CULTURE AND SPORT

A stage production of Charles Dickens’ ‘Oliver Twist’ by artists from the UK TNT Theatre will be performed in Ho Chi Minh City, Danang and Hanoi from May 2-13.

Actress Van Trang showed off her curves and flexibility when she performed Cha cha cha with Vasil in the first competition night of the Dancing with the Stars 2012.

My Quyen, a respected DJ in Vietnam, also known as DJ Bo, died of acute pneumonia during a tour in Haiphong City.

The fourth semi-final show of the Vietnam Got Talent 2012--on March 25 in HCM City, entertained the audience with interesting performances.

Hollywood icon James Cameron has made it to Earth's deepest point.

Manchester City will look to return to the top of the Premier League and pile the pressure on title rivals Manchester United when they travel to Stoke on Saturday.

At the age of 12, Phung Hoa Hoai Linh won the Best Actress award at the International Dubai Film Festival, for her leading role in “Mother’s Soul” by well-known director Nhue Giang.

Vietnam will play host to a number of international sport events, including football, badminton, chess and Taekwondo tournaments, this year.

A club aimed to preserve Chau van, a Vietnamese traditional folk art, was recently launched in Hanoi.

Grammy-winning pop legend Whitney Houston died from accidental drowning in her hotel bathtub after taking cocaine which could have triggered a heart attack, coroners said.

Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2011’s runner-up Nguyen Thi Tra My has just become the third runner-up at the 6th annual Top Model Worldwide modeling contest in London.

Singer Minh Hang’s performance at the opening of the Dancing with the Stars 2012 used a portion of a recording by another singer without prior permission.

A team of traditional opera artists recently delighted a French audience with a classical cheo play during the Festival of Imagination held in Paris's House of World Cultures.

This movie will be launched in Vietnam on April 13, one month earlier than the release date in North America, on May 18.

Vietnamese martial artists secured second place at a Muay Thai World Championship, which concluded in Bangkok.

The organisers of the 2012 Sao Mai singing contest vow to ban contestants from wearing skimpy clothing and accessories.

The Australian Consulate-General in HCM City announced a special performance featuring one of Australia’s leading indigenous dance groups “Descendance” at the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Cultural House.

Swimming talent Hoang Quy Phuoc has been accused as an arrogant superstar, and the main cause for all of the troubles the Vietnamese swimming squad has been facing in the US.

The opening of Dancing With the Stars 2012 contest took place at Hanoi’s Quan Ngua Sport Centre on the evening of March 18.