Illustrative image (Photo: sggp.org.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Dance Week 2023 was officially launched on July 15 with the preliminary round - the 24-second video challenge, reported the Vietnam Dance Artists’ Association (VDAA) the same day. Activities during the country’s annual biggest dance event, including a folk dance competition and an international dance festival, will take place...

Young people visit the exhibition. (Photo: VNA) Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – An exhibition on the friendship between Vietnamese patriotic figure Phan Boi Chau and Japanese doctor Asaba Sakitaro as well as the Vietnam- Japan friendship opened on July 14 at the memorial site of the Vietnamese scholar in Hue city. This is one of the activities marking the...

The Vietnam-Japan Festival 2023 kicked off in the central city of Da Nang on July 13 evening, as part of celebrations of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. At the opening ceremony of the event. (Photo: VNA) The four-day event is jointly held by the municipal Department of Foreign Affairs and the Japanese Consulate...

The restoration and upgrade of Kien Trung Palace in the Hue Imperial Citadel (Dai Noi), which began in February 2019, is expected to be completed by the end of this year, according to the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre. The restoration and upgrade of Kien Trung Palace in the Hue Imperial Citadel (Dai Noi) begins in February 2019. (Photo: VNA)...

The organising committee of the Miss World Vietnam 2023 held a ceremony in the central province of Binh Dinh’s Quy Nhon city on July 10 to announce the national final round and schedule of related events. At the ceremony (Photo: VNA) Speaking at the ceremony, Director of the provincial Department of Culture and Sports Ta Xuan Chanh stressed...

Global streaming platform Netflix has removed the Chinese film Flight To You from its service in Vietnam as it contains scenes of the nine-dash line that violates Vietnam’s sovereignty, said Director of the Cinema Department Vi Kien Thanh on July 10. Illustrative image (Photo: Screenshot) Earlier on July 9, the FPT Telecom JSC also removed the film on...

A Vietnamese movie project named “Than Duoc” (Sesame Has Its Soul) has won an award of the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA). Director Oscar Duong (first, left) poses for a photo with producer Hang Trinh and TAICCA's content lab senior manager Joyce Tang. (Photo courtesy of Oscar Duong) The TAICCA award forms part of the 16th Network of Asian...

Vietnam’s Cinema Department has requested Netflix Vietnam and FPT Telecom JSC removing the Chinese film Flight To You as it contains scenes of the nine-dash line that violates Vietnam’s sovereignty. A scene of film Flight To You on Netflix (Photo: Screenshot) In a dispatch dated July 9, the watchdog said that it has reviewed all 39 episodes of...

A Hanoi-based museum dedicated to General Nguyen Chi Thanh, an outstanding politician, military advisor, and talented general of Vietnam, opened to visitors on a trial basis on July 6, as part of the activities to mark his 56th death anniversary (July 6, 1967-2023). Students visit Hanoi-based museum dedicated to General Nguyen Chi Thanh. (Photo: VNA) General Nguyen Chi Thanh,...

Fireworks teams from France and Italy who have entered the final of the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2023 are now ready for their last performances on July 8. Da Nang is the only locality in Vietnam to host a fireworks festival. (Photo: VNA) Edouard Gregoire, head of the French team, said the team has made thorough...