A group of Parisians has launched a campaign for UNESCO to award cultural heritage status to the French capital's bistros and cafe terraces, almost three years after terror attacks in the French capital which left 130 people dead, some of them gunned down in cafes and restaurants.

Vietnamese singers are doing cover versions of popular songs and offering them for free on YouTube.  

The sixth Việt Nam International Exhibition on Film and Television Technology - Telefilm 2018, yesterday opened at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre (SECC) in HCM City’s District 7 from June 7-9.

Indie rockers The National and Bon Iver on Wednesday unveiled the latest entrant into the streaming universe – a site for musicians to post their outtakes hassle-free.

The story of Bob Marley, the Jamaican superstar who in his short life brought reggae into the global mainstream, is set to become a Hollywood biopic.

With young adults born between 1980 and 1998 now accounting for 38 per cent of Việt nam’s population, their travelling and sightseeing preferences are having an impact on the tourism industry, and many companies are trying to cater to this profitable demographic.

Some important rituals of the ethnic people in the Central Highlands region will be reflected during an event held at the Việt Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism, in the Đồng Mô tourism area of Sơn Tây Town, Hà Nội, this June.

Vietnamese opera student Ninh Đức Hoàng Long has just won the first prize at the category for contestants aged between 21 and 29 at the Virtuozok Classical Talent Show 2018 hosted by the Hungarian National Television, he confirmed on his facebook page.

The students of HCM City Open University’s foreign languages courses on June 2 translated a classic English novel, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, into a play and staged it at the Drama Theatre in HCM City’s District 1.

Mozart’s most famous opera The Magic Flute will be restaged at the HCM City Opera House on June 9 and 10.  

Authorities in Ninh Bình Province have agreed to extend the deadline for dismantling the construction of an illegal walkway on Cái Hạ Mountain, inside the UNESCO heritage site of Tràng An, until June 15.

Cultural activities and portraits of people from all over the world are on display at an international photo exhibition in Hà Nội.

It’s easy to recognise a vendor selling bánh đa kê (millet rice cracker). He or she will have plastic bags of crispy rice paper crackers on the front of their bicycle and pots of green beans, millet and sugar on the back.

Popular Vietnamese architect Võ Trọng Nghĩa has joined the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale with an outdoor sculpture made of bamboo.

In Marianne Smolska’s new series entitled Phù Du (Ephemeral), delicate monochrome motifs of skulls, wilted flowers, brambles, roots and chrysalises intertwine with embroidery on handmade Lao and Vietnamese paper.

Solo: A Star Wars Story clung to the top spot in North American theaters this weekend but again fell below expectations, taking in US$29.3 million, just over a third its opening-weekend receipts, said box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

Two of the most sought-after producers in pop music, Mark Ronson and Diplo, have walked different paths, with Ronson reviving retro funk and Diplo reaching eagerly across the globe.

Hernia occurs where there is weakness in the abdomen or wall of the stomach. As a result, the internal part of the abdomen can push out from under the skin.  Hernia is common among both men and women, (more frequent with men) and can occur at any age. The risk is strangulation of an organ, especially the intestine.