Việt Nam News

Located within Núi Chúa National Park in the central province of Ninh Thuận, which is famous for vast green grape gardens and white salt fields, Hang Rái has become an endless inspiration to many photographers who wish to “hunt” the best scenery of dawn by the sea.

The ancient city of Hội An has debuted its Phan Châu Trinh Institute to boost culture and social science research of the central Quảng Nam province, the central and Central Highlands region and Việt Nam as a whole.

The New York Philharmonic will mark the centennial of Leonard Bernstein’s birth with a festival of his works in a season that will also feature John Williams’s music from the Star Wars saga.

Pop superstar Katy Perry on Wednesday unleashed a worldwide scavenger hunt among her millions of online followers as she previewed a new song.

Vietnamese movie star and music producer Ngô Thanh Vân, known as Veronica Ngo in English, plays the role of a killer named Tien in a US film starring Will Smith, Joel Edgerton and Noomi Rapace.

Emile Rousseau – a French tattoo artist who has been living and working in Hà Nội for two years, will unveil some never-before-seen drawings at his first exhibition, opening tonight at Ke Quán.

Tomorrow, at 6pm, the Goethe Institute will open an exhibition entitled Shape of Round, showcasing new artworks created with a special relief printing technique by artist Phạm Khắc Quang.

Leeroy Thornhill, a former member of the British electronic group The Prodigy, formed in 1990, will hold his debut concert in HCM City on February 10.

The Saigon International Comedy Club will present American stand-up comedian William Childress at Game On on February 22.

Joan Jonas, an American visual artist and pioneer of video and performance art, will host a presentation at The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre on February 12.

Next Thursday, February 16, the Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH) will host a lecture and performance on Việt Nam’s Mother Goddess Worship, which has been recognised as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

A music video featuring breathtaking views of Việt Nam and sweet violin melodies is the result of musician Jmi Ko’s two-year experience of traveling throughout Việt Nam and her seven years of living here.

Thousands of locals and visitors attended the water procession and fish worship ceremonies held yesterday at Trần Temple Complex in Lộc Vượng Ward, Nam Định City of the northern province of Nam Định.

British rock star Sting and American jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter were on Tuesday awarded the 2017 Swedish Polar Music Prize for their innovative contributions to music.

Danish jazz violinist Svend Asmussen, whose long career included collaborations with Stephane Grappelli, Josephine Baker and Duke Ellington, died on Tuesday at the age of 100, his family said.

HCM City tourism companies this year will launch a tour of Oriental medicine stores on the streets of Lương Nhữ Học, Triệu Quang Phục and Hải Thượng Lãn Ông in the city’s District 5.

More than 3,000 people took part in the annual Nghinh Ông (Whale Worship) Festival that fishermen in the Cửu Long (Mekong) province of Bạc Liêu celebrate in honour of the giant marine mammals.

Designer Lương Minh Sơn, founder of fashion brand Sơn Collection, will introduce traditional Vietnamese silk to the world at the upcoming New York Fashion Week.