Việt Nam News

More than 300 artists from 24 tài tử music groups from cultural houses in HCM City are taking part in the Tài Tử Music Festival, which opened last night.

The first-ever book street in central Hà Nội has attracted around 20,000 visitors within 15 days of opening, said Đinh Hồng Phong, vice-chairman of the city’s People’s Committee.

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As many as 18 printed copies of paintings and posters by Cuban painter Rene Mederos will be displayed at the Work Room Four Exhibition hall in Hà Nội.

Vietnamese movie Em Chưa 18 (Jailbait) earned record revenue of VNĐ150 billion (US$6.6 million) following 16 days of nationwide screening, making it the highest-grossing Vietnamese movie to date.

Visitors will have the opportunity to meet chef Martin Yan, enjoy an ox racing festival and join the solemn Bà Chúa Xứ honouring festival in Châu Đốc City this May.

 A bronze was sold for US$57.37 million in New York on Monday, setting a new auction record for Romanian-born sculptor Constantin Brancusi and fetching more than twice its lowest pre-sale estimate, Christie’s said.

Pop superstar Katy Perry on Monday announced a new album and tour, promising a more mature and reflective side after taking time off.

Jubilant Portugal on Sunday feted the country’s first ever Eurovision song contest victor Salvador Sobral, who suffers from a serious heart condition but triumphed with a melancholy ballad, with hundreds turning up to welcome him home.

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The winners of last weekend’s Việt Nam’s K-pop Festival will have a chance to attend the K-pop World Festival 2017 in Changwon, South Korea this September.

Fashion designer Đỗ Mạnh Cường will organise the show Life in Colour on Phú Quốc Island on May 27 to celebrate the last 10 years of his career.

The central city has launched Hàn Đà Nẵng Princess, a five-star cruise ship, as a new tourist service for the Hàn River tour.

 Tunisia — Tunisia plans to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the island of Djerba, site of Africa’s oldest synagogue and an annual Jewish pilgrimage, its culture minister said on Sunday.

Popular singers and dancers will perform at a charity concert on May 25 in HCM City to raise funds for children with heart disease.

Finnish Professor Jarmo Anttila from the South Ostrobothnia Music Institute provided a trainning course to improve the pedagogical knowledge of piano teachers at the Hà Nội College of Arts (HCA).

A mural by artists from the New Hanoi Art Company at the Đà Nẵng International Airport won the bronze medal at the 10th International Design Awards (IDA), the Awards jury has just announced.

HCM City’s Trần Hữu Trang Theatre will stage a series of new cải lương (reformed drama) shows to reopen its art centre, the Hưng Đạo Cải Lương Centre, after three years of renovation.