Việt Nam News

Alain Destandau, director of the Monte-Charge Theatre in Southern France, and a jury member of the International Experimental Theatre Festival 2016 shares with Bạch Liên his impressions about the festival, and about Việt Nam’s theatre.

A variety of activities will be held on celebration of the 60^th anniversary of Vietnam National Academy of Music, which has seeded many Vietnamese music talents.

King Minh Mạng’s various administrative and royal documents under the Nguyễn Dynasty (1802-1945) are on display at an exhibition that opened yesterday in Hà Nội.

Rare Pokemon card sells for record $54,970 at auction

Fabled London nightclub Fabric is to reopen after the local authorities on Monday reversed its decision to revoke its licence following several drug-related deaths, in exchange for a strict new door policy.

New Zealand Ambassador to Việt Nam Haike Manning surprised his Embassy staff and over 190,000 followers of the Embassy’s Facebook page with the release of a personal music video.

Early morning by the Nhiêu Lộc Canal in HCM City. — VNS Photo Lý Chánh Dũng

Recipes from the Nguyễn Dynasty (1802-1945) in Huế provide us with an idea of the type of tea and wine consumed by the royals in the former imperial capital city.

A new graduate of Hoa Sen University in HCM City has created a book of papercrafted figures about tuồng, a Vietnamese classical drama originating in the 12th century.

Young filmmakers from Singapore and Việt Nam won awards at Gặp Gỡ Mùa Thu 2016 (Autumn Meeting 2016), the cinema event held in Đà Nẵng between November 8-14.

South Korean author Hwang Sun-mi whose many works translated and loved by Vietnamese readers will have two meetings in Hà Nội and HCM City.

Vietnamese communities in Macau, Hong Kong, introduced the Asian Ethnic Cultural Performances 2016 with a number of special dances imbued with the Vietnamese cultural identity.

The tenth art programme entitled The love for Hà Nội, which is aimed at honouring three capital Red music (revolutionary music) songwriters Nguyễn Tài Tuệ, Thế Song and Ngô Quốc Tính will be held at Hà Nội Opera House on November 26.

Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts tops N. American box office

Authorities of two central localities have reached agreements on protection work and profiling to nominate a shared historical landmark as a national heritage site.

The central city has been named among the Top 10 Holiday Destinations in Asia following a vote by Smart Travel Asia – a leading online tourism magazine for Asia.

Various festivals of the ethnic people living in the northern mountainous region will be reappeared in Hà Nội.