Hanoi (VNA) - An action film dedicated to motherhood, Hai Phuong (Furie), will compete for an Oscar in 2020, the culture ministry's Department of Cinema announced on September 24. A scene from Hai Phượng (Furie) (Photo courtesy of Studio 68) The film will compete in the Best International Feature Film category, formerly known as the Best Foreign Language...

Hanoi (VNA) - Miss Fashion Prize at Miss World Vietnam 2019 Nguyen Thi Thu Hien will represent the country at the Miss Asia Pacific International (MAPI) 2019 in Philippines this October. Nguyen Thi Thu Hien (Photo: Moon Tran/Vietnam+) Born in 1995, Hien, being 1m70 tall and weighs 49kg, impresses others for her confidence and language skills. The beauty is...

Hanoi (VNA) - An exhibition of photos and reportage-documentary films on the ASEAN Community launched by the Ministry of Information and Communications will open in the southern province of Dong Nai on September 24. The four-day exhibition will feature over 300 photos and nearly 60 reportage and documentary films on people in the ASEAN Community that won awards at...

HCM City (VNA) – The news and art photo competition 2019, themed “City landscape 2019’, was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on September 20. A press conference introducing the event (Photo: VNA) Tra Duc Khang, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Information and Exhibition Centre - the organising unit, said the event encourages entries featuring...

NDO – A special art programme will be held at Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Labour Cultural Palace in Hanoi at 8pm on September 21 to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the capital’s Liberation Day (October 10, 1954-2019). People's Artist Quang Tho will participate in the art programme "Remembering Hanoi's Autumn" The programme, entitled 'Nho mua thu Hanoi' (Remembering Hanoi’s Autumn), will...

Hanoi (VNA) - Four Vietnamese photographers have been named in the top 50 finalists of the AGORA awards 2019 - the biggest photography contest in the world. Incense work by Khanh Phan (Photo courtesy of the artist) More than 130,000 submissions from photographers all around the world have been submitted to the competition. The 50 finalists, coming from 21...

NDO – The memoir "Doan binh Tay Tien" (Advance Westward Regiment) by well-known poet Quang Dung has been introduced to readers by Kim Dong Publishing House for the first time. The memoir "Doan binh Tay Tien" by late poet Quang Dung has been made public to readers in a book of the same name by Kim Dong Publishing House....

(LSO) - Over the past years, the Museum of Lang Son province has always been a magnet for thousands of visitors to learn about the life and carrier of Hoang Van Thu (1909 – 1944), a revolutionary whose hometown is in Lang Son. Duong Thi Binh, deputy director of the museum, said the museum is showcasing 14 objects, 10...

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - An art exhibition at the Vietnam Tuong Theatre in Hanoi offers art lovers and tourists a chance to learn about the art of tuong, or classical drama. Behind The Mask exhibition invites audience to look beyond the colours and strokes to find other distinctive aspects of the long-established performing art of Tuong (Courtesy photo of Lune...

Da Nang (VNS/VNA) - Two traditional trades – fish sauce in Nam O Village in Da Nang and Thanh Ha pottery in Hoi An – have been recognised as National Intangible Heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, contributing more cultural value to the two tourism hubs in central Vietnam. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Director of...