Boy bands, which have dominated the music scene for years, are now taking a back seat to the rising female stars.

Talented HCM City-based theatre director Đoàn Bá passed away at 3.55pm on August 21 (local time) in Los Angeles, California, in the United States. He was 78.

The Korean Tourism Organisation (KTO) and the Korean Embassy in Việt Nam jointly launched an arts programme at Star Galaxy Theatre and Convention at 87 Láng Hạ Street.

Dozens of bands from cultural houses and centres in HCM City are participating in a four-day music festival at Sen Hồng (Pink Lotus) Stage focusing on youth and patriotism.

A French administrative tribunal on Monday upheld a burkini ban decided by a Riviera resort which was one of a growing number of towns to outlaw the body-concealing Islamic swimsuit.

A £1 million mural by British street artist Banksy which mocked government surveillance has been destroyed during building works on the house on which it appeared in 2014, the local council said Monday.

Two young filmmakers Nguyễn Xuân Hoàng Minh and Phạm Thu Thủy won the Golden Lotus Bud Awards for the best documentary film and the best feature film last night.

Television stations and channels are investing money and human resources to produce more shows on YouTube, with most of them targeting young Vietnamese viewers.

Miss University Việt Nam, the contest which praises university students’ beauty, intelligence, self-confidence and virtue kicked off yesterday in Hà Nội.