Farmers plant rice using organic methods in Phố Cáo Commune, Đồng Văn District in the northern mountainous province of Hà Giang. – VNS Photo Việt Thanh

As Vietnamese tend to spend more money during the Christmas season, many local enterprises have tried all possible ways to satisfy their “God’s” demands.