The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has launched a plan to promote cultural diplomacy in 2019, aiming to introduce the culture and people of Vietnam and Can Tho to the world, and call for investment to boost the city’s economy.
The biennial Hue Traditional Craft Festival, which honours the value of heritage and raises the quality of traditional trade villages, has helped Vietnamese handicraft products reach out to the world.
Indonesia has officially entered the race to become the 2032 Olympic Games host after submitting a letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh received French Ambassador to Vietnam Bertrand Lortholary in Hanoi on February 18.
Vietnam has registered some 268 strong standby army engineers to join the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan,
The art of command during the northern border defence war in 1979 is analysed in an article by Associate Professor and Doctor Ho Khang, former deputy director of the Vietnam Military History Institute.
Forty nine objects featuring the Mong ethnic minority group are being displayed at the La Rochelle Natural History Museum of France’s Nouvelle Aquitaine region from January 31 till December 31, 2019.
With 10 years collecting bells, Bui Duc Tam in Ho Chi Minh City has now owned more than 200 bells, which originate from all around the world.
Hanoi’s first metro project, the Cat Linh-Ha Dong elevated railway, will officially run in April following many delays, according to Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Ngoc Dong.
The Truong Hai Automobile Company (Thaco) plans to export locally manufactured buses, cars and semi-trailers as well as spare parts and accessories to the US, Canada, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines worth 60 million USD in 2019.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked for the feasibility report on the Long Thanh International Airport project to be completed and submitted soon so that it can be considered by the National Assembly in late 2019, ensuring that the construction of the project starts in 2020 as scheduled.
The Ha Long international passenger port in the northern province of Quang Ninh welcomed the six-star cruise ship Silver Shadow on February 10-11.
The capital city of Hanoi welcomed almost 515,000 tourists, including 162,676 foreigners, during the nine-day Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, which lasted from February 2-10.
Vietnam has climbed one place from 100th to 99th in the latest FIFA rankings thanks to its outstanding performances at the Asian Cup 2019, according to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).
Many artists have created their art pieces with images of pigs, as the animal is the zodiac sign of 2019. Artist Dinh Cong Dat is one of them.
Mui Ne beach in the south central province of Binh Thuan is set to become one of the most-visited destinations in the Asia-Pacific by 2030 under a master plan for the development of Mui Ne National Tourism Site to 2025 with a vision for 2030 recently approved by the Prime Minister.
Traditional martial arts have been developing for centuries in Vietnam, with hundreds of styles nationwide, including Nam Hong Son, Tay Son Binh Dinh and Vovinam.
Xoan-singing clubs in the ancestral land of Phu Tho have become busier welcoming both domestic and foreign tourists after the folk genre of music was added to the UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in late 2017.
