Việt Nam News

Rufus Wainwright injected pizzazz into the Michael Kors show in New York on Wednesday, giving a live performance and a shoutout to Hillary Clinton as actresses Emily Blunt and Sienna Miller sat in the front row.

Colombian-American actress Sofia Vergara topped Forbes magazine's annual list of best paid television actresses for the fifth year in a row on Wednesday, earning a whopping $43 million dollars.

A new CD of sung poems has just been released by a popular couple in Vietnamese literary circles. Tiếng Rao (Hawkers’s Cry) is a compilation of six poems by mathematician Đinh Hoàng Anh, sung by her husband, painter Thái Tĩnh.

Pop stars’ live music shows at theatres and nightclubs are expected to rock the market during the rainy season.    

Elite Artist Hoài Linh opened a 500 sq m shrine in HCM City’s District 9 last Sunday (Sept 11) dedicated to the founders of Việt Nam’s theatrical arts.

The Saigon Classical Music Group will perform at the “Recollection” concert at the HCM City Southern Women’s Museum on September 17.

An electronic dance music festival called the “Land of Dreams Escape” on September 25 will feature DJs and music producers from Russia, the US, the UK, New Zealand and Netherlands.

The second international rugby tournament, Saigon Rugby 10’s, will take place on September 17 at the RMIT sportsgrounds in District 7.

The HCM City unit of the Việt Nam Red Cross Society is showcasing the charity activities of its members and volunteers at a photo exhibition.

The central city of Đà Nẵng has launched “Impressive Moment", a video clip competition marking the 20th anniversary of its recognition as a central government city.

An exhibition of watercolour paintings about Sài Gòn street culture by four city-based artists will open at La Saigonais in District 1 on September 16.

The 2016 Côn Sơn-Kiếp Bạc Autumn Festival held in Hải Dương province is expected to attract an estimate of nearly 30,000 visitors.

Sylvie Fanchette, a French author, will have a talk about her books featuring Vietnamese handicrafts on Friday at the Bookworm shop.

Beluxcham Vietnam is inviting everybody to its third edition of the Belgian Beer Festival in Hà Nội with aim to bring one of the best parts of Belgian culture to the Vietnamese and foreigners living in Việt Nam.

Queer Forever 2016 will take place in Hà Nội as an intimate film project for the rights of the LGBTIQ.

French pop-rock singer La Grande Sophie (real name Sophie Huriaux) showed her love for the city by writing the song Hanoi, which has enchanted music lovers in Việt Nam and France.

Four films selected from the FIFA Mons, the Festival of Films about Love in Mons (Festival international du film d’amour de Mons) will be screened in Hà Nội until September 17.

Zayn Malik, who found superstardom as a teen heartthrob with One Direction before a heated falling out, is publishing an autobiography at age 23. Publisher Penguin Random House on Tuesday announced that Zayn, described as the British singer's "first autobiography," would come out worldwide on November 1 and feature his thoughts, drawings and personal photographs.