Danish-supported art education project inspiring
Danish-supported art education project inspiring

Vietnamese art teachers and students across the nation were deeply inspired by the new teaching and learning methods developed under a 10-year Danish project.

Danish-supported art education project inspiring
Chef Pierre Gagnaire brings French flair to Danang
Chef Pierre Gagnaire brings French flair to Danang

VOV.VN - Well-known French Chef Pierre Gagnaire, who is at the forefront of the fusion cuisine movement will introduce his latest dishes at the La Maison 1888 in Danang during an upcoming one week-visit beginning February 29.

Chef Pierre Gagnaire brings French flair to Danang
Ha Long annual spring festival opens Mar 18
Ha Long annual spring festival opens Mar 18

VOV.VN - The People’s Committee of Quang Ninh Province on February 26 unveiled the week-long 2016 Ha Long Cherry Blossom Festival will get underway on March 18 at the Square of 30-10 in Ha Long City.

Ha Long annual spring festival opens Mar 18
HCM City to host ao dai festival
HCM City to host ao dai festival

HCM City will launch a series of cultural and arts activities featuring the traditional Vietnamese ao dai during March as part of the city's third annual Ao Dai Festival. 

HCM City to host ao dai festival
Saigon Classical set to stage La Guerre et la Paix concert
Saigon Classical set to stage La Guerre et la Paix concert

Those interested in free concerts of Saigon Classical Music Group should get ready for La Guerre et la Paix (war and peace) show at 7 p.m. on February 27 at the Southern Women’s Museum in HCM City's District 3.

Saigon Classical set to stage La Guerre et la Paix concert
Ngoc Han opens 2016 Fashion Week with latest collection
Ngoc Han opens 2016 Fashion Week with latest collection

VOV.VN - Miss Vietnam 2010 Dang Thi Ngoc Han has introduced her latest collection at the Vietnam Fall-Winter 2016 Fashion Week which is scheduled for February 25-28 in Hanoi. 

Ngoc Han opens 2016 Fashion Week with latest collection
Opera house to hold A Night of German Music
Opera house to hold A Night of German Music

Famous works by Beethoven, Schubert, Strauss, Mendelssohn and Franz Lehar will be performed at the A Night of German Music concert at the HCM City Opera House on March 9.

Opera house to hold A Night of German Music
‘Kong: Skull Island’: When Hollywood comes to Vietnam
‘Kong: Skull Island’: When Hollywood comes to Vietnam

Hollywood filmmakers for ‘Kong: Skull Island’ came to Vietnam earlier this week, bringing along a sense of professionalism that local Vietnamese rarely experience.

‘Kong: Skull Island’: When Hollywood comes to Vietnam
Teenage voices give new life to Vietnam's traditional Xoan singing heritage
Teenage voices give new life to Vietnam's traditional Xoan singing heritage

In recent years, the traditional Vietnamese music genre of Xoan singing has seen growing participation from a younger generation. 

Teenage voices give new life to Vietnam's traditional Xoan singing heritage
Osaka fest screens VN prize-winners
Osaka fest screens VN prize-winners

Six Vietnamese movies will be screened at a special programme entitled New Action! Southeast Asia at the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2016 from March 4 to 13.

Osaka fest screens VN prize-winners
Asian kitesurfing championships kicks off in Ninh Thuan
Asian kitesurfing championships kicks off in Ninh Thuan

As many as 73 riders from 25 countries and territories worldwide gathered in southern Ninh Thuan province’s Ninh Chu Bay on February 25 to participate the Kiteboard Tour Asia’s X-champs 2016. 

Asian kitesurfing championships kicks off in Ninh Thuan
Russian version of “Tale of Kieu” released
Russian version of “Tale of Kieu” released

The bilingual Vietnamese-Russian edition of “Truyen Kieu” (The Tale of Kieu), an 18th century poetic masterpiece by Nguyen Du, was launched in Hanoi on February 25 by the Russian Culture and Science Centre and the Vietnam Writers’ Association.

Russian version of “Tale of Kieu” released
Quang Nam: Ba Trao singing becomes intangible heritage of Vietnam
Quang Nam: Ba Trao singing becomes intangible heritage of Vietnam

Ba Trao, the traditional singing by fishermen in the central province of Quang Nam, has been recognised as a national intangible heritage. 

Quang Nam: Ba Trao singing becomes intangible heritage of Vietnam
Wrestling festival draws thousands
Wrestling festival draws thousands

VOV.VN - Wrestlers from across the country recently gathered at a traditional wresting festival in Que Duong Village in Hanoi.

Wrestling festival draws thousands
Savico Mall to hold Korean spring festival
Savico Mall to hold Korean spring festival

VOV.VN - A Korean spring festival is set for February 27-28 at the Savico Megamall Shopping Centre in Hanoi, the company’s public relations officer has announced.

