Elderly people are learning a very old way of writing. It comes from the Hán Nôm culture. There are a lot of historic and interesting Hán Nôm documents in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc. However, few have been able to read them.

 The power of cellphone technology and how it can influence people’s relationships are explored in Perfect Strangers, a film by famous Italian director Paolo Genovese, 52.

Thanks, but no thanks: Japanese author Haruki Murakami, a finalist for the "alternative Nobel Literature Prize", has withdrawn his nomination, telling organisers he wants to focus on work and avoid the spotlight.

A collection of three books titled Đời Sống Xã Hội Việt Nam Đương Đại (Việt Nam’s Contemporary Social Life) was named one of 14 winners of the 2018 Good Book Awards at an awards ceremony in HCM City on Sunday.

Life may be hard because of flooding, but hope arrives for the children of Chương Mỹ in the form of a boat, delivering books to youngsters to help cope with their sadness.

The 16th annual meeting of the Council for Promoting Tourism in Asia (CPTA) opened yesterday with the participation of member cities including Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Taipei, Manila and Hà Nội.

The 2018-19 schoolyear already started on Wednesday across the country, but a shortage of textbooks for the first, sixth and tenth grades is still reported in some major cities.

Representatives from Hà Nội will be showcasing books on history, culture and performing arts about the capital city and Việt Nam at the 2018 Frankfurt Book Fair in October this year.

The festive atmosphere is reflected in a paintings depicting young men and women playing games such as catching eels, swing and blind man’s buff.

Unsung hero Đặng Văn Việt, who used to be known as the “blue tiger” of Highway 4, was one of the first regiment chiefs of the Vietnamese People’s Army.