Painter Trang Phượng (right) signs books for an art lover at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum. Photo courtesy of the museum HCM CITY — A photo book outlining the work and career of 83-year-old artist Trang Phượng, a founding member of the HCM City Fine Arts Association, has just been released. Titled Họa …
Read More »Discovering the fruit paradise of Bến Tre
Visitors experience Bến Tre’s eco-tourism space. VNA/VNS Photo Hồng Đạt Bến Tre is a province in the Mekong Delta that is recognised as the land of coconuts. The province features sand dunes embellished with rice fields, fruit plant gardens, and various rivers, streams, canals and creeks. The natural landscape of Bến Tre …
Read More »International tourists back to Việt Nam
Foreign tourists are coming back to Việt Nam in their droves and that spells good news for those who rely on visitors to earn a living. Take a walk around Hoàn Kiếm Lake and you’ll find plenty of international visitors enjoying our home. Which parts of Việt Nam have you …
Read More »VN-European Documentary Festival returns
A still from Petit Samedi which will be shown on June 6 at National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio. HÀ NỘI A film festival begins tonight showing the best documentaries of recent years from Việt Nam and Europe at the National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio in Hà Nội. The 12th European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival has been successfully …
Read More »Photo exhibition in Hà Nội showcases Hungarian National Assembly
The Hungarian National Assembly. Photos courtesy of the Hungary Embassy HÀ NỘI An exhibition to showcase the beautiful Hungarian Parliament is being held at the Việt Nam National Library. The exhibition, entitled ‘Hungarian National Assembly in ten large-scale posters’, presents the history and function of the Hungarian Parliament. “The Hungarian Parliament building, also known as the ‘House of the …
Read More »Rare early 20th-century document on professions in Việt Nam gifted to National Archives
HÀ NỘI A rare collection of 4,000 wooden block paintings, listing all the professions in Việt Nam at the beginning of the 20th century, was presented to the Việt Nam National Archives Centre III on June 1. Completed by French Oriental culture researcher Henri Oger, the album Technique Du Peuple Annamite …
Read More »New vestiges found during excavation at Thăng Long Imperial Citadel
An archaeological area at Thăng Long Imperial Citadel. VNA/VNS Photo Đinh Thuận HÀ NỘI — The Thăng Long-Hà Nội Heritage Preservation Centre announced on Wednesday that archaeologists had unearthed new vestiges while undertaking an excavation at Thăng Long Imperial Citadel. They were discovered in the main area of Kính Thiên Palace. An archaeological study is …
Read More »Principal dancer dicusses new role in ballet
Việt Nam National Opera & Ballet’s principal dancer Phan Lương. Phan Lương is the principal dancer at Việt Nam National Opera & Ballet (VNOB). He is a soloist at a new ballet Hàm Lệ Minh Châu which opens at Hà Nội Opera House on June 1. Việt Nam News reporter Nguyễn …
Read More »Painting exhibition displays underprivileged kids’ artworks
The Children’s Day, a colour painting by Nguyễn Thị Thanh Vân, from the Hope Village in Đà Nẵng. ĐÀ NẴNG — A collection of 50 paintings by children with disabilities, orphans and underprivileged is on display at the city’s Fine Arts Museum to mark Children’s Day (June 1). Deputy …
Read More »Vietnamese tattoo artist enters Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list
Tattoo artist Trần Thị Bích Ngọc. — Photo courtesy of vietnamnet.vn HÀ NỘI — Trần Thị Bích Ngọc, a 28-year-old tattoo artist, has been named in the Art category of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list 2022. The young tattoo artist, also known as Ngọc Like, is renowned for her …
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