The French writer and actress Anne Wiazemsky, who famously wrote a best-selling account of her short marriage to New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard, died of cancer in Paris on Thursday, her family said.

British author Kazuo Ishiguro, best known for his novel The Remains of the Day and whose emotional uprooting from his native Japan has left an indelible stamp on his work, won the 2017 Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday.

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The original version of Đường Kách Mệnh (Revolutionary Path), a book written by President Hồ Chí Minh, will be displayed for the first time at a special exhibition in Hà Nội on October 10.

Vietnamese musicians will perform at a concert combining traditional music and romantic poems by German poet Heinrich Heine tonight at the Goethe Institute in Hà Nội.

An exhibition titled The Nature of Northern Russia displays 60 photos reflecting the beauty of  forests, lakes, historical sites, flora and fauna from Siberia to the North Pole.

Traditional water puppetry shows of the Vietnam National Puppetry Theatre will be performed at the upcoming the 21^st Festival de L’Imaginaire in France at the invitation of the Maison Des Cultures Du Monde (World Cultural House) director on November 22-26.

French conductor Patrick Souillot will lead the concert “A Night of Serenade Music” of Dvorak, Tchaikovsky and Puccini at the HCM City Opera House on October 8.

Seven oil paintings by Vietnamese painter Nguyễn Minh Nam will go on display at a solo exhibition at the Kayser Trade Galleries in Berlin, Germany, from October 19-21.