For his latest cải lương (reformed opera) production, Rạng Ngọc Côn Sơn (Pearl in Côn Sơn), director and Meritorious Artist Kim Tử Long simplified the set and costume design, and retained the authentic words used by Vietnamese centuries ago.

Elder Nguyễn Bá Đạm won the Grand Prize for his books on Hà Nội at the 11th Bùi Xuân Phái Awards ceremony held yesterday at Vietnam News Agency.

Artists of different nationalities and backgrounds will co-organise an event that features an interplay of literature, art and music from the East and West in Hà Nội next month.

A bridge in the capital city survived bombs during the American War of destruction.

However, it has been reeling under an invasion of garbage that has gathered underneath it.

Life goes on underneath Long Biên bridge

Long Biên Bridge is an iconic structure in the Vietnamese capital. However, the lives of those living underneath reveal a different side to the landmark structure. Paul Kennedy reports.

Poet and film and theatre director  Phan Vũ, who is also a painter, is displaying 25 of his works on oil at the newly established Bình Minh Gallery in HCM City.

Nguyễn Quang Thiều will receive the noble prize in South Korea in September thanks to his devotion for the international literature.

Young writer Quách Lê Anh Khanh is known as a “publishing phenomenon” in HCM City. Since 2012, he has published a book every year, 900,000 copies of which have been sold out so far.

Melting Pot 2018 – Art and Music Festival will be held at Saigon Outcast from 2pm to 11pm on June 23 at 188/1 Nguyễn Văn Hưởng St in HCM City’s District 2.

People call Tăng A Pẩu a man of the forest. He especially loves the birds in the forests of Việt Nam.