Việt Nam resolutely objects to China’s recent activities in the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) archipelago and reiterated Việt Nam’s sovereignty over the islands, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ spokeswoman Lê Thị Thu Hằng said yesterday.

Hồ Chí Minh Television (HTV), in co-operation with its partners, will broadcast a special music programme next week to mark the 71^st annual War Invalids and Martyrs Day on July 27.

Aged just 20 and the youngest member of the extended reality-TV Kardashian clan, Kylie Jenner is on track to become America's youngest "self-made" billionaire, Forbes revealed on Wednesday. 

The investigation into the assassination of the allegedly North Korean leader's half-brother was "shoddy" and "lopsided", a Malaysian court heard on Wednesday as the trial resumed of two women accused of the murder.

The original lead guitarist for the chart-topping British rock band The Police, Henry Padovani, perform in Hà Nội for five nights this week.

The CoCofest 2018 international music festival will be held in the central city of Đà Nẵng on July 6-7.

Brothers fly flag for Việt Nam on UK TV show

Acrobatic brothers Giang Quốc Nghiệp and Giang Quốc Cơ left British television audiences speechless Saturday night after performing their death-defying head balancing act on a UK TV talent show.

Fans were excited to welcome a group of four South Korean artist stars who yesterday met Park Hang-seo, head coach of Việt Nam National Football team and national under-23 football team, at Quán Ăn Ngon 18 Phan Bội Châu Street in Hà Nội.

Youth flock to study ancient fiddle with a twist

The đàn nhị, a bowed string instrument with two strings, is a multi-purpose fiddle in the vast treasury of Vietnamese traditional musical instruments. Noting that artists were getting stuck in the same old ways of playing the đàn nhị, Trần Văn Xâm, a lecturer on the instrument at the Việt Nam National Academy of Music, decided to make a change.

The copyright of the country's most-anticipated TV show at the end of the year, Gặp Nhau Cuối Năm – Táo Quân (Year-end Rendezvous – Kitchen Gods), has been registered by Vietnam Television (VTV) in Việt Nam and in the US.