Spring festival season well underway in Việt Nam

The Yên Tử Spring Festival 2019 has started with thousands of people flocking to attend one of the country’s most popular spiritual and cultural events in the northern province of Quảng Ninh.

Commemoration of King-Monk starts at holy Yên Tử Mountain

Several cultural and religious activities will be held starting today (December 6) at the Yên Tử historical site in the northern province of Quảng Ninh to celebrate the 710th anniversary of the attainment of Nirvana by King-Monk Trần Nhân Tông, founder of Việt Nam’s Zen Buddhism.

Standing at heaven’s gate on Bảo Đài Mountain

We headed up to Bảo Đài Mountain, also known as Vảy Rồng Mountain, to visit the Ngọa Vân Am (Ngọa Vân Pagoda) historical site. The site, located in the Yên Tử historical complex in the northern province of Quảng Ninh, is where King Trần Nhân Tông (1258-1308) practised Buddhist Zen during the final years of his life.

Second cable system to be built in Yên Tử

Quảng Ninh Province's plan on the construction of a second cable system in Yên Tử.

Film Festival of Philippines screens Vietnamese films

Vietnamese films will be shown during the 9th World Premieres Film Festival of Philippines in Manila from June 29 to July 11, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism reports.

VN singer-songwriter Lý opens concert series

Singer-songwriter Lê Cát Trọng Lý will present a mini-show in Hà Nội tonight.Singer-songwriter Lê Cát Trọng Lý will present a mini-show in Hà Nội tonight.

‘Vietnamese Oscar’ film winners announced

The movie Trúng Số (Jackpot), based on the true story of Lành, a lottery ticket seller in the southern Đồng Tháp Province, was granted the ‘Vietnamese Oscar’ Golden Kite award for feature movie at a glittery award ceremony last night in Hà Nội.

Vietnamese films to be screened for free

A series of seven Vietnamese films will be screened for free at the National Cinema Center (NCC) at 87 Láng Hạ street, Hà Nội on March 14 and 15.

Culture Vulture (09-12-2015) Film director Dinh Tuan Vu's Cuoc Doi Cua Yen (The Life of Yen) has won big at the 19th Viet Nam Film Festival, which ended on December 6.

Free screenings at VN Film Festival The movie Cuoc Doi Cua Yen (The Life of Yen) by director Dinh Tuan Vu about the life of a young woman and her marriage arranged by her parents has opened a week of screenings for free in Ha Noi and Da Nang City.