Entertainment

US singer-songwriter Richard Marx will perform at the Christmas Concert 2016 in Hanoi today, December 19, alongside Vietnamese singers.

Monday nights feel like Saturdays in Rio's Little Africa neighborhood when the sun sets and the samba starts to play.

A special exhibition featuring Vietnam’s national treasures will take place at the Vietnam National Museum of History for five months from January to May 2017.

Three sculptures and 20 paintings by renowned Vietnamese and other Southeast Asian artists will go under the hammer at an auction in HCM City this Saturday.

Vietnamese director Phung Dinh Dung and his animated short Painted Flower made the final round for the China's KingBonn Award, propelling him into the Top 41 best directors of the International New Media Short Film Festival 2016.

"Tape Art Collective Berlin", a group of young German artists based in Berlin, will visit Vietnam and introduce, exchange their art performances in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi from December 11 to 18.

An exhibition featuring the royal treasures of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945) has just been opened in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

The second runner-up of Miss Universe 2015 Dang Thi Le Hang will represent Vietnam at the Miss Universe 2016 beauty pageant scheduled for January 13-30, 2017 in the Philippines.

The Danang International Fireworks Festival 2017 (DIFF 2017) will take place from April 29 to June 24, 2017, according to the organiser.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is preparing a multinational dossier to seek UNESCO heritage status for traditional lacquer.

A five-year-old American Vietnamese boy, Evan Le, who have thrilled American audience with his amazing piano skills will perform in HCM City later this month.

Vietnamese documentary movie Singing from behind the Bars won the Best Asian Project award at Docs Port Incheon 2016, which was held in South Korea from November 4th to 6th.

Supermodel Kha Trang has won the best national costume at the 2016 Miss Supranational beauty pageant held in Poland.

Authorities from HCM City and Gyoengsangbuk province of the Republic of Korea met on December 2 to discuss preparations for the World Culture Festival, which will be organised by Gyoengsangbuk in the Vietnamese city.

The International Kite Festival will take place in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria –Vung Tau from December 6-11, expecting to draw 67 artisans from 23 countries and territories, according to the organising board.