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Vietnam's Nam Em among top 50 Missosology Timeless Beauty 2016

 Nam Em was ranked 10th, while Kha Trang stood at 19th in the Timeless Beauty 2016 list released by Missosology.

Japan - Vietnam trade exhibition opens in Hue

 An exhibition entitled “Trade Relation between Japan and Vietnam in History” kicked off at the Hue Royal Antiquities Museum in the central province of Thua Thien - Hue on February 27.

Law to boost bank restructuring and settle bad debts: We need to be more critical

 The State Bank of Vietnam’s (SBV) is drafting a "special" law to boost bank restructuring and settle bad debts, which would remove all the obstacles in the existing legal regulations.

VN pop star at Milan Fashion Week

Vietnam’s most in-vogue pop singer Ho Ngoc Ha joined Gucci's Fall/Winter 2017 Show at Milan Fashion Week (MFW) in Italy on February 22.

Mong’s Festival brightens northwestern region

Gau Tao festival is the most important festival for Mong ethnic people in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang. 

Israeli films to delight Vietnamese audiences

 A number of outstanding Israeli films will be introduced in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City during the Israeli Film Festival, taking place February 24-March 6.

“Queen of silk” village in Mekong Delta

 Tan Chau craft village in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang has long been known as ‘Queen of silk’ kingdom. The village boasts its traditional silk My A which is famous for premium quality.

Mister Vietnam has an international fan base

 Tien Dat from Hanoi has developed quite a fan base in Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and the Philippines at the male beauty pageant – Mister International 2017 – ongoing in Thailand.

Banh Tet traditional cake in southern Vietnam

 The Tet cake is made with sticky rice and filled with pork fat and beans seasoned with black pepper and shallots. It is considered a variant of Chung cake (square glutinous rice cake), which is more popular in the northern region.

Saigon downtown to have fair, musical quarter

 People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong yesterday approved the project to organize a bazaar  and  musical quarterin the city downtown.

Fish praying festival opens in central Vietnam

 On February 7, a festival to pray for a good fish harvest – the Cau Ngu Festival – opened in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

US dance group to perform in Hanoi, Hai Phong

  A group of dance therpay artists from the Stephen Petronio Company will perform at the Hanoi Opera House and host workshops for disabled children in the famework of DanceMotion USA on February 12 and 14.


Pa Then ethnic people’s fire dancing festival

 In the following report, let’s join us to take a look at the fire dancing festival of Pa Then ethnic people in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.

Five-fruit tray at traditional Lunar New Year

 Like most other nations in Asia, Vietnamese people welcome the New Year according to the lunar calendar, and Tet Nguyen Dan (the lunar New Year Day) has long become the biggest festival of the nation.

Tet event celebrates folk art and calligraphy

 Tet (Lunar New Year)-themed paintings have long been a fixture of local celebrations, with flamboyant colours used to send New Year wishes.

VN Museum of Ethnology's programme to discover traditional Tet

 A ceremony to set up a cây nêu (New Year’s tree) on the 23rd of the last lunar month (January 20) will kick off a series of activities discovering Vietnamese traditional Tet (Lunar New Year festival) at the Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology.

Eye for Vietnam beauty: 2016 – Year in review

 The year that is about to end has presented pageant fans with 8 beautiful winners, who participated in some of the greatest pageants in the globe— filled with excitement, originality and glamour.

14 artifacts recognised as national treasures

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed on a decision to recognise 14 artifacts as national treasures.

American literature inspires Drama Week at HCM City university

 Students of the HCM City Open University are performing 19 English plays adapted from American novels and short stories, most of them award winning and made into films, at the university’s Go Vap District campus.

VN among top 10 at Miss Tourism International

 Hoang Thu Thao won the best national costume award and was among the top 10 at Miss Tourism International 2016, which was held on December 18 in Shanghai, China.