Poet Lý Hữu Lương. Poet Lý Hữu Lương is one of five young writers honoured at the 1st Young Writer Award 2021 by the Việt Nam Writers Association last month. His poetry collection Yao is about the Dao ethnic group where he is from. The Nhân Dân (People) newspaper’s reporter Phong Điệp chats with him about the winning work and his thoughts of …
Read More »Stingray hotpot – Vũng Tàu’s popular specialty
RAY OF SUNSHINE: A table of hotpot broth, cooked stingray, vegetables and rice noodle. Stingray hotpot is a very popular specialty of Vũng Tàu City. – VnExpress News Photo Việt Dũng by Việt Dũng VŨNG TÀU – Stingray hotpot may sound like a somewhat bizarre fish dish, but it …
Read More »Hà Nội receives 105,000 visitors during Lunar New Year holiday
The 2022 spring book street in Trần Hưng Đạo Ward, Hoàn Kiếm District, Hà Nội opened for January 31-February 6, 2022. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Minh Quyết HÀ NỘI — The capital city of Hà Nội served over 105,000 tourists during the nine-day Lunar New Year (Tết) holiday which lasted …
Read More »Documentary about Vietnamese music wins at Los Angeles Film Awards
HÀ NỘI — A documentary about Vietnamese music by French filmmaker François Bibonne has been announced as one of the winners at the Los Angeles Film Awards (LAFA). The 30-minute film, entitled Once Upon a Bridge in Vietnam, won the Best Documentary Short in January. ”Once upon a Bridge in Vietnam” won …
Read More »HCM City theatres premiere new shows for loyal audiences
Actors from the Small Drama Theatre in a special series called Sướng Quá Xuân (Spring of Joy). Photo courtesy of the producer HCM CITY — Theatres in HCM City are striving to hold a variety of shows to serve loyal audiences after closing for over nine months due to COVID-19. For comedy fans, the Small Drama …
Read More »Bike rental service attracts young people in HCM City
PEDAL POWER: Young people interested in new bike rental service in HCM City. VnExpress News Photo Xuân Đăng By Xuân Đăng & Hoàng Như HCM CITY — After over one month of trial, a bike rental service in District 1, HCM City has attracted many users, especially the young. …
Read More »Visit vibrant and diverse Sri Lanka
For Sri Lanka’s National Day (February 4), Việt Nam News introduces a message from the embassy. When you need less than a day to travel from one end to the other, and yet you can dabble in at least 25 different activities, you know you’ve come to the right place. When you …
Read More »Getting back to nature with camping trips to Đồng Nai
Bầu Islet is a favourite campsite on Trị An Lake. — Photo ttxtdldongnai.vn ĐỒNG NAI Đồng Nai Province has recently become a new destination for people who love camping and exploring the beauty of nature. Trị An Lake, one of the largest artificial lakes in Southeast Asia, is popular as a …
Read More »Vietnamese photographers win travel photography awards
HÀ NỘI — Two Vietnamese photographers are among the winners of the Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) 2021. Trần Việt Văn, a journalist at Lao Động (Labour) newspaper, won with his photo of an old shoemaker in HCM City in the Smartshot: iTravelled category. Commenting on his photo, judges wrote: “A lovely composition …
Read More »National fine arts museum displays folk paintings for Tết
Tố Nữ (Beautiful Maidens) paintings. VnExpress News Photos Nguyễn Bình HÀ NỘI – A set of folk paintings displayed at Việt Nam Museum of Fine Arts is highlighting the Lunar New Year and the first days of spring. The display entitled Sắc Xuân (Colours of Spring) is a collection of four-scroll woodblock prints of the museum. Four-scroll woodblock print or quartet scroll is …
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