Việt Nam News

Disco band Boney M and Chris Norman, former lead singer of the Smokie band, will perform in Hà Nội tonight (October 1).

A book of memoirs entitled “A Silent Secret Agent” was launched by the HCM City Book Distribution JSC (Fahasa) on Friday.

The European "capital" of Brussels is going to get its own version of the Pompidou Centre, the contemporary art gallery in Paris that has become one of world's biggest cultural attractions.

A book week is being organised in three book stores in downtown HCM City on October 1-9 by HCM City’s General Publishing House.

Representatives of Việt Nam’s young writers gathered at a conference in Hà Nội on September 28-29.

Local pop singer Đông Nhi will represent Việt Nam at the MTV European Music Awards (MTV EMA) 2016.

Việt Nam’s literary masterpiece Truyện Kiều (The Tale of Kiều) will appear as illustrations in a special edition calendar to be released in the upcoming new year.

Tom Petty, the heartland rocker behind hits such as American Girl, will be honored at a gala ahead of next year's Grammy Awards, it was announced Wednesday.

The 3rd International Contemporary Dance Festival 2016 (ICDF) opens on Friday (Sept 30) at the HCM City Opera House.

Walt Disney Studios is teaming up with director Jon Favreau for a live-action remake of The Lion King, one of the most successful animated movies in history, the company said Wednesday.

Popular opera director Nguyễn Phi Phi Anh will soon launch his opera project titled Hope with 35 shows at the L’Espace on 24 Tràng Tiền Street.

Two feature films, two documentaries and an animation will be part of the monthly film screening programme at the Institute of Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF) in October.

Saigon Outcast will host an event on October 2 where international singers and songwriters from diverse backgrounds will share their stories about music.

Vin Gallery will host an Autumn Art Market where the public can meet artists working at the gallery at Indika Saigon on October 10.

The French Institute in HCM City in collaboration with Heart Beat will present Antigone, a young Parisian musician at the forefront of French techno scene, in HCM City on October 7.

After a short residency to set up his studio at Manzi from late September, on Saturday, American print and performance artist Sto Len will open it to visitors to observe his practice, have a chat, get their own hands dirty and see his latest body of work produced both in Hà Nội and New York.

Tewfic El-Sawy just published his first book of colour photographs, Hầu Đồng: The Spirit Mediums of Việt Nam, an outgrowth of his passionate interest in indigenous religions and cults.

Best films adapted from Shakespeare’s works will be screened every Saturdays from October 8 to 29 in Việt Nam in Shakespeare Lives in Films programme.