Sci-fi filmmaker J.J. Abrams has been tapped to direct Star Wars: Episode IX after the departure of Colin Trevorrow, Lucasfilm announced on Tuesday, delaying its release for seven months.

The HCM City Department of Tourism, in co-operation with its partners, will organise a free fashion and technology festival on Nguyễn Huệ Pedestrian Street next month.   

The Song Magazine plans to publish a work by novelist Nguyễn Một in the US.

Dozens of veteran and young cải lương (reformed theatre) artists and singers will perform at HCM City Drama Theatre for a charity programme on Friday to raise funds for poor farmers living in the Cửu Long (Mekong) River Delta provinces.

Artist Hoàng Hà Tùng will display his paintings of Vietnamese and Dutch farmers at a solo exhibition in Amsterdam.

A traditional theatre programme offering tuồng and hát bội (classical drama) performances will begin this month on HCM City’s Bùi Viện Walking Street, as part of the city’s efforts to attract visitors.  

A recent exhibition in Hà Nội brings audiences the work of eight photographers from France and Việt Nam who have shot images of contemporary dancers in the two countries.

An exhibition of art from Việt Nam, Laos and Cambodia, displaying 55 paintings by 22 artists from three countries, was officially opened as part of Đà Nẵng’s Fine Arts Day yesterday.

The central province of Quang Nam has designated the Tam Hải Island commune in Núi Thành District as an eco-tour site, ecological buffer zone and global geo-park site.