Painting treasures get inadequate protection
Lack of funds, personnel and knowhow are preventing proper protection of Vietnam’s art treasures, conservation experts say.
The worrying lack of protection came to light...
Photo of Vietnamese couple nominated among 50 best in int’l contest
The photo "Forever in Love" of Vietnamese photographer Ngo Van Diep. Photo courtesy of Ngo Van Diep/Agora Images.
The photo "Forever in Love" of an...
Choáng với thu nhập cực khủng của các nữ streamer Việt đình đám hiện...
Thành công với nghề streamer và có thu nhập cực khủng, các nữ streamer đình đám cong không ngại đầu tư tiền tỷ để...
Con Son ‘green oasis’ cannot be ignored when one visits Vietnam’s Can Tho
Tourists visit fish rafts in Con Son, Can Tho, southern Vietnam. Photo: Tuoi Tre
Located in the heart of the Hau (Back) River in Vietnam’s...
HCMC to host international music fest
HOZO 2019 will become the first international music festival to be held by HCMC on the Nguyen Hue walking street from December 13-15.
"The festival...
Saigon hamlet makes rice cakes for summer cleansing festival
For almost 50 years, residents of a Saigon hamlet have prepared thousands of sticky rice cakes for the summer cleansing festival.
The Banh u (pyramid sticky rice...
Vietnamese nudes fetch big bucks abroad but remain taboo at home
At foreign auctions, Vietnamese nude paintings sometimes fetch upward of $1 million, but within the country they remain under wraps.
In May this year, Post-Impressionistic...
Straddling two centuries: 90-year-old artist holds first solo exhibition
Thirty works by the doyen of Vietnamese artists, Mong Bich, constituting her first ever solo exhibition, is now open in Hanoi.
Titled "Between Two Centuries,"...
Controversy around The Third Wife’s use of child actress in sex scenes deepens
The movie The Third Wife has sparked off a public debate and outcry over its use of a 13-year-old actress in intimate scenes.
Though Nguyen...
Vietnam’s first palace drama to air on YouTube in 2020
A Vietnamese historical fiction drama inspired by the power struggle within Vietnam’s Forbidden Palace during Nguyen-dynasty rule in the 19th century will be broadcast...
