ASEAN friendship concert celebrates bloc’s unity

Ho Chi Minh City to launch new culinary tours

Culture 00:46

Ho Chi Minh City launches 20 new culinary tours for 2025, blending street food, garden cuisine, and fresh seafood. Trips range from half-day to three days, showcasing dining, shopping, and sightseeing across the city and surrounding areas. The initiative aims to welcome 10 million international visitors and generate 11 billion US dollars in tourism revenue in 2025.

Immersive tours transform history learning

Culture 02:24

New immersive experiences are helping to make history more engaging for the public. The “Flag Tower Memories” tour at Hanoi’s Flag Tower offers visitors an immersive journey through the nation’s past, helping them connect with history through interactive and sensory experiences.

German choir performs Vietnamese folk songs

Culture 02:37

On 17 October, at the Vietnam National Academy of Music, the Lichtenberg Choir from Berlin, in collaboration with the Hope Choir, presented the programme Qua Cau Gi Bay (“Passing the Wind Bridge”), merging Vietnamese music with German voices.

Yokohama abuzz with international festivals

Culture 03:04

Japan's autumn is filled with festivities. From the deep, resounding beats of traditional drums in Matsue, we now turn to the lively rhythms of citywide celebrations in Yokohama.

Dien Bien Phu battlefield recreated

Culture 01:56

Earlier this year, the Dien Bien Provincial People’s Committee approved the “Preservation and restoration of the Dien Bien Phu Stronghold Group” project. Along with the previous grand-scale project, the Panorama of the Dien Bien Phu Campaign, this new project, worth over 9.4 million US dollars, aims to reconstruct parts of the original battlefield, recreating the atmosphere of the historic battle through modern technology.

Dien Bien Phu battlefield recreated

Culture 01:56

Earlier this year, the Dien Bien Provincial People’s Committee approved the “Preservation and restoration of the Dien Bien Phu Stronghold Group” project. Along with the previous grand-scale project, the Panorama of the Dien Bien Phu Campaign, this new project, worth over 9.4 million US dollars, aims to reconstruct parts of the original battlefield, recreating the atmosphere of the historic battle through modern technology.

Secret Garden begins world tour in Vietnam

Culture 02:34

Songs like “Song from a Secret Garden”, “Nocturne”, and the iconic “You Raise Me Up”, among other timeless hits by the Secret Garden duo, are being performed in Hanoi for the first time. While the artists played, the audience all clapped in unison - every beat contained the nostalgia they had carried in their hearts for decades.

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