Gucci will go fur-free next year and auction off all of its remaining animal fur items, the Italian fashion house’s president and CEO Marco Bizzarri announced in London on Wednesday.

If there’s a word to sum up Beck’s musical style, it is eclecticism. Over two decades he has become an alternative rock icon by swerving among genres, from folk to hip-hop to the mariachi tunes he heard in the streets of Los Angeles.

The CJ E&M Việt Nam, a subsidiary of Korean-based CJ E&M Corporation, and HKFilm of HCM City have opened a joint-venture film studio working in both production and distribution.

Hanoi University of Culture on Wednesday organised a ceremony to welcome 96 Korean students who will attend a Vietnamese language and culture course at the university.

Saigon International Comedy will present a show with an all-female line-up of comediennes at Game On on October 25.

A “Mashup” featuring different genres of music will be held at Piu Piu on October 21.

The Saigon Classical Music Group will host a Classical Favourites II concert on October 20 at Morico in HCM City.

To mark the National Day of the Kingdom of Spain on October 12, Việt Nam News presents an article written by the Ambassador of Spain to Việt Nam, María Jesús Figa López-Palop

A European language festival in Hà Nội will allow visitors to learn English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish and learn about the diversity of the continent.