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The 2016 Japanese Film Festival is scheduled to take place from October 28 to November 27 in Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh City, featuring eight films of different genres.

Vietnamese agencies, including the National Institute of Music, Folk Arts Association of VN and VN Musicians’ Association, are aiming to ally with the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports to propose to UNESCO to recognise dan bau, the nation’s

Debris of Debris by Vinh Quyen is the first Vietnamese-authored English-language novel written in Vietnam, and has also been published in the UK and in the US.

Toyota Motor Asia Pacific and Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV), in cooperation with the Vietnam Performing Arts Center at the Department of Performing Arts under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, will hold the Toyota Classics 2016 concert on

Vietnamese representative, Nam Em, has won the silver medal in the Talent Competition of the Miss Earth 2016 by performing an English language song.

The second Asia–Europe Music Festival and the 34th Festival and Conference of the Asia–Pacific Composers’ League officially kicked off at the Hanoi Opera House on October 12.

French Cuisine Festival, themed “Balade En France” will take place at Equatorial Hotel, District 5 in Ho Chi Minh City from November 4-5.

Old apartment buildings that were built during the 1980s and 1990s have been recreated through the exhibition with the theme of shape shifting at the French Institute in Hanoi.

Child dancers will have the chance to work with professional Russian dancers when Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker to be performed in Hanoi this Christmas.

British singer-songwriter will perform at SOUL Live Project in Ho Chi Minh City on October 20 and at the most anticipated music event in Hanoi this autumn – Monsoon Music Festival on October 22.

32 designers have introduced their ao dai collections before the Ao Dai Festival takes place in Hanoi from October 14 to 16.

A young French photographer committed to help disadvantaged children in Việt Nam by offering them half of her photo proceeds and sponsoring a child living in Huế city.

Nearly 200 Vietnamese and international artists and musicians will join the second Asia–Europe New Music Festival and the 34th Festival and Conference of the Asia–Pacific Composers’ League, which will be held in Hanoi and Vinh Yen City in Vinh

The Việt Nam Mountain Bike Marathon, the country’s toughest mountain bike stage race, is scheduled to kick off on November 4-6 in Sa Pa in northern mountainous Lào Cai Province.

More than 80 photos featuring the beauty of Hanoi are being showcased at an exhibition that officially kicked off at Thang Long Imperial Citadel in the capital on October 1.

Local pop singer Dong Nhi will represent Vietnam at the MTV European Music Awards (MTV EMA) 2016.

Nguyen Thi Loan will replace the first runner-up of Miss Ao Dai Vietnam pageant 2016 Yen Nhi to become Vietnam’s official representative to attend Miss Grand International (MGI) 2016, according to the website of Miss Grand Vietnam.

Vietnamese and foreign fashion designers will introduce luxury and ready-to-wear clothing and accessories at the Elle Fashion Journey 2016 at HCM City’s Gem Centre this week.