CULTURE AND SPORT

The well-known artist, Thanh Phong, shared his thoughts about the comic "Long Than Tuong" and their methods of raising funds for publication.

The national pageant, Miss Vietnam 2014, officially kicked off on June 4 with preliminary round to be staged in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Bac Lieu from November 1-15.

Dutch mixing star Afrojack, rated ninth in DJ magazine's Top 100 DJs last year, is coming to HCM City's biggest r electronic dance music festival on Saturday.

Vietnamese and Japanese artists are now working together on a film which depicts the daily life and unique culture of Vietnam.

The 6th European – Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival is expected to present 22 recent films to create a vibrant dialogue, featuring a variety of filmmaking styles and topics relevant to each society.

The Vietnam Musicians Association will organise a large-scale music festival focusing on seas and islands next Sunday.

Model Ly Nha Ky, Vietnam’s first tourism ambassador, has decided to leave the Vietnamese showbiz scene in order to focus on social activities.

Russian conductor Alexander Polyanichko will be the highlight of a concert with the Vietnam National Symphony and Orchestra on June 6 and 7.

A group exhibition, Out of Nowhere, which marks the grand opening of Sao La, a Galerie Quynh initiative, will feature works in a range of media from painting and photography to installation and video by 10 young artists based

World elite badminton athlete Nguyen Tien Minh has maintained his position in the top 10, although he has dropped in the rankings by a remarkable number of points.

Internationally-known chef Bobby Chinn has been put forth as a candidate for the Vietnam Tourism Ambassador for 2014 to 2017.

Asako Okiura stepped back and forth, looking attentively at a small oil painting of lotus flowers hanging at the ongoing exhibition of veteran artist Pham Luc.

Pi Nang Thi Hau glows as she tells people about a photo she took of her friends making banh tet (glutinous rice cakes) during the school's year-end celebration.

More than 100 photos featuring the daily life of locals and soldiers based at sea and on the country's islands are on display in downtown Hanoi.

Vietnamese singer My Tam was awarded “The best-selling artist from all major territories” at the World Music Awards 2014 (WMA) held in Monte-Carlo, Monaco, on May 27.

Photos on latest developments in the waters of Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago will be on display at an exhibition in Hanoi from May 28, providing vivid evidence of China ’s brazen violation of Vietnam ’s sovereignty.

Dang Thu Thao, born in 1997 in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, has been sashed winner of the 2014 Miss Vietnam Ocean beauty pageant.

Jenny Nguyen, winner of the Vietnam Supermodel 2012 style prize, is representing Vietnam in the Miss Asia-Pacific World 2014 pageant taking place in Seoul, the RoK from May 18-31.

The organising board of Miss Ethnic Vietnam beauty contest denied the accusation that they abused contestants, saying that the former Miss Ethnic Vietnam did not fulfill her duties.