China's president has ordered the country to march on in its "revolution" to clean up notoriously dirty and foul-smelling public bathrooms in a bid to improve quality of life and boost tourism.

A collection of French artist Claude Monet's personal belongings, including a pair of round-rimmed wire spectacles, have fetched almost US$11 million at an auction in Hong Kong, Christie's said.

The state-supported film industry, once the “pride of Việt Nam,” has fallen victim to shrinking budgets and rising commercialism, Vice Chairwoman of the Việt Nam Cinematography Association Nguyễn Thị Hồng Ngát lamented yesterday at a seminar on the development of national cinema, held alongside the 20^th Việt Nam Film Festival.

An annual festival to honour the buckwheat flowers, the most iconic flowers of the northern province of Hà Giang, and the unique cultural values of the province’s local ethnic people is happening now in Đồng Văn District.

Images of old and modern Panama are on display at an exhibition entitled ‘Visit Panama’, which opened yesterday in Hà Nội.

Filmmakers and cinema experts at the seminar Việt Nam Film Festival in National Cinema Development, held alongside the 20^th National Film Festival, agreed that the event has evolved over the years to increasingly reach international standards.

Valuable documents are being displayed at an exhibition titled A Century Alongside The Nation’s History to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the National Library of Việt Nam.

Coco gave Disney and Pixar much to be thankful for over the long Thanksgiving weekend, as the highly reviewed animation led all comers on North American screens, according to industry estimates released Sunday.

Beauties from across the globe converged in Las Vegas Sunday, where Miss South Africa was crowned Miss Universe.