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Japanese professor Masaaki Shimizu has been presented with the 2017 Balaban Award by the US-based Vietnamese Nom Preservation Foundation (VNPF) for his contributions to preserving Vietnam’s ancient script.

The internationally-acclaimed band Bad Boys Blue cancelled their upcoming concert in Vietnam after the group was involved in an accident in Russia, and singer John McInerney suffered severe injuries.

A unique painting exhibition displaying art works of people with autism is opening in downtown Hanoi.

After the failure in box office of various home-made films, domestic filmmakers are looking for new gems from scriptwriters in other countries including South Korea and Thailand.

300 rose varieties brought from different parts of the world are on display at the first-ever Bulgaria Rose Festival in Vietnam which kicked off on Friday at Thong Nhat (Reunification) Park in Hanoi.

An arts event portraying 26 people with the initiative, confidence and desire to defy gender norms has kicked off on the pedestrian zone around Hoàn Kiếm Lake.

The world-renowned London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) has arrived in Hà Nội and is ready for their tonight concert – the first ever concert by a British orchestra in Việt Nam, the LSO managing director Kathryn McDowell said at a

Top Vietnamese female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien failed in both women’s 200m breaststroke and 400m freestyle stroke at the first day competition of Arena Pro Swim Series in the US on February 3.

The seventh Traditional Craft Festival is scheduled to take place in the ancient imperial city of Hue, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, from April 28 to May 2, according to the provincial People’s Committee.

As many as 150 cherry blossom trees and 7,000 cherry blossom branches imported from Japan will be put on show in downtown Hanoi as part of a Japanese cultural exchange in Hanoi slated for March 10 – 12.

The prices for the Danang International Firework Festival this year which will start from April 29 will range from VND300,000 (USD13.15) to VND500,000.

The French Institute in HCM City will host Hanoi Duo music show featuring popular Vietnamese French guitarist Nguyen Le and local composer Ngo Hong Quang at Idecaf in HCM City’s District 1 on March 1.

The Hoàng Sa District People’s Committee will display a shipwreck that was rammed by Chinese boats in Vietnamese waters off the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) Archipelago at the city’s Hoàng Sa Museum.

Though it has yet to be approved, a plan to establish a Music Street that would host both amateurs and professionals in downtown HCM City looks likely to get the go ahead.

Launched in 2016 by members of the Dai Viet Co Phong (Ancient Great Viet) group, Hoa van Dai Viet (“Patterns of Great Viet”) has created a rich database of typical Vietnamese patterns dating back from the Ly to the

A deeply moving film debut by a promising director from Vietnam, Father and Son has been praised by foreign film critics as one of the best works from the Vietnamese cinema world in the past decade.

The Platinum chain of cinemas, one of the largest in Vietnam, will stop operations at three Vincom shopping centres from February 24 due to debts and weak services.