VOV.VN - A lacquer painting by renowned Vietnamese painter Pham Hau was sold for EUR833,000, equivalent to over US$1 million, during an auction held by French auction house Aguttes.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has issued a decision approving the outline for a task of devising the capital’s housing development programme for 2021-2030, with vision towards 2040.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese stall exhibiting a range of books detailing the life of President Ho Chi Minh has gone on display at the ongoing 16th Saint Petersburg International Book Fair in Russia.

A communal house for Vietnamese-Cambodians was inaugurated in Cambodia’s Kampot province on May 26 after more than four months of construction.

VOV.VN - Following the recently-reported COVID-19 cases within the local community, Hanoi authorities have ordered a temporary closure of business outlets and eateries until further notice, with this move having a negative influence on numerous traders throughout the capital.

The General Department of Taxation under the Ministry of Finance (MoF) is studying a proposal on increasing the threshold of taxable revenue for individual landlords renting out houses.

VOV.VN - Xoan singing of the northern midland province of Phu Tho is a folk ritual singing performed in temples and communal houses to worship the Hung Kings, the legendary founders of the Vietnamese nation, deities, or a village's tutelary gods.

Despite the pandemic restrictions, the race to open more shops between coffee brands continues full steam ahead.

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 13 for Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Sengphet Houngboungnuang, who was the first foreign ambassador to pay a courtesy visit to Hue as the top leader of the NA.

Eight people were killed in a fire that broke out at a three-floor house in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 11 on May 7.