Việt Nam News

A book fair offering rare and old books will be held at the HCM City pedestrian-only Book Street on November 25.

A new martial arts comedy series produced by Lương Tuấn Anh, an aviation-student-turned-martial artist, launched yesterday.

Three plays from Việt Nam, Japan and China won golden medals at the  International Experimental Theatre Festival 2016 which ended on Saturday thanks to its outstanding experimental values and the talent of the artists.

Eleven artists are introducing watercolour paintings with their latest exhibition titled Đồng Chất (Homogeneity) at the HCM City Museum of Fine Arts.  

One thousand colorful wheels will decorate Đào Duy Từ Street of Hà Nội’s Old Quarter on Nov. 23, part of a festival celebrating Vietnamese heritage that begins today.

Shalev Ad-El, a renowned Israeli conductor, will lead the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Vietnam National Academy of Music.

Around this time of the year, residents of the border town Bù Gia Mập, in Southeast province of Bình Phước are busy with their dry rice harvest. Many of the town’s residents are of Stieng origin, an ethnic group with a population of 80,000, one of some fifty-plus ethnic groups in the country.

The Mông Culture Day held by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Hà Giang’s People committee started on November 18 in northern mountainous Hà Giang Province. The event aims to introduce, honour and promote the traditional cultural values of Mông group, one of the 54 different ethnic minorities in Việt Nam

German director Philipp Widmann’s A House in Ninh Hoa will highlight the Documentary Film Festival in Hà Nội. 

From Walkmans to iPhones and classic cars to robotic arms, London's new Design Museum will offer a journey through the world of contemporary design when it opens its doors to the public next week.

AMIENS — Vietnamese film director Đặng Nhật Minh recently received an award from France, where cinema was born, at the 36th Amiens International Film Festival (FIFAM) 2016.

Oscar-winning Hollywood filmmakers Oliver Stone and Brian de Palma will join a film festival in Cuba next month, organisers said Thursday, the latest US celebrities to visit the island.

The flood season is not only a source of livelihood for people in the Mekong Delta but also offers its tourism industry a golden opportunity.

The HCM City Consular Club representing consulates in the city will hold its 23rd annual International Charity Bazaar on November 26 at the White Palace Convention Centre in HCM City’s Phú Nhuận District.

The central district of Điện Bàn has reserved 2.6ha to build the Việt Nam-Korea Cultural Exchange Centre, Điện Bàn Vice chairman Nguyễn Xuân Hà told Việt Nam News.

For the first time, movie buffs in Hà Nội and HCM City will have a chance to sample Danish cinema at a film event starting this weekend. 

The 2016 Japan – Việt Nam Festival, an event that aims to promote tourism between the two countries, begins today at the HCM City’s September 23 Park.

Trị An Lake is an isolated destination because of being little known by tourists. The area is thinly populated and few vehicles go by so that you will have huge chances to enjoy absolute quietness in here. Local people lead a peaceful life. Every day, they drive their boats to catch fish in the lake then sell them to far markets. Life has been going easy on them.