Acclaimed Belgian filmmakers Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne will tell the story of an Islamist "fanatic" linked to jihadist attacks in their next film, the latter said on Wednesday in an interview.
Skate boarding has been developing among Vietnamese youth in big cities, partly due to a group of young men from South Africa that has been active in motivating the trend.
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On Sunday, musicians from Nigeria, Jamaica, and Việt Nam of the Hà Nội-based band ZAMINA S.M.P. will present a live music night featuring Afrobeat, reggae, Ska punk, makossa, and Asian rhythms.
On Saturday, August 27, INCHAM Hanoi will host an Indian DJ musical night at the InterContinental Hanoi Westlake Hotel&Resort.
A free Russian film screening programme will be presented to local audience by the Russian Centre of Science and Culture in Hà Nội.
The HCM City Theatre Association in co-operation with the Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs plans to upgrade a rest home for traditional artists who are financially disadvantaged.
Cuban ballet artists Viengsay Valdes and Patricio Reve will stage their debut performances in Hà Nội and HCM City on August 19 and 31.
An annual event to celebrate the freedom to love and freedom of expression regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity will be held from Friday to Sunday.
Nguyễn Anh Tú from HCM City brought home a cash prize of VNĐ100 million (US$4,540) after winning the Vĩnh Long Television’s reality show Cười Xuyên Việt (TransViet Laugh) for amateur comic actors.
Nguyễn Tiến Thành a student from the Hanoi-Amsterdam High School was named as winner of the second annual student Writing Prize, a competition organised by American The Atlantic magazine and the College Board, a non-profit education organisation.
A fine arts exhibition of works by artists in the central and Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) provinces opened on Tuesday in Quảng Ngãi Province.
Đặng Nhật Minh’s most recent feature film, Don’t Burn, adapted from the war diary of MD Đặng Thùy Trâm, shows the director’s mastery of his art developing.
When a person starts to talk about Đặng Nhật Minh’s films, it’s not easy to be brief. Each film opens doors and windows onto many aspects of life, and these lead to still more doors, each revealing more facets and shades and issues about the human experience. In other words, the films have the richness and complexity of life, because they’re made by someone who is experiencing it first hand.
Britney Spears, who has been behind some of the racier moments of the MTV Video Music Awards, will return for the latest edition on August 28 with a new song.
Pop singer Madonna celebrated her 58th birthday Tuesday strolling and dancing in Cuba, the latest US star to visit the island since it restored ties with Washington last year.
Singer and song writer Phạm Phương Thảo recently released a music video (MV) on heroic girls at Đồng Lộc T-junction that blends pop and Vietnamese folk music.
