Việt Nam News

More than 20 children and teenagers will perform on the catwalk at a charity event tonight (May 31) in HCM City that will raise funds for children with disabilities living at Hướng Dương Shelter.

A free cooking school has opened at Artemis building, No 3 Lê Trọng Tấn Street, Thanh Xuân District in Hà Nội.

Vietnamese pianist Lưu Đức Anh, a student of Malmo Music Academy in Sweden, has won the first prize at the 6th International Music Competition 2017, in the 19-30 years category.

China is taking care of a pressing need: Authorities have installed or upgraded over 50,000 lavatories in a "national toilet revolution" designed to clean up filthy public restrooms.

Music streaming leader Spotify has agreed to set up a US$43.45 million fund to settle a potentially costly pair of US copyright lawsuits from artists, lawyers said on Monday.

The healthy aspect of many Vietnamese traditions and festivals is perhaps most exemplified by the Đoan Ngọ Festival that is celebrated on the fifth of the fifth Lunar month.

What makes this festival special is that the food prepared for it has the specific objective of getting rid of worms inside the body.

Young Vietnamese artists at home and abroad are eligible to participate in the first aerial-photo contest launched by the Hồ Chí Minh City Photography Association.

French breakdance artist Valentine Nagata-Ramos will perform in the Japanese tragedy Sadako at the HCM City Institute of Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF) on June 9 as part of her Asian tour.

The three-day Tân Lộc Fruit Garden Festival kicked off in Cần Thơ City’s Thốt Nốt District on Sunday.

After a five-year break Miss Teen Việt Nam will return, featuring Việt Nam’s talented and beautiful teenagers. 

ScreenX technology has been launched recently and Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge is expected to be the first film shown via this technology in Việt Nam.

Jack Sparrow is back. The wry and wicked freebooter helped the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film sail to a first place opening weekend on North American screens, with a solid US$62.2 million take, according to industry estimates.

Swedish satire The Square, a send-up of political correctness and the confused identity of the modern male, won the Palme d’Or top prize at the Cannes film festival on Sunday.

Nicotine is the chemical in tobacco that makes you want to smoking, and can be as addictive as cocaine. It increases the release of brain chemicals called neurotransmitters, which help regulate mood and behaviour. One of these neurotransmitters is dopamine, which makes you feel good. Getting that dopamine boost is part of the addiction process.

Female theatre director Trịnh Kim Chi of HCM City’s private drama troupe, TKC, believes that musical dramas created for children will dominate the market this summer. 

A series of Vietnamese books that debuted this week to celebrate Children’s Day on June 1 are now available in bookstores around the country.

The Việt Nam Youth Federation (VYF) in co-operation with its partners has launched a national campaign to mark the 70^th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day on July 27 in HCM City. 

A stone piece resembling antique earring samples belonging to the ancient Vietnamese Sa Huỳnh civilization has been found in the central province of Thừa Thiên- Huế.