President Võ Văn Thưởng and his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. at the Thăng Long Imperial Citadel. — VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất HÀ NỘI — President Võ Văn Thưởng and his Philippine counterpart Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. on Tuesday visited the Thăng Long Imperial Citadel, a world cultural heritage …
Read More »Highly anticipated Vietnamese movies to hit the screen in 2024
Main characters in “Ngày Xưa Có Một Chuyện Tình” (Once upon a time there was a love story) movie. Photo courtesy of HKFILM HCM CITY – Việt Nam’s film industry is preparing to release a series of highly anticipated movies to theatres in 2024. With revenue of nearly VNĐ94 billion …
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Dragon-themed spring festival celebrates Lunar New Year
HÀ NỘI Ceramic sculptures depicting different postures of dragon – one of the four sacred animals in Vietnamese culture, are on display at an on-going exhibition in Hà Nội. Entitled Vũ Điệu Bách Long (The Dance of a Hundred Dragons), the exhibition presents 100 artworks created by the Hải Phòng-based …
Read More »Three VN cities win ASEAN Clean Tourist City Standard awards
The coastal city of Vũng Tàu in Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu Province receives the fourth ASEAN Clean Tourist City Standard for the 2024-2026 period at a ceremony in the Lao capital Vientiane on January 26. VNS Photo VIENTIANE — Vũng Tàu, Huế and Quy Nhơn cities have won the …
Read More »Traditional Tết rituals take place in Hà Nội Old Quarter
HÀ NỘI The opening ceremony of the programme Tết Việt-Tết phố 2024 (Vietnamese Tết – Old Quarter Tết 2024) celebrating Tết (Lunar New Year) 2024 has taken place at Kim Ngân communal house, Hoàn Kiếm District. A procession wearing áo dài (Vietnamese traditional dress) passes through a street in Hà Nội Old Quarter. VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Tùng The Management …
Read More »Festivities begin countdown to New Year
CELEBRATING TẾT: HCM City will launch fireworks performances at eight venues on February 10 (Lunar New Year’s Eve) to welcome the year of the Dragon. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Vũ HCM CITY — HCM City is preparing a series of activities to celebrate Tết (Lunar New Year holidays). The city …
Read More »Dealing with a child who suffers from whooping cough
Whooping coughis a highly contagious and hazardous respiratory disease. Photo shutterstock.com Dr. Mattias Larsson & Cynthia S Dacanay Huyền, a content mother, had given birth to her daughter, Ngọc, who was now three months old. Ngọc was born full-term, weighing 3.5kg, and had no complications apart from some mild jaundice that did …
Read More »Bookings for Tết tours on the rise
HÀ NỘI — Ocean liners bustling at ports, bringing thousands of foreign visitors to Việt Nam, and bookings for Tết (Lunar New Year holiday) tours on the rise are among the robust uptick for the tourism sector in 2024, according to insiders. Vũ Hải Sâm, deputy director of the Domestic …
Read More »3 VN cities win ASEAN Clean Tourist City Standard awards
The coastal city of Vũng Tàu in Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu Province receives the fourth ASEAN Clean Tourist City Standard for the 2024-2026 period at a ceremony in the Lao capital Vientiane on January 26. VNS Photo VIENTIANE — Vũng Tàu, Huế and Quy Nhơn cities have won the …
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