Vietnamese beauty crowned Miss Grand International 2021 Nguyễn Thúc Thùy Tiên has been crowned Miss Grand International 2021 - beating off models from 59 countries from across the globe. The 23-year-old is the first-ever Vietnamese beauty queen to win an international pageant. 

Food fashion a piece of cake for designer

Fashion designer Nguyễn Minh Công has turned different kinds of traditional cakes in the Mekong Delta region into fashion designs out of his love for his hometown cuisine.

City theatres offer training for young artists

Young artists in HCM City are being encouraged to take part in courses in performance skills offered by private drama troupes and traditional theatres to meet industry needs. 

Director turns to song to record COVID woes

When HCM City was locked down during the pandemic, director Xuân Phước volunteered to help people in need, and was moved witnessing how people helped each other to overcome the outbreak. Phước composed Sài Gòn Mùa Thương (Sài Gòn – Season of Love) and has recently released three versions of the music video of the song with the participation of many actors, singers, musicians, workers and doctors. Phước talks with Inner Sanctum about the song and his future film.

Việt Nam records nearly 14,000 COVID-19 infections on Saturday The southern region continued to lead the country in terms of new daily infections, with HCM City reporting the most, at 1,636 cases, followed by Cần Thơ with 998 cases, Tây Ninh (787), Bến Tre (762) Bình Thuận (626) and Đồng Tháp (624).

Aviation authority proposes banning flights, denying entries from 10 African countries over Omicron fears

The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam has proposed halting all flights, including repatriation flights, to and from 10 African countries, amid fears over the Omicron variant.

Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu focuses on high-quality tourism services

Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province is making efforts to tap the tourism potential of the province with its more than 200km of coastline, primeval forests in the Bình Châu-Phước Bửu nature reserve and Côn Đảo National Park, and national historical sites.

Việt Nam among top outperformers in global connectedness index: DHL Việt Nam rank 38/169 in a 2020 global connectedness index released recently by DHL, a leading international logistics company, moving up from the last year's index to rank just one spot below the US (37/169). 

Live music shows are back

As most activities have resumed under the "new normal", Vietnamese artists are striving to hold performances to satisfy music fans’ desires of seeing their favourite artists live.

Public hospitals in HCM City set aside beds for COVID-19 patients The HCM City Department of Health on Thursday (December 2) asked all public hospitals in the city to set aside at least 10 per cent of hospital beds for treatment of COVID-19 patients amid a surge in hospitalisations and deaths and the emergence of the Omicron variant.