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The album, which is a collaboration with Vietnamese artist Ngô Hồng Quang, uses Vietnamese traditional instruments and has Vietnamese vocals.

Musician Nguyên Lê spoke about his latest album.

More than 50 kids and their parents joined an event themed “Playday – Learn to be a carpenter” held by non-profit Think Playground and learning centre Live and Learn last weekend in northern Hải Dương Province.

A bird returns to the nest after searching for food. – VNA/VNS Photo Hồ Văn Điền

Some 20 art works by nine noted contemporary artists will be available for sale at Atum Atum, an event kicking off a series of activities hosted by the organisation Real Art.

Rap megastar Jay Z will make his debut performance in India at a music festival to raise awareness about poverty, event organisers said Monday. The Global Citizen Festival, established in 2012, is intended to highlight the major challenges facing India including sanitation facilities in rural areas and the provision of elementary education.

Brushes and oil are two main tools that Nguyễn Đạm Thủy uses to paint her dream of a green earth.

In Việt Nam, each region’s local produce and unique culture feature unique culinary specialties. And while Phở comes from Hà Nội and bún bò from the central city of Huế, the wide, yellow noodles of mì Quảng can be traced back to roots in the central province of Quảng Nam.

As the traditional stage has attracted fewer audiences in recent years, costume designers in HCM City are facing challenges to keep their art alive.

A special event celebrating mid-autumn festival of ASEAN countries will be held to enhance the mutual understanding among regional countries.

Top Việtnamese and Japanese tourism officials have made a commitment to strengthen co-operation between the two countries.

Huế is proposing to set up a street of museums and exhibition centres to serve the cultural needs of locals and visitors to the former imperial capital city.

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Tấm Cám: Chuyện Chưa Kể (Tấm Cám: The Untold Story) and Thành Phố Của Những Tấm Gương: Một Tiểu Sử Hư Cấu (The City of Mirrors: A Fictional Biography) have been enlisted in A window on Asian cinema, one in ten main sections of the 21^st Busan International Film Festival.

The Bạc Liêu Tài Tử Music Festival 2016 will open next week in Bạc Liêu City as part of the city’s cultural activities to celebrate National Tourism 2016 with the theme “Discovering the Southern Land”. 

Two young soldiers clean a Mig21 fighter plane from the Soviet Union at the Việt Nam Military History Museum. The fighter plane was used by Air Forces Regiment No 921 from January 1967 to May 1969. It shot down 14 US fighter planes during the war. – VNS Photo Việt Thanh

HCM City’s Cần Giờ District is preparing for its annual Nghinh Ông Festival, to be held next week to show fishermen’s respect for the whale and gratitude for a bumper fish catch.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism set up a board yesterday to establish a Việt Nam Cuisine Culture Association in HCM City.

The first fine art exhibition by students from cultural and art institutions throughout the country will be held here between September 15 and 24.