Vietnamese art centres get financial aids from Denmark
Five art spaces and initiatives in Việt Nam will receive support from the Embassy of Denmark for their creative and innovative approaches to engaging art lovers and the general public.
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Hà Nội encouraged to create more attractive tourism products
Vietnamese painting fetches US$1.2m in Hong Kong
Family Life, an artwork of Vietnamese late painter Lê Phổ fetched US$1.2m when it was sold at Modern and Contemporary Art auction at Hong Kong’s Sotheby’s home late last week.
Central city to host ASEAN Community exhibition
The central city will host the ASEAN Community Exhibition in marking the 50th anniversary of ASEAN foundation on May 19-25.
Nigerian becomes first African to fly solo around the world
Militancy-hit Pakistan city to release first international film
Toyota grants VN music scholarships
Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) yesterday in Hà Nội granted 85 scholarships with total value worth VNĐ510 million to young music talents of five musical universities and colleges nationwide for the 2016-17 school year.
Đà Nẵng girl gets full PhD scholarships from eight US universities
Nguyễn Thị Sao Ly, a 24-year-old Vietnamese student from the central city of Đà Nẵng, has received full PhD scholarship offers to study medicine at eight prestigious US universities.
South Korean conductor leads movie score concert
South Korean conductor Lim Jun Oh will lead the “Classical Music in Movies” concert featuring music of well-known and award-winning movies at the HCM City Opera House on April 8 and 9.
Việt Nam Book Festival 2017 opens in Hà Nội
The fourth Việt Nam Book Fest opened on Thursday in Thống Nhất Park, Trần Nhân Tông Street, Hai Bà Trưng District.
Đà Nẵng Airport transformed into tropical garden
The first decorative mural painting, part of an art project to turn Đà Nẵng Airport into a tropical garden, by artists from Tân Hà Nội Art Company was recently completed.
As streaming booms, songs getting faster: study
Streaming is making it quicker not only to play music. A new study finds that pop songs themselves are getting faster as listeners’ attention spans diminish.
Ninh Bình celebrates history at Hoa Lư Festival
Thousands of Vietnamese citizens took part in the Hoa Lư Festival at the national cultural heritage site in the northern province of Ninh Bình, with ceremonies beginning Wednesday, the 9th day of the third lunar month.
Việt Nam Architectural Festival 2017 to kick off in Đà Nẵng
A festival to honour domestic architects who won notable prizes at the 2016 National Architecture Awards, the Green Architecture Awards and the Housing for the Future Awards will take place in Đà Nẵng from April 19-23.
Exhibition to commemorate abstract painter
An art exhibition entitled Khoảng Lắng Vuông (The Square Moment of Silence) to commemorate Vietnamese former painter and photographer Nguyễn Lai is opened at HCM City Fine Arts Museum today.
Young directors vie to shine at VN film awards
Young film directors are expected to shine in the annual 2016 Golden Kite Awards competition organised by the Việt Nam Cinematography Association in HCM City.
The changing world of spiritual ritual
Hầu đồng (also known as lên đồng) is a popular ritual in Vietnamese spiritual culture. Reporter Trần Thành talks to researcher Bùi Trọng Hiền about the art.
Hùng Kings’ Day: honouring founding fathers
Annual Hùng King Memorial Day falls on the 10th of the third lunar month of the year, when Vietnamese living elsewhere in the country find their way to go to Việt Trì city and pay tribute to the ancestors of all Vietnamese people.
Scientists uncover 3,000-year-old cemetery
Researchers have found various traces of a cemetery dating back 3,000 years ago at a cave in a karst mountain in Thanh Tương Commune, Na Hang District of northern province of Tuyên Quang.
