The Việt Nam Culture Week 2024 will take place from September 4 to 12 in the two Swedish cities of Stockholm and Malmo, and Copenhagen of Denmark. Vietnamese artists perform at the rehearsal of a special art programme to take place during the Việt Nam Culture Week in Sweden and …
Read More »First group of 4,500 Indian tourists arrive in Hà Nội
According to their itinerary, they first visited the Hỏa Lò Prison Relic located in Hoàn Kiếm District The first pack of 4,500 Indian tourists come in Hà Nội on August 27. They will travel within the city before traveling to Quảng Ninh and Ninh Bình and back. Photo docnhanh.vn HÀ …
Read More »Việt Nam attends Germany’s Leipzig cultural exchange week
Vietnamese products and food are being promoted at a cultural exchange week held in Germany’s Leipzig city from August 24-30. Việt Nam pavilion at the Germany’s Leipzig cultural exchange week. VNA Photo BERLIN — Vietnamese products and food are being promoted at a cultural exchange week held in Germany’s Leipzig …
Read More »Dishes cooked from sea snails help put Việt Nam on the world culinary map
Snails are also a speciality that draw in visitors and the wide number of variations have helped put Việt Nam cuisine on the world culinary map By Thu Hà Almost all Vietnamese who are interested in dishes cooked from seafood will try snails for a tasty great, fragrant and rich in nutrition dish, …
Read More »Kylin dance to become part of intangible cultural heritage of humanity
HCM City has submitted a document to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to name the art of kylin-lion-dragon dance by local people on the list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity of Việt Nam. PASSIONATE DANCE – Múa lân sư rồng (kylin-lion-dragon dance) is often performed by the ethnic Hoa …
Read More »An Giang trade fair to promote tourism
The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang will host a trade fair to introduce its culture, tourism, and cuisine to lure tourists during the upcoming holiday to celebrate National Day on September 2. FISH FESTIVAL: ‘Mắm’ (fermented fish) is the most famous food in Châu Đốc City of …
Read More »Hạ Long Bay – Cát Bà Archipelago recognised as World Geological Heritage
The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) has recognised Hạ Long Bay – Cát Bà Archipelago in the northern province of Quảng Ninh and neighbouring Hải Phòng City as a world geological heritage site, Associate Professor Dr Trần Tân Văn, former Director of the Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources under …
Read More »Vietnam Museum of Ethnology’s architectural space wins the 2024 International Architecture Awards
Trúc Lâm Restaurant and Coffee, an architectural space inside the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology recently received two international architecture awards in the United States. Outside view of the Trúc Lâm Restaurant and Coffee, an architectural space inside the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology. Photo courtesy of the museum HÀ NỘI — …
Read More »French contemporary ballet ‘The Season’ to have VN premiere
Hosted by the Hồ Gươm Theatre, once hailed as one of the ‘Top 10 Most Outstanding Opera Houses in the World’, this is the first time the ballet has been staged in Việt Nam. HÀ NỘI – Artists from the French national choreographic centre Malandain Ballet Biarritz – one of …
Read More »Traveller diagnosed with mpox amid growing outbreak in central Africa
This year, over 15,600 cases of mpox have been reported, resulting in 537 deaths, primarily affecting children. Dr Mattias Larsson* No case of mpox has been diagnosed in Việt Nam so far. This story is written about a fictional character in order to illustrate and clarify some of the causes, …
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