The prosecution has admitted to a new embarrassing error in the Harvey Weinstein case, saying a police detective told one of the disgraced Hollywood producer’s accusers to delete from her phone anything she wanted to keep private.

Legendary Turkish photographer Ara Guler, famed for iconic images of Istanbul which captured almost three quarters of a century of the city’s history, has died aged 90, state media said.

Before moving to Việt Nam five years ago, Jovana Benoit – wife of the current Haitian Ambassador to Việt Nam Jean Lesly Benoit, surfed the internet to learn about the country. However, not everything she read was positive.

 Plans to build a theatre worth some VNĐ1.5 trillion (US$65.6 million) in Thủ Thiêm New Urban Area, HCM City, have sparked a public opinion controversy, but Nguyễn Thái Bình, speaker of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, argued that building the facility is good news for people working in the cultural field.

The talent and efforts of female Vietnamese scientists are depicted at an exhibition held at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum in Hà Nội.

Two artists from Quảng Trị and Bến Tre provinces won the Golden Medal prize at the 3rd National Magic Festival 2018 held at the HCM City Opera House on October 15. 

A photo exhibition themed “Sea with our view”, will display a collection of 95 photos depicting the sea, the lifestyles of seamen and fishing villages in Việt Nam at the city’s Fine Arts Museum on October 19-26.

A calendar for 2019 named ‘Trường Sa in My Heart’ was recently launched at HCM City’s Book Street.

Male Model Contest 2018, the first reality show modeling competition for Vietnamese men, is set to kick off.