Young artists in HCM City are being encouraged to take part in courses in performance skills offered by private drama troupes and traditional theatres to meet industry needs. 

When HCM City was locked down during the pandemic, director Xuân Phước volunteered to help people in need, and was moved witnessing how people helped each other to overcome the outbreak. Phước composed Sài Gòn Mùa Thương (Sài Gòn – Season of Love) and has recently released three versions of the music video of the song with the participation of many actors, singers, musicians, workers and doctors. Phước talks with Inner Sanctum about the song and his future film.

Theatre actor Tạ Tuấn Minh won a gold prize for his role as Thái Sư Trần Thủ Độ (General Trần Thủ Độ) at the 2021 National Play Festival held last month in the northern city of Hải Phòng. Last year, he also received the best director title at the 5th Hà Nội Theatre Festival. 

Lionel Messi admitted winning the Copa America with Argentina might have been the determining factor in him claiming the men's Ballon d'Or prize for the seventh time after a turbulent year, as Spain's Alexia Putellas took the women's award.

A new art project preserving traditional Vietnamese water puppetry created by students in HCM City has been launched.  

Tradition theatrical art is facing an existential crisis to its very existence, due to a lack of engagement and consistent interest from audiences, especially on the traditional stage. 

Mắt Biếc (Dreamy Eyes) by director Victor Vũ won the top award, the Golden Lotus for Feature film, at the 22nd Việt Nam Film Festival.

The classical Vietnamese theatre form tuồng has faced difficulties in broadening its appeal to the general public, particularly the young, but this could be changing thanks to a series of programmes created by the Việt Nam Tuồng Theatre.

Reopening to visitors from the beginning of October 2021, InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort has caught visitors’ attention with a mass of attractive offers, along with new and private experiences for visitors in the new normal rhythm of life.

The 22nd Việt Nam National Film Festival starts today both offline and online in Huế, the central province of Thừa Thiên Huế.