Thanh Bui and The Lyricist appear in RedOne’s music video
Thanh Bui and The Lyricist appear in RedOne’s music video

Vietnamese singers Thanh Bui and the band The Lyricist appeared in the music video for "Don’t You Need Somebody" by American music producer - musician RedOne, a Grammy award winner. 

Thanh Bui and The Lyricist appear in RedOne’s music video
Nordic design, Vietnam style
Nordic design, Vietnam style

Among the hundreds of tailor shops in the ancient town of Hoi An, O-Thala is a new brand that was launched in December last year.

Nordic design, Vietnam style
Carmen Suite premières HCM City
Carmen Suite premières HCM City

The full original version of Carmen will be staged by performers from Vietnam, France, Thailand and the Republic of Korea for two nights in HCM City next week.

Carmen Suite premières HCM City
Vietnam’s royal treasures on display at Hanoi museum
Vietnam’s royal treasures on display at Hanoi museum

Several invaluable royal treasures of the Nguyen Dynasty that reigned over Vietnam during the 19th and early 20th centuries are now on view at the National Museum of Vietnamese History in Hanoi.

Vietnam’s royal treasures on display at Hanoi museum
Danang youth prepare for colour bombs galore
Danang youth prepare for colour bombs galore

VOV.VN - Young people in Danang are gearing up to get doused in multicolours at the La Vie Colour Me Run, which is set to blast off on June 22-23 from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm at the Asia Park.

Danang youth prepare for colour bombs galore
Miss Ao Dai finalists show off their hot bikini bods
Miss Ao Dai finalists show off their hot bikini bods

VOV.VN -Who better to show the top three Miss Ao Dai finalists how to model bikinis than the ageless bombshell Ha Anh.

Miss Ao Dai finalists show off their hot bikini bods
Photographic journey across Vietnam four decades after war
Photographic journey across Vietnam four decades after war

An Irish has captured the life of the Vietnamese people 40 years after the war on photos that are on display in the central province of Quang Tri. 

Photographic journey across Vietnam four decades after war
Cultural week in Slovakia features Vietnamese photos, films
Cultural week in Slovakia features Vietnamese photos, films

VOV.VN - A cultural week was held on June 20 in Blatislava, Slovakia to introduce Vietnam’s images and documentaries to international friends.

Cultural week in Slovakia features Vietnamese photos, films
Truong Sa, Hoang Sa spotlighted in Lam Dong exhibition
Truong Sa, Hoang Sa spotlighted in Lam Dong exhibition

An exhibition of historical evidence proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos opened in Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on June 21. 

Truong Sa, Hoang Sa spotlighted in Lam Dong exhibition
Vietnam Ambassador joins India’s celebration of Int’l Yoga Day
Vietnam Ambassador joins India’s celebration of Int’l Yoga Day

Vietnamese Ambassador to India Ton Sinh Thanh stretched and bent along with more than 30,000 yoga practitioners at an outdoor session in New Delhi on June 21 to mark International Yoga Day. 

Vietnam Ambassador joins India’s celebration of Int’l Yoga Day
Venezuelan consulate hosts culture day in Hanoi
Venezuelan consulate hosts culture day in Hanoi

VOV.VN - Venezuelan Culture Day returned on June 21 to Hanoi with art, music, dance performances and refreshments.

Venezuelan consulate hosts culture day in Hanoi
Final 15 contestants in reality television show The Face
Final 15 contestants in reality television show The Face

VOV.VN - Passing through two rounds of competition, 15 beautiful girls will continue to be trained by models LanKhue, Ho Ngoc Ha and Pham Huong to become a high profile model and the face of a brand. 

Final 15 contestants in reality television show The Face
Top contestants to vie for Miss Beauty Doll 2017 crown
Top contestants to vie for Miss Beauty Doll 2017 crown

VOV.VN - The organizing board has announced top 20 Miss Beauty Doll Vietnam contestants 2016. The winner of the contest will be awarded US$1,000 and will represent Vietnam at the Miss Beauty Doll 2017. 

Top contestants to vie for Miss Beauty Doll 2017 crown
Vietnam Festa in Kanagawa 2016 to open in October
Vietnam Festa in Kanagawa 2016 to open in October

VOV.VN - The second Vietnam festival in Kanagawa is scheduled for October 28-30 in Yokohama city. 

Vietnam Festa in Kanagawa 2016 to open in October
Documentary highlights plight of forgotten Vietnamese in France
Documentary highlights plight of forgotten Vietnamese in France

A veteran Vietnamese-French film director has screened the latest part of his ‘trilogy’ depicting enslaved Vietnamese laborers in France during the 14th and 15th centuries in Hanoi last week.

