Việt Nam News

Folk rock legend Paul Simon has announced a US tour to promote biodiversity efforts as fears mount for the long-term survival of life on Earth.

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A flag hoisting ceremony and exhibition of calligraphy and painting kicked off the annual Quán Thế Âm (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) Festival in Da Nang’s Ngũ Hành Sơn district yesterday.

As Kong: Skull Island tops box offices worldwide and shatters records in Việt Nam, its director, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, has taken on a new role: Việt Nam’s Tourism Ambassador for the 2017-2020 tenure.

In an interview, he spoke about his hit film and his plan for his new mission.

HCM City-based boy band 365’s first MV (music video) has been nominated for the 2017 Cống Hiến (Devotion) Award for Best MV by the Vietnam News Agency’s Thể Thao & Văn Hóa (Sports & Culture) newspaper. 

A jazz concert by Belgian trio The Poets’ Souls featuring Vietnamese guest Hoa Đăng will be held in Hà Nội and HCM City on March 19 and 21.

The annual Hindu festival of colours will be organised soon in Hà Nội.

German pianist Hinrich Alpers and Vietnamese violinist Bùi Công Duy will present a free concert in HCM City on March 16.

HCM City’s publishing houses have released dozens of new books featuring the history of South Việt Nam as part of the city’s cultural activities to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of Reunification Day on April 30. 

A sculpture of a courageous young girl installed temporarily in New York to champion gender diversity is so popular that thousands of people have signed a petition demanding it remain permanently.

A new-look newspaper kiosk appeared on a Paris street on Monday, the first of hundreds that will replace the iconic domed structures that have dotted the city since the 1860s.

HCM City Áo Dài Festival 2017

The director the new Hollywood blockbuster Kong: Skull Island, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, has been officially appointed as Việt Nam’s Tourism Ambassador in the 2017-2020 tenure by Việt Nam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism at a ceremony yesterday.

There will be 200 booths featuring delicacies from Việt Nam and other countries at the International Food Fest 2017, to be held in Hà Nội from April 7 to 9.

The latest releases of Kim Đồng, Women and Youth Publishing House will be introduced to readers at Spring Book Festival 2017 at Việt Nam’s Women Museum on March 15.

The Ban Flower Festival and the fifth Culture - Sport - Tourism Festival opened in the northern province of Điện Biên on March 12 with a range of activities.

The Foreign Ministry's Culture and UNESCO Department has encouraged Vietnamese artists to present their works to Việt Nam’s embassies and consulate generals worldwide.

In the box office battle of the beasts, King Kong easily conquered Wolverine.