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Composer Dương Cầm is also a producer with many sold-out albums and big shows in Hà Nội to his credit. He spoke about his participation at Celebrity Battle and on qualities needed to become professional singer.

Representatives of HCM City’s administration, led by the city’s Party Secretary Nguyễn Thiện Nhân, yesterday visited the city’s Archbishop and the office of the Episcopacy of Việt Nam ahead of Christmas and the New Year.

The Belarus Embassy in Việt Nam granted a collection of 21 volumes of books reproduced in the style created by Francysk Skaryna to the National Library of Việt Nam on Tuesday.

Fascinating performances presented by artists from different countries will highlight Huế Festival 2018 which will take place from April 27 to May 2 in Huế city, the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế.

Actress and film director Kim Khánh recently launched her new project, Hồn Bướm (Butterfly Soul), a documentary on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in HCM City.

Among the myriad Vietnamese dishes made with rice, be it main courses, side-dishes or snacks that are meals in themselves, the softest gluey texture belongs to the bánh giò (rice dough dumpling with minced pork and wood ear mushrooms inside).

The HCM City Magic Club’s 44 magicians, most of whom work for traditional art theatres and circus troupes, will be begin performing this week in the city.

A play on the Mậu Thân Offensive in Spring 1968 will be staged by Hồng Vân Drama Troupe, one of HCM City’s leading private drama troupes, this month. 

The Việt Nam Association of River Basin and Coast Protection plans to publish 300 photobooks of the Sơn Trà Nature reserve in Đà Nẵng city to raise funds for protecting its biodiversity. 

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The Bodhisattva statue, depicted as a graceful goddess of mercy holding a twig of willow, is 17m high and made from some 650,000 strawflowers, equivalent to more than 1.6 tonnes. Strawflower, known as never-die flower, is a typical flower of Đà Lạt City, in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng.

An exhibition titled Vestige of a Land explores the life of communal houses in northern Việt Nam along the Red River.

Golden and silver awards were presented to the best television programmes at the 37th national TV festival, which closed on Saturday in the central province of Thanh Hóa.

The Belarus Embassy will, on Tuesday, hand 21 volumes of books to the National Library of Việt Nam to mark the 500th year of Belarusian book printing.

Việt Nam National Institute of Culture and Arts Study in Huế on Friday introduced a research book on Hindu statues found in temples in central regions of the country.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi netted an estimated $220 million in North America on its opening weekend, according to Exhibitor Relations, a figure bettered only by a previous instalment of the sci-fi saga, Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Nearly 50 photos featuring the Literature Temple by night are on display at an exhibition being held at the temple in downtown Hà Nội.

A vendor hawks pottery items on a bicycle in Hà Nội. — VNS Photo Trương Vị