Việt Nam News

The site is about 90km from Yên Bái City and more than 150km from Hà Nội, but temples are peaceful places, so they could end up soothing frayed nerves and rejuvenating my tired cells, I thought.

The Hội An Community Eco Market will showcase the talents of local creatives, cooks and philanthropists on Sunday (June 4th).

More than 15,000 Japanese books were on display during the second Japanese Book Week and opening of the Japanese book section at Fahasa (HCM City Books Distribution JSC) Bookshop on Nguyễn Huệ Street in HCM City’s District 1 yesterday.

As many as 35 digitised reproductions of Italian Renaissance artist Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael, will be displayed in Hà Nội.

Jagged Little Pill, the blockbuster 1995 feminist rock album by Alanis Morissette, will take on a new form next year as a musical.

A singing contest for journalists will be launched in HCM City this month to celebrate the 92nd anniversary of the Vietnam Revolutionary Journalism Day.

Benin on Wednesday announced a 10-year plan to rehabilitate Pendjari National Park, one of the last viable wildlife reserves in west Africa.

The Empire property investor has launched the Martial Arts-Entertainment Coco Championship at the coastal entertainment-cum-hospitality complex CocoBay in Đà Nẵng.

Unique works of six German artists, which place emphasis on attractive aesthetics, child-friendly design and sustainability, will be on display during the exhibition Fantitastisch – Art and Design – Not just for Kids.

A colourful art party featuring music and dance performances by children from seven ASEAN countries, Korea and China to be held on Thursday night will open the ASEAN+ Children Festival to celebrate International Children’s Day June 1. 

A workshop on the ancient dyeing techniques of Japan and Việt Nam’s ethnic Thai people will be held at Home Studio Thai Ethnic Textile on Saturday.

A free classical music concert featuring prize-winning Vietnamese musicians will be held at the Cultural Salon – Saturday Coffee on June 19.

The non-governmental organisation Poussieres de Vie will host a live charity concert with French singer and songwriter Joyce Jonathan at Bến Thành Theatre on June 6.

Just rehearsing could get them shot. But for the youth musicians of one of Rio de Janeiro’s most violent slums, their bravery will pay off on Saturday with a concert in front of the pope.

Children smiling in Smokey Mountain, a large landfill in the Philippines. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh 

Forty-eight stone tools and thousands of ceramic pieces dating back to the pre-Sa Huỳnh Culture (3,000-3,500 years-old) were found during a third excavation in the garden of the Khuê Bắc Communal House in Đà Nẵng City.