Since its early days in the mid-2000s, YouTube has showcased the talents of entertainers seeking fame and fortune, with Hollywood executives increasingly sitting up and taking notice.

Chinese authorities have raided toy shops across the country to enforce a ban on a handheld crossbow popular with children that can fire nails and needles, state media said.

Phước Bình National Park in the central province of Ninh Thuận is an ideal place for tourists who wants to enjoy adventure trip.

Junior high school students with Japanese language proficiency equivalent to N5 (minimum) are invited to learn about furoshiki, a traditional Japanese method of wrapping cloth.

Artist Phạm Thuấn won the first prize at the painting contest held by Korean Cultural Centre and Vietnamese department of exhibition, photography and fine arts.

The southern province of Bình Phước plans to ask the Government to grant intangible cultural heritage status to the traditional buffalo-fighting festival in Quản Hớn District.

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The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) in cooperation with Goethe Institute will restage the opera The Magic Flute at the city Opera House on June 30 and July 1.

Visitors to Việt Nam Nationalities Village for the Culture and Tourism near the capital in July will experience a series of activities featuring the traditional cultures and customs of the ethnic minorities in VN’s central highlands.

On July 8, Heritage Space will present a concert entitled From the Wood by percussionist Trần Xuân Hòa.

An “Action Weekend" fundraising event for Lùng Tám Community Project will be held on Saturday at Chez Xuan.

Many residents in the southern province of Bến Tre are raising dogs and other pets, gaining significant achievements and respectable profits.

American DJ and music producer Mackswell will perform at the “People’s Party” electronic music show at The Lighthouse on July 8.

The first ever Outdoor Wedding Fair on the Beach will be on display at the the Premier Village Đà Nẵng Resort on Võ Nguyên Giáp Street on Saturday (July 1st).

The Vietnamese movie Cô Gái Đến Từ Hôm Qua (The Girl Who Comes From Yesterday) will premiere at the 21st Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) in July.

A full-day music and arts event called “Thiên Rình Rập: Arts and Awareness” will be held on July 1 at Mix & Paint in District 2.

Shane Filan, the former lead singer of Irish boy band Westlife, will return to perform in HCM City on July 16 as part of his world Love Always Tour 2017.

 Max Beckmann's Bird's Hell painting sold at Christie's impressionist and modern art sale for £36 million (US$64 million) on Tuesday, a new auction record for German expressionism.