He played a suicidal bum in Down and Out in Beverly Hills, but Nick Nolte was crowned king of Hollywood on Monday with a star on the iconic Walk of Fame.

German police on Monday arrested a 58-year-old man in Berlin on suspicion of handling stolen items from John Lennon's estate, including the late Beatle's diaries. The items were stolen from Lennon's widow Yoko Ono in New York in 2006 and have been seized as evidence, Martin Steltner, a spokesman for the Berlin prosecutor's office, said.

Vietnamese heartthrob Noo Phước Thịnh, whose baby face has charmed a great number of teenaged and young fans, will give a free concert in Hà Nội next week, his first ever in the capital city.

The Đà Lạt Flower Festival 2017 will kick off on December 23 in Đà Lạt city, with a range of cultural events. 

Six works of art by students from Hà Nội secondary schools are on display at the Rivers of the World exhibition on Book Street, also known as December 19 Street.

Teachers and students at the Y Tý Kindergarten in Bát Xát District, the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai. The country marks Vietnamese Teachers’ Day today, November 20. — VNS Photo Việt Thanh

Chuyện Tình Nàng Giáng Hương (Love Story of Giáng Hương), a musical based on Vietnamese fairy tale Từ Thức Gặp Tiên (Từ Thức Meets a Fairy), will return for eight nights at the HCM City Opera House.

More than 50 paintings, eight sculptures by 60 artists and Buddhists are on display in downtown Hà Nội to commemorate the 8th National Buddhism Congress (for the term 2017-2022).

Miss Việt Nam Đỗ Mỹ Linh won the Beauty with a Purpose award at the Miss World 2017 beauty pageant, held in China last weekend.