Việt Nam News

Le Bagne des Annamites: Les Derniers Déportés Politiques en Guyane (The Annamite Penal Colony: The Last Political Deportees in Guyane) chronicles the ocean voyage and fates of 500 Annamite prisoners during the French colonial era.

The craft of making the thin, chewy rice noodles used in the famous hủ tiếu Mỹ Tho dish is still being preserved in Mỹ Phong Ward in Đồng Tháp Province, where small household producers continue a tradition closely linked to one of the Mekong Delta’s best-known dishes.

Đồng Nai has introduced a decentralised management framework for its 121 ranked historical and cultural relics in a bid to improve conservation efficiency and better harness heritage values for socio-economic development.

Lũng Cẩm Village in the northern mountain province of Tuyên Quang has emerged as a distinctive community-based tourism destination along the exploration route of the Đồng Văn Karst Plateau UNESCO Global Geopark.

Spring festivals are more than entertainment: they are living memory, community glue, and a way for each generation to learn the values and stories of their ancestors.

In the splendid setting of the Star Performing Arts Centre in Singapore, which gathered more than 1,000 contestants from 25 countries, a Mông musician was announced the winner of the grand prize in the 2026 ZhongSin International Music Competition, selected by the international artistic jury.

Music in Việt Nam is moving beyond the concert hall, as multi-experience festivals transform performances into urban ecosystems that blend culture, tourism and community life.

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai’s novel Dust Child does not produce a panoramic map of the war. It speaks only of those people regarded as marginal to history.

As the Lunar New Year approaches, Mừng Village - home to the Mường people and nestled on the scenic mountainside of Cao Phong Commune in Phú Thọ Province - morphs into a breathtaking canvas.

Emeritus Artist Kiều Oanh continues to play leading roles in tuồng and passes on her passion for the traditional art when coaching younger performers.

In Painter Đỗ Đức's works, these noble creatures endure hardships alongside their human companions, embodying a profound bond of resilience and mutual reliance necessary for survival in the wilderness.

For Hồ Chí Minh City residents, “Seeing the lion dance means seeing Tết” has long been a familiar saying.

In an era dominated by images and emotions, cinema is not merely the art of visual storytelling, but a silent yet immensely powerful tourism ambassador.

Despite many historical ups and downs, local residents still make efforts to preserve the water puppetry art and craft amidst their modern and rapid-paced life, transferring their cultural heritages to younger generations.

Once confined to pagodas and religious rituals, the traditional Southern ethnic Khmer pentatonic music is now increasingly finding new spaces for expression, carrying forward a living heritage rooted in spiritual life, communal memory and cultural identity.

Watch tuồng live just once, and your life may never be the same. It captures hearts quietly, then never let go.

Spread over more than 1,050 hectares in An Giang Province, the Trà Sư cajuput forest plays a crucial role in safeguarding wetland biodiversity and regulating the ecological balance of the upper Mekong Delta.

Ngũ Hành Sơn, one of Đà Nẵng’s most beloved landscapes, quietly preserves a precious collection of ma nhai (cliff inscriptions) spanning nearly four centuries.