Việt Nam News

Voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave nods to six black actors, including two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington in the best actor category for his performance in Fences, an adaptation of a play about a working-class African American family in 1950s Pittsburgh.

Striking colours, especially red, are believed to ward off evil spirits and bring good fortune. But this year, donning colourful clothes could be seen as disrespectful in a country where many are still wearing black, white or grey as a sign of mourning for King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died on October 13 last year.

Đầm Sen Cultural Park will host a hot-air balloon festival from January 28 to February 4.

The Tết book street 2017 will be held from January 30 to February 5 (from the third to the ninth of the first lunar month) at Lê Thạch Street and the wind instrument house in Lý Thái Tổ flower garden, next to Hoàn Kiếm Lake.

Indika Saigon will host a music show to celebrate Tết (Lunar New Year) on January 27, or Lunar New Year’s Eve.

Việt Nam News photojournalist Trương Vị visits the capital's flower markets in Nhật Tân, Tây Hồ during Tết - Việt Nam's traditional New Year and most celebrated holiday. 

The 2017 Bình Điền Spring Flower Market opened on January 23 in HCM City’s District 8.

Television stations have lined up dozens of new and interesting programmes to entertain nationwide audiences during Tết (Lunar New Year)

Vietnamese overseas in the US and Canada joined a number of activities to celebrate Tết, Vietnamese Lunar New Year in their host country.

Cao Bá Hưng, an 18-year-old boy, was announced as winner of the reality talent show Sing My Song on Sunday night.

Visitors to Lam Kinh historical relic in Thọ Xuân District in the northern province of Thanh Hóa will be exempt from purchasing tickets for one week.

Ecopark on the outskirts of Hà Nội is gearing up for Lunar New Year festival, with a festival featuring flower arrangements set to be a highlight.

2016 is a milestone to Hà Nội’s tourism as the sector of the capital has seen many positive developments that are inevitable consequences of improved attention and investments.

It was the shocking, surreal, drug-fuelled movie that defined a generation. Two decades later, the ageing Scottish lowlifes of Trainspotting are back with a new sequel which premiered Sunday in Edinburgh. 

All eyes will be on Hollywood Tuesday as the list of nominees for this year's Oscars is unveiled with critical darlings La La Land, Moonlight and Manchester by the Sea set to fare well.

Lisa Blair has set off from the Western Australian town of Albany on Monday, as she attempts to be the first woman to circumnavigate Antarctica solo, non-stop and unassisted in less than 100 days. 

Comic actor Trường Giang brought home four awards at the 22nd annual Mai Vàng (Golden Ochna) Awards ceremony at the HCM City Television Theatre.

Children look at rooster-shaped kumquat trees at a flower festival in HCM City’s Tao Đàn Park to celebrate the coming Lunar Year of the Rooster.