A play has just been staged with the unique combination of four traditional vocal arts, including cải lương (renovated opera), chèo (traditional opera), xẩm (singing by blind busker) and Hue’s hát văn (folk ceremonial singing of Hue).

Calligrapher Ngau Thu will display his works featuring poems by Heinrich Heine at an exhibition at the Ha Noi Goethe Institute.

Overseas Vietnamese singer Tuan Ngoc and young Vietnamese pop singer Duc Tuan will perform a live show at the central city’s Phoenix Wedding Centre on September 5.

HCMC cracks the whip on projects

The Da Nang Water Supply Company (Dawaco) on August 26 proposed the building of dams to prevent salinity and store fresh water in Cau Do River’s lowerstream as an urgent responding measure.

A forest fire destroyed nearly 200ha of forest over the weekend in central Phu Yen Province’s Phu Hoa District, Law Protection online newspaper reported.

Border guards in northern Lang Son Province caught a man and a woman trying to cross into China with a newborn baby on Sunday, in an effort likely put a stop to a human trafficking case.

The People’s Committee of Central Highlands Dak Nong Province has fined three businesses a total of VND500 million (US$21,500) for trading low-quality gasoline, news.zing.vn reported.

A truck collided head-on with a tractor truck on the stretch of National Highway No 6 passing through northern Son La Province’s Chieng Hac Commune early this morning.

Authorities in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province have agreed to burn domestic waste of Con Dao District instead of shipping it from the island to a landfill on the mainland.

A large fire broke out at 9:15 a.m, August 26, on a canoe in Nha Trang Bay in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, injuring two people.

An Indian passenger was overcharged up to VND1.2 million (USD52.17) for just 8 kilometres taxi trip in Ho Chi Minh City.

The first ever bilingual photo book featuring President Ho Chi Minh’s Testament has been published by the Vietnam News Agency Publishing House in conjunction with the Ho Chi Minh National Politics Institute and the Ho Chi Minh Museum.

A painting contest for kids with the theme Rac (Garbage) has been launched at Ngoc Lam Primary Shool in Hanoi by the Danish Embassy in Vietnam.

Related to MobiFone's AVG purchase case, the Supreme People's Procuracy of Vietnam has approved the implementation of legal proceedings agains five officials of the State-owned telecommunication giant MobiFone.

Since early 2018, Hanoi’s consumers have been able to scan quick response (QR) codes to trace the origins of agricultural products sold at supermarkets and convenience store

Leading logistics providers are looking to technological investment and e-logistics as Vietnam's limits in infrastructure and connectivity continue.

The Muong Lo Culture and Tourism Festival and The Discovery Mu Cang Chai Terraced Fields will take place from September 20 to 25 in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.

Authorities have pledged to find the causes of a land collapse close to the red mud reservoir of Nhan Co Alumina Factory in Dak R’lap District of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

Drivers of xe om – or motorbike taxis – carrying passengers and goods and drivers of non-motorised vehicles will have to register with authorised agencies, according to a new draft regulation.