Việt Nam News

Spirit, the first Depeche Mode studio album since 2013, will come out in the first half of 2017 with the group announcing a 32-city, 21-country tour across Europe starting in May.

Artist Trương Công Tùng continues to present his deep-rooted fascination with the history and culture of the Gia Rai -- the largest ethnic group in Việt Nam’s Central Highlands where he comes from, through the exhibition Across the Forest which will open at 6pm today at Nhà Sàn Collective.

A collection of porcelain products by 35 Japanese artists will be on display this Friday (october 14) at the Japanese Pottery: The Rising Generation from Traditional Japanese Kilns exhibit at the HCM City Exhibition House this week. 

Zumba Saigon and Saigon Outcast will host a party called “Party in Pink” on October 22 to raise funds for breast cancer in Việt Nam.

VinGallery will organise a free networking event “Bring Your Own” on October 21 for the creative community in HCM City.

The British Council will present British singer and songwriter Rukhsana Merrise at the  SOUL Live Project on October 20.

Indika Saigon will host a soul concert with Adrienne Mack-Davis, a classically trained singer and composer from New York, on October 15.

More than two hundreds international volunteers who flew to Việt Nam from different countries in the world including New Zealand, Australia, Japan, the US, Singapore and Hong Kong, spent a week building houses for poor community in two coummunes Hương Nha and Xuân Quang of the Phú Thọ province’s Tam Nông district.

Zenith Yoga Vietnam and travelling yogi and adventurer Stephen Ewashkiw will hold an Adventure Yoga Workshop on October 14 to 16. The  focus of the workshop is the life-nourishing aspect of yoga practice.

The Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH) will host a city walking tour for visitors to discover Quán Thánh Temple on Sunday.

Vietnamese- Indian fight master, actor and director Peter Hein is working with his Vietnamese staff on a new boxing film Sám Hối (Penance), a joint Vietnamese-Indian production.

The Amazing Race Asia (TARA) season 5 will premier worldwide on October 13 on the entertainment powerhouse AXN channel, six years after its last episode ground to a sudden halt.

An exhibition showcasing photos taken by 22 journalists of Vietnam News Agency (VNA) opened yesterday (Oct 12) at the VNA representative office in the South in HCM City.

Bruno Mars to present new song at MTV Europe awards

Arab Fashion Week closes with Warhol-inspired designs

The Royal Citadel will show its grace thanks to lighting decorations and performances of áo dài (traditional long dress) during the Áo Dài Festival 2016.

Lêna Bùi’s latest exhibit Nắng Bằng Phẳng (Flat Sun) includes dozens of sketches featuring plants and vegetables at the Factory Contemporary Arts Centre, a space of art galleries and studios in HCM City.

Fillipina Janicee Aranjuez Buco is the first foreigner to win any season of Việt Nam Idol 2016. The seventh season of the Vietnamese-adapted British television singing contest concluded on October 1 at BHD Studio in District 9, HCM City.

Buco was born and raised in the Philippines. She moved to Việt Nam in 2009 by herself at the age of 21 in search of a way out of poverty and to launch a career in singing. At the contest, she beat rival and finalist Việt Thắng, who is also very popular for his trained voice, via an audience SMS (short message services) vote. The two singers battled from May through September, but in the end Janicee was the victor with 54.25 per cent of the vote.