Meritorious artist Thanh Kim Hue will play the lead in the legendary cải lương (reformed opera) play Lan và Điệp (Love Story of Lan and Điệp) at Da Nang’s Trung Vuong Theatre on August 23, 46 years after its debut.

Now this is an absolutely quackers case.

She may only be nine-years-old but young writer Bui Mai Khue is already heading on the ‘write’ path in the world of literature after winning a top prize in a competition.

The Hanoi Red Cross have opened several shelters for outdoor workers who need rest or respite from the summer heat.

Residents who had their land illegally taken by the local authorities have been told they will finally be compensated – at current market value.

The video assistant referee (VAR) will not be used in the V.League 1 this season because of a FIFA rule change.

Police in the northern Quang Ninh Province have charged a woman for alleged involvement in running an illegal commercial surrogacy business.

The use of millions of cubic metres of water from the Red River to supply West Lake and clean the polluted To Lich River has been the cheapest and best way to clean the latter river so far.

The Graphics, Sculpture and Applied Fine Arts Exhibition has opened in Hanoi with more than 100 pieces on show.

Vietnamese film makers have won a number of prizes at a European film festival.

Culi Never Cries, the debut drama by Pham Ngoc Lan, won two prizes in the Open Doors section of Locarno Film Festival held in Locarno, Switzerland.

Around 1,500 pieces of unexploded ordnance have been discovered on a hill in the central province of Quang Tri by the UK’s Mines Advisory Group.

Jan-Jul rice exports exceed 4 million tons

Nguyen Kim Hung, also known as Hung “kính”, the infamous mastermind of a parking racket in Hanoi’s Long Bien wholesale market, died of end-stage liver disease on Wednesday at Ha Dong General Hospital.

Vietnam’s Thai Son Nam advanced to the semi-finals of the AFC Futsal Club Championship for the fourth time in a row after a 5-1 win over Shenzhen Nanling Tielang yesterday in Thailand.

Three Chinese men suspected of killing a taxi driver and stealing his car have been arrested in the border province of Son La, local police said on Tuesday.

French Cultural Centre (L’Espace) will host two concerts under Viet Nam Connection Music 2019 (VNCMF) on Thursday and Friday.

Qualification for the semi-finals of the ASEAN Football Federation U18 Championship is out of Vietnam’s hands after a goalless draw with Thailand on Tuesday.

Vietnam has long been persistent and consistent in safeguarding its national sovereignty in the East Sea through peaceful measures on the basis of international law.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and Japan’s Nagano prefecture signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in human resources development in Hanoi on August 14.

The The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports and Culture) daily of the Vietnam News Agency on August 5 announced ten nominations for the 12th “Bui Xuan Phai: For Love of Hanoi” Awards.