Việt Nam News

The number of bookings for tours during the upcoming holiday celebrating Liberation Day and May Day, from April 29 to May 2, has risen by 15-25 per cent compared to the same period last year, according to tour operators.

District 5 in HCM City will honour its venerable goldsmithing tradition by converting Nhiêu Tâm and Nghĩa Thục streets into a so-called jewellery street.

The organising committee of the 2017 Đà Nẵng International Fireworks Festival has reserved a cuisine space on an area of 4,000sqm as a rendezvous point for gastronomer and tourists visiting the city.

As the thermometer climbs and we rapidly morph out of winter into summer, all of us need to remind ourselves about what we need to do to stay healthy in the summer heat.

Designer Xuân Thu will introduce her latest collection inspired by traditional lacquer art at an April 23 fashion show at the National Museum of Vietnamese History.

The former Imperial Palace in Huế will be lit up every night thanks to a light system installed by the Huế Monuments Conservation Centre, the local government body that manages the monuments.

Two students from Hà Nội on Thursday won the Taste of Australia culinary competition after beating three other teams at the final of the first nationwide culinary contest.

Meritorious Artist Thanh Sang, one of the region’s most talented cải lương (reformed theatre) performers, died on Friday morning in HCM City at the age of 74 after an illness.

The Deutschland Fest 2017 will take place at the HCM City’s Labour Cultural Palace on Saturday

Street dance fans will have a chance to see impressive moves by dancers from Asian countries at the Việt Nam Youth Theatre on April 22 and 23.

Dozens of singers will perform at a free gala Vang Mãi Bản Hùng Ca Đất Nước (Singing Songs in Praise of Việt Nam Forever) at  the Bình Thạnh District Cultural House tonight (April 21) in HCM City to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of Reunification Day (April 30) and Labour Day (May 1).

A bikini flashmob and a kayak race in the sea of Mỹ Khê will spark the launching of the Summer Beach Holiday in the central city on April 28.

The fourth HCM City Biennale Art Exhibition for Young Artists opened at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum on Thursday.

The MTV Video Music Awards, one of the year’s most headline-grabbing pop culture events, is returning to Los Angeles.

Two Israeli authors are among six writers shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker International Prize, organisers announced on Thursday.

The 24th Budapest International Book Festival was inaugurated on Thursday with the attribution of the Budapest Grand Prize to Turkish winner of Nobel Prize in Literature Orhan Pamuk.

A sharp increase in MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Conference and Event) tourist arrivals in HCM City has fuelled concern among tourism firms over possible shortages of hotel rooms and conference halls.

Nearly 100 Vietnamese movies and documentaries will be screened to celebrate Liberation and National Reunification Day (April 30), Labour Day (May 1), Điện Biên Phủ Victory Day (May 7), and late president Hồ Chí Minh’s birthday (May 19), as part of celebrations for National Tourism Year – Lào Cai, Tây Bắc, from April 25 to May 23.