Nobody gave Ahmed al-Dainiy a second glance Thursday as he walked among the youthful crowd on the opening day of Saudi Arabia's first Comic-Con event, wearing a horse head mask.

A sale of erotic art through the ages topped more than 5 million pound at Sotheby's auction house in London on Thursday, with one marble nude fetching nearly two million pounds.

Vietnamese-American director Victor Vũ is working on a new action film, Lôi Báo (In the Storm), together with his young staff in Đà Lạt City. 

On reaching the top, the scenic view of Hạ Long city and the bay are breathtaking. One sees small islands dotting the bay. Rocks come in a range of shapes and sizes, some looking like dragons descending to the bay. A resident told me that it is from here that one understands why this bay was named Hạ Long (Descending Dragon).

Vietnamese water puppeteers will join international artists to perform at the 4th International Festival of the Form Theatre in Krakow, Poland from February 18 to 25. 

The launch event and round-table discussion on the book L’Art de l’Annam (The Art of Annam) by French author Henri Gourdon will be held next Tuesday.

Sơn Trà Mountain has been planned as a National tourism site in the coastal central region and a top luxury eco-tour resort complex in 2030, deputy head of Việt Nam National Tourism Administration, Hà Văn Siêu said a press conference on the plan yesterday.

A comedy by late Vietnamese dramatist Lộng Chương will be revived on stage over 50 years arter its first performance.