HCM City launches 3rd International Dragon Dance festival

HCM City has launched the 3rd International Unicorn-Lion-Dragon Dance Festival as part of its activities to promote tourism.   

HCM City drama troupes eye more musical productions

Drama troupes in HCM City are focusing on attracting audiences and tourists by staging more musical productions.

Fatal coronavirus infects Spring festival

The Perfume Pagoda Festival, Việt Nam's oldest, biggest and longest-running festival, has officially been opened but due to the Covid-19 epidemic, the number of visitors has dropped sharply. 

Bắc Kạn residents suffer influx of flies due to landfill Environmental pollution has affected dozens of households living near a landfill with huge mounds of stinking rubbish in Chợ Đồn District, Bắc Kạn Province.

French Oscars academy board resigns after Polanksi row The entire board of the Cesar Academy, which awards France's equivalent of the Oscars, resigned Thursday just two weeks ahead of its gala ceremony after more than 200 actors, producers, directors and movie personalities demanded "profound reform".

Blood banks getting restocked after the critical shortage

In the time of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus, now officially named as COVID-19, call for blood donation has been heard nationwide as hospitals are exposed to severe blood shortage.

Red Spring blood donation festival begins in Hà Nội The Red Spring festival, the year's biggest blood donation event, was launched in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

Festivals to be held nationwide to celebrate President Hồ Chí Minh’s birthday The Sen Village festival will be organised nationwide to celebrate the 130th birthday of President Hồ Chí Minh, according to a plan recently issued by the People’s Committee of the central province of Nghệ An.

Lantern Festival in Chợ Lớn listed as national intangible cultural heritage The Tết Nguyên Tiêu (Lantern Festival) on the 15th day of the first lunar month, celebrated by the Hoa ethnic group in Chợ Lớn (Big Market) in HCM City’s District 5, has been recognised as a national intangible cultural heritage.

Vĩnh Long aims to become all-singing, all-dancing tourism destination

This year, the province aims to receive 1.6 million tourists, including 220,000 foreigners, while income from tourism is expected to reach VNĐ800 billion (US$34 million).