Việt Nam News

 U.S. talk show host Ellen DeGeneres on Tuesday took a subtle dig at U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration ban by explaining the plot of her hit animated movie "Finding Dory."

Penelope Cruz, Hugh Jackman, Catherine Deneuve, Richard Gere and Robert Pattinson are among the high-wattage stars due on the red carpet at February's Berlin film festival, organisers said Tuesday as they unveiled the line-up.

Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his rock poetry, but he is returning to classics with his new album which marks his latest collection of Frank Sinatra standards.

Nearly 6 out of 10 young people ages 6-17 say they read for fun, according to a new study from Scholastic and YouGov, a percentage that has dipped slightly since a 2010 report.

The Ban Flower Festival 2017 will take place on March 12 together with the fifth Culture – Sports – Tourism Festival in the northern province of Điện Biên.

A painting exhibition is on at the Việt Nam Museum of Fine Arts, displaying 100 watercolour sketches by Vietnamese artists of different generations.

A 24-year-old woman from Paris won the Miss Universe crown on Monday, in a three-hour show in the Philippine capital that focused on diversity and overcoming life struggles, besting 85 hopefuls from all over the world.

Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi said on Sunday he will not attend next month's Academy Awards ceremony, comparing US President Donald Trump's visa ban on seven Muslim countries to the actions of hardliners in his own country.

Hundreds of people from 16 ethnic groups will gather at Việt Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism near the capital to celebrate Tết on February 4 and 5.

January 27 marks the start of the Year of Rooster, the tenth ranked of the Chinese zodiac animals, another Lunar New Year.

The country is celebrating the first days of a lunar new year, the Year of the Rooster, with hopes for a better year compared with the previous Year of the Monkey, which was a difficult year accompanied by disasters, unfavourable weather, as well as a challenging economic situation.

A Khèn (panpipe) Festival will open for the first time from January 30 to February 12 in Sa Pa in the northern province of Lào Cai.

Spain’s Javier Fernandez won his fifth successive European figure skating title on Saturday, equalling a 44-year-old record.

 Norma John (R) performing at the final rehearsal of the ’Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu’ (The New Music Contest) in Espoo, Finland, 28 January 2017.

 People sled, ski the five kilometre-distance across frozen Lake Balaton near Budapest, Hungary.

A performance to celebrate the lunar New Year will be staged on the east side of the Hàn River bank in the central city of Đà Nẵng on January 30

Enjoying thủy tiên (Narcissus) plants during Tết has also been an elegant hobby dating back a long time for Hanoians.