Savico Mall to hold Korean spring festival
Korean pop band T-ara to perform in Vietnam
Korean pop band T-ara to perform in Vietnam

VOV.VN -Three members of Korean girl pop group T-ara – Eunjung, Hyomin, and Jiyeon –  will arrive in Vietnam in March to meet with their fans and attend a launch of a mobile phone brand, according to Korean website Starnews.

Korean pop band T-ara to perform in Vietnam
‘Migration and Identity’ exhibition to open at Goethe Institute
‘Migration and Identity’ exhibition to open at Goethe Institute

VOV.VN - The Goethe-Institut Vietnam has unveiled that on February 26 at 6:00 pm it will open an exhibition that addresses the relevant and timely issue of immigration at its facilities located at 56-58 Nguyen-Thai-Hoc-St in Hanoi.

‘Migration and Identity’ exhibition to open at Goethe Institute
Kha Trang to vie at Miss Eco Universe
Kha Trang to vie at Miss Eco Universe

VOV.VN -Duong Nguyen Kha Trang, the Vietnam Supermodel 2015 winner, has been selected to represent Vietnam to compete at Miss Eco Universe 2016 slated for March 27-April 15 in Egypt.

Kha Trang to vie at Miss Eco Universe
Powerlifters clinch two official tickets to Rio Paralympics
Powerlifters clinch two official tickets to Rio Paralympics

Vietnamese powertlifters have secured two official tickets to the Rio 2016 Paralympics after winning two gold medals at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Powerlifting World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Powerlifters clinch two official tickets to Rio Paralympics
A house that features Vietnamese craft villages
A house that features Vietnamese craft villages

Vietnam House has been launched recently in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 2 to preserve and promote the quintessence of domestic crafts to locals and foreigners.

A house that features Vietnamese craft villages
Temple of Literature to host ao dai festival
Temple of Literature to host ao dai festival

Veteran artists who symbolise Vietnamese beauty will perform in a festival that will be held at Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature) in Hanoi from March 1 to 4.

Temple of Literature to host ao dai festival
Hue Festival 2016 gets airline sponsors
Hue Festival 2016 gets airline sponsors

The Vietnam Airlines Corporation and the Jetstar Pacific Airlines Joint Stock Company will sponsor VND1.1 billion (US$50,000) for Hue Festival 2016 under an agreement signed in the central city on February 24.

Hue Festival 2016 gets airline sponsors
Exhibition displays German inventions
Exhibition displays German inventions

People cannot imagine a world without computers, but not many of them know who invented the computer.

Exhibition displays German inventions
200 publishers to join HCM City’s ninth Book Festival
200 publishers to join HCM City’s ninth Book Festival

Ho Chi Minh City’s ninth Book Festival will take place at Le Van Tam Park in District 1 from March 21 to 27, bringing together about 200 domestic and overseas publishers. 

200 publishers to join HCM City’s ninth Book Festival
Vietnam Fall-Winter 2016 Fashion Week to open in Hanoi
Vietnam Fall-Winter 2016 Fashion Week to open in Hanoi

The Vietnam Fall-Winter 2016 Fashion Week will take place in Hanoi from February 25-28, presenting 1,000 of the latest looks created by both home and foreign, young and talented designers. 

Vietnam Fall-Winter 2016 Fashion Week to open in Hanoi
Discovering a crafts village on the outskirts of Saigon
Discovering a crafts village on the outskirts of Saigon

VOV.VN - Phan Dinh Tram Anh, who has a passion for Vietnam’s traditional handicrafts village has introduced her small crafts village located in a 2,000-sq.m urban area in district 2, HCM City. 

Discovering a crafts village on the outskirts of Saigon
Cooking ‘Vietnamese Pho’ with Anna Olsen
Cooking ‘Vietnamese Pho’ with Anna Olsen

VOV.VN -Celebrity chef Anna Olson showcases her mastery of Vietnamese cooking on an upcoming program to air on the Asian Food Channel in July, according to a release by the network.

Cooking ‘Vietnamese Pho’ with Anna Olsen
In pictures: Thien Hau Pagoda Festival
In pictures: Thien Hau Pagoda Festival

VOV.VN - On February 22, the Thien Hau Pagoda Festival in Thu Dau Mot City attracted large numbers of local people and foreign tourists.

In pictures: Thien Hau Pagoda Festival
Con Son-Kiep Bac Spring Festival opens
Con Son-Kiep Bac Spring Festival opens

The Con Son-Kiep Bac 2016 Spring Festival commenced in the northern province of Hai Duong on February 23, or the 16th day of the first lunar month.

Con Son-Kiep Bac Spring Festival opens
Danang hosts prize-giving ceremony for Clipper Race
Danang hosts prize-giving ceremony for Clipper Race

A ceremony to present prizes to winners of the 7th leg of Clipper Race - “Danang - New Discovery of Asia Race”, was organised in five-star Furama Resort, the central coastal city of Danang on February 22.

Danang hosts prize-giving ceremony for Clipper Race
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