DJ Robert Miles, known worldwide for his million-selling dream-house track Children, has died aged just 47 after a months-long battle with cancer, the online radio he founded said on Wednesday.
Steve McQueen, who won an Oscar for directing 12 Years a Slave, will film an authorised documentary on slain rap legend Tupac Shakur.
Tomorrow, the Ambassador Club will be officially inaugurated by the Diplomatic Corps at the Hanoi Daewoo Hotel, fostering friendly relations among the Heads of Mission and their families.
Two major Vietnamese contemporary artists, painter Lê Thiết Cương and sculptor Đinh Công Đạt, have teamed up to surprise art lovers with an interior décor collection.
The Japan Foundation Centre and the General Consulate of Japan in HCM City will host an exhibition of Hokusai Manga, considered the origin of today’s manga, from May 12-26.
An old story about the starfish has inspired Austrian investment bankers to set up a foundation to build schools for needy children in Việt Nam.
Saigon International Comedy Club will present Canadian comedian and singer-songwriter Phil Nichol at Game On on May 12.
On Sunday, Manzi Art Space will host A Sifted Gaze by Dan Drage - an American artist based in Hà Nội.
On Saturday, the Friends of Vietnam Heritage will hold an excursion to Lai Xá photography village in Kim Chung Commune, about 15km west of Hà Nội.
The 2,561th birthday of Lord Buddha today was celebrated at the Việt Nam Quốc Tự Pagoda in HCM City’s District 10.
Countless celebrations across the country have marked the Buddha’s 2,561st birthday, which fell on May 10 this year, the 15th day of the fourth lunar month.
Đà Nẵng city’s Fine Arts Museum has launched a graphic painting exhibition, The Emotion of May, displaying 50 paintings from local artists and designers at 78 Lê Duẩn Street.
Lai Xá Village in Hoài Đức District on the western outskirts of Hà Nội will open a photography museum celebrating the art form’s early 20th century roots in the village.
Nike Wagner, great-granddaughter of legendary German opera composer Richard Wagner, on Tuesday said she had given up hope of ever directing the annual Bayreuth festival dedicated to his works.
The Grammys will move next year from Los Angeles to New York to mark the 60th edition of the music industry’s premier awards, the Recording Academy announced on Tuesday.
Six riders from Australia joined a 400km charity bike trip to raise scholarship funds for disadvantaged students in central Việt Nam. They raised US$22,000 to send seven academically gifted, poor students to university.
The classic children’s play The Bluebird by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck will premiere at Việt Nam Youth Theatre on May 11 & 12, as part of the cultural offerings celebrating Europe Days.
The Vietnamese version Vung Cach Ly of novel The Quarantine by former Italian ambassador to Việt Nam Lozenro Angeloni was recently published by Thái Hà Books and Labour Publishing House.