Việt Nam News

About 100 reporters in Hà Nội and HCM City voted for the Devotion Music Awards on Tuesday at Vietnam News Agency’s offices in the two cities.

The Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area in HCM City will feature a light show and cultural performances to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the country’s Reunification Day (April 30) and international Labour Day (May 1).

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The annual street carnival in the northern province of Quảng Ninh will not be part of the upcoming Hạ Long-Quảng Ninh Tourism Week, but will be held mid-July this year.

Various cultural activities will be organised between April 19 and 23 on the western outskirts of Hà Nội to celebrate Việt Nam Ethnic Groups’ Culture Day.

Street food stalls will be banned from all of Bangkok’s main roads under a clean-up crusade, a city hall official said on Tuesday, prompting outcry and anguish in a food-obsessed capital famed for its spicy roadside cuisine.

We were in the mood for good southern food last week when we stumbled on to Món Ngon Sài Thành (Saigon Cuisine), a newly-opened restaurant in Hà Nội.

Oscar-nominated actor and longtime armed forces champion Gary Sinise was honored on Monday with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a markedly military ceremony.

Miss Grand International 2017 will be held from October 5 to 26 in a resort in Đồng Hới City instead of Thiên Đường (Paradise) Cave as planned before, according to Director of the Tourism Department of Quảng Bình province, Hồ An Phong.

The Traditional Musical Instrumentalist and Ensemble Festival 2017 began in Thanh Hóa city, the central province of Thanh Hóa on April 15.

A film about autistic children will be screened on Saturday in Hà Nội, followed by a discussion about autism with international health experts working at Family Medical Practice Hanoi.

Italy lovers will have the opportunity to indulge in the country’s culture and lifestyle through journalist Trương Anh Ngọc’s latest book – Nghín Ngày Nước Ý, Nghìn Ngày Yêu (Thousand Days in Italy, Thousand Days of Love).

Hải Vân Gate, which sits atop its namesake mountain pass in central Việt Nam, separating Đà Nẵng City and Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, has been recognised as a national relic.

Every April, the tiny island capital of Cape Verde is taken over for a week by musicians of all stripes, trailing dreams of record deals and sold-out stadiums.

The Fate of the Furious debuted in super-high gear this weekend, taking in US$100.2 million on North American screens and roaring to record global revenues of more than a half-billion dollars, industry analysts estimated on Sunday.

An exhibition “Hải Phòng – Nơi Đầu Sóng” (Hải Phòng – The Wavefront) opened at the HCM City War Remnants Museum on Saturday to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of Liberation Day (April 30) and the 127th birthday of President Hồ Chí Minh (May 19).

Currently there are millions of third culture kids in international schools around the world; others in Embassy schools; yearly countless numbers return to their passport countries of origin. Educational psychologists explain once home there are three basic things all children need: Belonging, Recognition and Connection.