Documentary highlights plight of forgotten Vietnamese in France
Hanoi’s culinary attraction
Hanoi’s culinary attraction

VOV.VN - Hanoi has long been an attractive destination for its scenic spots, historical and cultural sites, and unique cuisine.

Hanoi’s culinary attraction
Mong Ethnic Cultural Day lures foreign visitors
Mong Ethnic Cultural Day lures foreign visitors

Foreign visitors were lured by amusing “ken” dancing, art performances and colorful costumes at the Mong (H’mong) Ethnic Cultural Day 2016 which took place in Dong Van district in the northern province of Ha Giang on June 19.

Mong Ethnic Cultural Day lures foreign visitors
Hoang Hai launches new dress collection
Hoang Hai launches new dress collection

VOV.VN - Designer Hoang Hai has taken a fresh leap forward in leaving his mark on the world of fashion, with the launch of a new collection that puts emphasis on younger, relaxed and more affordable pieces.

Hoang Hai launches new dress collection
Miss Vietnam Heritage Global gets underway
Miss Vietnam Heritage Global gets underway

VOV.VN - The preliminary rounds for Miss Vietnam Heritage Global 2016 have gotten underway at a variety of locations in northern and southern Vietnam as well as the US, Germany and Australia.

Miss Vietnam Heritage Global gets underway
Thai traditional puppet show at Hanoi Opera House
Thai traditional puppet show at Hanoi Opera House

A Vietnamese and Thai traditional puppet show was performed at the Hanoi Opera House on June 18 as one of the activities celebrating 40 years of ties between the two countries (August 6, 1976-2016). 

Thai traditional puppet show at Hanoi Opera House
Vietnamese culture highlighted in Czech Republic
Vietnamese culture highlighted in Czech Republic

The essence of the Vietnamese culture was highlighted at a ceremony to wrap up the 2015 Vietnamese Culture Year in the Czech Republic in Prague on June 18. 

Vietnamese culture highlighted in Czech Republic
Danang programme responds to Int’l Yoga Day
Danang programme responds to Int’l Yoga Day

A total of 500 Yoga teachers and students participated in performances in response to International Yoga Day (June 21), which took place in the central city of Danang on June 19. 

Danang programme responds to Int’l Yoga Day
The 16-string Zither - traditional Vietnamese musical instrument
The 16-string Zither - traditional Vietnamese musical instrument

VOV.VN - Vietnam is home to 54 ethnic groups, each with its own customs and traditions. Those groups have created a variety of traditional musical instruments, which have played an important role in Vietnamese people’s lives. 

The 16-string Zither - traditional Vietnamese musical instrument
Vietnamese water puppet’s design and manipulation
Vietnamese water puppet’s design and manipulation

VOV.VN - Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique folk art, believed to be more than 1000 years old. A guide book says “Not watching a performance of water puppetry means not visiting Vietnam yet.”

Vietnamese water puppet’s design and manipulation
Vietnam’s gay-themed movie to premiere in US
Vietnam’s gay-themed movie to premiere in US

Lac Gioi (Paradise in Heart), a gay-themed movie produced in Vietnam, will premiere in North and South California on June 17 and 24 respectively.

Vietnam’s gay-themed movie to premiere in US
Banh com – a fine treat of Hanoi
Banh com – a fine treat of Hanoi

Hanoi is famous for its speciality green rice flake cakes which are sold in Hang Than street. Hang Than is just among more than 20 culinary streets in Hanoi which has about 70 streets with their first name of Hang.

Banh com – a fine treat of Hanoi
Binh Dinh to kick off major festival next week
Binh Dinh to kick off major festival next week

The central province of Binh Dinh has approved a plan to organize a major summer tourism festival which is slated to kick off at the central square of Quy Nhon City on June 22.

Binh Dinh to kick off major festival next week
Miss Vietnam 1994 still looks shockingly young
Miss Vietnam 1994 still looks shockingly young

VOV.VN - She was crowned the 4th Miss Vietnam in 1994 when she was a first year student at the Institute for International Relations in Hanoi.

Miss Vietnam 1994 still looks shockingly young
Ha Giang to hold 2nd annual Mong Ethnic Cultural Festival
Ha Giang to hold 2nd annual Mong Ethnic Cultural Festival

The second Mong (H’mong) Ethnic Cultural Festival will be held in Dong Van District in the northern province of Ha Giang in early October.

Ha Giang to hold 2nd annual Mong Ethnic Cultural Festival
Dustin Nguyen attends Royal Ascot Horse Race
Dustin Nguyen attends Royal Ascot Horse Race

VOV.VN - Actor and director Dustin Nguyen and his wife Bebe Pham made their debut at the annual high-society Royal Ascot Horse Race in Berkshire this year.

Dustin Nguyen attends Royal Ascot Horse Race
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