Life & Love

“Nhung Dua Tre Trong Suong” (Children of the Mist) by Ha Le Diem is among 15 entries shortlisted for the Documentary Feature category at the 95th Academy Awards. This marks the first time a Vietnamese film has made the shortlist. “578: Phat Dan Cua Ke Dien” (578: Magnum), the other …

The 10 most-watched Vietnamese music videos on YouTube in 2022 ran the gamut from heart-throbbing ballads to songs with hard-hitting beats. This year’s list comprised both old and new artists. Some staged successful comebacks, some had amazing rookie breakthroughs from the underground scene. Most of the videos had English subtitles, …

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Chau has tried on the sedge mat costume she plans to wear at the Miss Universe pageant for the first time at an event in HCMC. After wearing the “Chieu Ca Mau” (Ca Mau sedge mat) designed by Nguyen Quoc Viet on Tuesday, the 2022 Miss Universe …

A section of Nguyen Thuong Hien Street in HCMC has been designated as a “food street” at night as part of plans to develop the nighttime economy. The food street, spanning 368 m between Dien Bien Phu and Nguyen Dinh Chieu, operates from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. daily starting …

Mai Trang, a Vietnamese flight attendant at Qatar Airways, remembers feeling starstruck while carrying the medals to be presented to the Argentinian team after they won the World Cup. “I couldn’t believe one day that I would stand so close to Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Emiliano Martinez, and many other …

Accor is offering a series of dining experiences and parties at its hotels and resorts for the festive season in Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries. Christmas decorations at Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi. Photo by Accor Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi will become a Nutcracker Wonderland this December with 500,000 twinkling …

Christina Aguilera sang “Beautiful” and “A Million Dreams” among others at the VinFuture Prize awards ceremony at the Hanoi Opera House on Tuesday. She and the live band started with “Beautiful,” a pop and R&B ballad from her album “Stripped” (2002). She then sang “The Voice Within,” an anthem about …

A new branch of South Korea’s World K-POP Center will provide classes to local artists looking to become Asia’s next pop sensations. Vietnam Television Cable Corporation (VTVcab) is working with World K-POP Center in order to open the institution next year. Bui Huy Nam, general director of VTVcab, said this …

Grammy-winning singer Christina Aguilera has arrived in Hanoi ahead of her show at the Hanoi Opera House on Tuesday. The American pop star Instagrammed a photo of herself at a hotel in the Vietnamese capital with the caption: “Birthday energy.” Aside from happy birthday wishes, many people wrote in the …

Struggling with disappointing numbers since the country reopened its borders after Covid, the tourism industry has set a target of just eight million foreign tourists in 2023. This is less than half the number in 2019, the year before the pandemic began, when 18 million came. The industry eyes revenues …