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The band Buc Tuong (The Wall) released their latest album,  Can bang (Balance), on April 16, at Hanoi Book Street, marking their 28 years in the music industry. The album includes 10 songs in the genres of Hard Rock, Modern Rock with youthful rhythms, and romantic rock ballad, which has been a specialty of Buc Tuong for many years. The band conveys the message through the album: “In a long journey, everyone needs a balance to regain the spirit when facing fatigue and difficulties in life. We have to choose the positive and let go of the negative.” With the song Sunflower , the audience enjoyed for the first time a rock song mixed with the symphony orchestra music – a new and unprecedented experiment in the music of Buc Tuong with the participation of the orchestra and conductor Luu Quang Minh.  Guitarist Tran Tuan Hung and the band exchange with audiences at Hanoi Book Street. Photo: Ngo Minh/The Hanoi Times Sunflower brings images of vast fields, wishes, ...

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Pham Viet Anh met and discussed with overseas Vietnamese delegates in the Netherlands to join the delegation to visit Truong Sa (Spratly) island district, the south central province of Khanh Hoa, and DK1 platform in 2023. At the meeting. Photo: TG&VN At the headquarters of the Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands, Ambassador Pham Viet Anh recently met, exchanged and saw off representatives of the Vietnamese community in the Netherlands to join a delegation to visit the local residents, officers and soldiers of Truong Sa island district and the DK1 marine platform. The trip, 10th edition of its kind, was organized by the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs and the Foreign Ministry in coordination with the Vietnamese Navy. This time, two delegates from the Netherlands are Nguyen Thi Lan Huong, president of the Vietnamese Women’s Union in the Netherlands, along with Leu Thi Hien, vice president of the Vietnamese Ass...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Photo: AP Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador of Vietnam to the US discussed the visit of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The most extensive, effective, and practical stage of development Recently, many high-ranking US delegations have come to Vietnam, along with the visit of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, what do we expect? The US State Department is also informed about the purpose of the visit. It was the 10th anniversary of the Vietnam-US Comprehensive Partnership, the exchange of all areas of bilateral and regional cooperation with Vietnam. The visit comes on the occasion of the two countries celebrating the 10th anniversary of their comprehensive partnership. The 10 years of comprehensive partnership (2013-2023) is the most extensive, fastest, most substantive and effective development period in the 28 years of Vietnam-US relations . This is a period of gr...

The photo exhibition, themed “Hanoi – The Beginning of a Western City in Southeast Asia”, is part of the 12th Vietnam-France Cooperation Conference organized by Hanoi and the Ile-de-France Region. The space of the photo exhibition. Photo: Nam Nguyen Being on display until April 22, the exhibition features 30 color photographs taken by Léon Busy between 1915 and 1921, considered the first color photographs of Hanoi. These photographs show the appearance of Hanoi as it changed and developed. In addition to the public works that have long been part of the process of changing Hanoi’s urban form, many details appear on these frames that show the spread of Western culture, even into the living space of Hanoians in the Old Quarter. Highlights of the photo exhibitions include a photo taken inside Quan Thanh Temple showing a large crystal chandelier imported directly from France; the image of beautiful Vietnamese girls with macaron hair and large buckled shoes – a popular imag...

Carnival Ha Long is an annual cultural event that kicks-starts the summer tourism season in Ha Long City that is home to Ha Long Bay, a world heritage recognized twice by UNESCO. This is the 15th year the carnival will be held to welcome visitors to come and discover the natural beauty, local culture, distinctive dishes and various tourism products in Ha Long. The programme comprises the opening ceremony, art performances, street festivals and a low-range fireworks display. Organisers plan to invite famous singers, dancers, beauty queens, professional actors, folk artisans and nearly 2,000 local artists to participate in the programme, said Nguyen Ngoc Son, deputy head of the Ha Long City administration cum deputy head of the organizing board. The goal of the city is to promote the image of Ha Long Bay, a world natural heritage recognized by UNESCO 29 years ago, and to popularize the Carnival Ha Long brand in its 15th year, he added. The carnival 2023 takes place at a time wh...