Việt Nam News

An Argentinean film fiesta will be held in HCM City on Friday and Saturday.

The eighth German Film Festical closed in the central province of Đà Nẵng on Saturday. Nine films were screened in cities througbhout Việt Nam, including the opening and closing movies, 23 weeks and Millennials. 

An annual contemporary dance festival featuring artists from Europe and Asia opens today with a dance titled “The Burrow” by German artists.

A range of activities to promote the Vietnamese cinema industry are being organised from now until September 21 in Poland on the occasion of the 42nd Polish Film Festival held in Gdynia.

Hà Nội Pride 2017, the country’s most anticipated event for the LGBTQ community, opened on Monday and runs until Sunday with a series of exhibitions, discussions, film screenings, a bike rally and walking march.

The cradle of many Vietnamese singing talents, Sao Mai (Morning Star) contest, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this September with the participation of 30 potential stars. Despite many questions on the quality and quantity of the contestants in recent years, the singing contest still promises to reveal the country’s best new singers.

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A 123-year-old house in Phan Chu Trinh Street in the southern province of Tây Ninh was today recognised as a provincial relic of arts and architecture, by the local People’s Committee.

South Korean girl group T-Ara will host a concert in HCM City on November 4 to mark 25 years of diplomatic relations between Việt Nam and South Korea.

Artist couple Anh Tú and Việt Dung will hold a concert featuring South Korean folk and modern music pieces at the Hà Nội Opera House on September 30.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced plans on Monday for an US$840 million Mayan theme park on the Caribbean coast to rival the major theme parks in the United States. 

Beyonce has become increasingly experimental, but this sounded a bit much: some fans who bought vinyl of her latest album Lemonade wound up with music from a Canadian punk band.

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The Swedish embassy has helped launch a nationwide competition designed to inspire Vietnamese college and university students to brainstorm ideas for environmentally sustainable production and responsible consumption in Việt Nam.

Local audiences can catch a glimpse of orchestral artists at an exhibition featuring photographs of conductors taken by photographer Nguyễn Đình Toán.

A period of Vietnamese fine arts history and rare artworks of veteran artists are revealed in a latest book by Đào Mai Trang.

The Việt Nam Publishing Association has proposed to raise the discount limit on books to 80 per cent instead of the current maximum rate of 50 per cent.