Entertainment

The fourth Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF), which will take place from November 1 to 5, will feature about 550 films from over 40 countries and territories across the world.

Four films selected from the Mons International Romantic Film Festival (FIFA Mons) are being screened for the first time at the National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio (NDSFS) at 465 Hoang Hoa Tham Street, Hanoi, from September 14-17.

Vietnamese actress Nha Phuong has won the Asian Star award at the Seoul International Drama Awards.

An exceptional line-up of musicians took the stage on September 7 at the Vietnam National Academy of Music in Hanoi with a dazzling array of traditional Asian folk music performances.

An annual European-Asian contemporary dance festival will be held in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City later this month.

Free performances by Russian artists in Hanoi’s Old Quarter have entertained people using the pedestrianised streets.

Actress Ngo Thanh Van's first feature film Tam Cam: The Untold Story has been selected to compete at the 21st Busan International Film Festival.

The seventh Hanoi Oktoberfest will be held at the JW Marriott Hotel Hanoi from October 6-8, the German Business Association (GBA) has announced.

Fashion designer Minh Hanh will hold her Breathing Through Vietnam’s Mountain Forests runway show in France soon.

The central city of Da Nang will hold the fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG5) from September 24 to October 5.

Hundreds of children participated in the Mask Festival at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi to prepare for the nearing Mid-Autumn Festival.

The 10th Hue Festival, held by the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, will take place in April 2018, the provincial People’s Committee announced.

A South Korean traditional cultural festival will take place at the Việt Nam Art Culture Centre on September 3.

The peaceful beauty of Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago and the life of the soldiers and people there are depicted through 70 photos taken by Nguyen My Tra, a journalist from The Voice of Vietnam Radio.

More than 200 athletes from 14 countries will compete in the 6th Asian Yoga Sports Championship, which is scheduled to take place at CTM Plaza in Hanoi on September 3-5.

Do My Linh, a 20-year-old student at the Hanoi Foreign Trade University, was named Miss Vietnam 2016 at the finale in Ho Chi Minh City in the evening of August 28.

Vietnamese violinist Bùi Công Duy and American trio FUGU will perform the Việt Nam–US Friendship Concert in HCM City on Monday (Aug 29).

The Graffiti Festival 2016, the first of its kind held in Vietnam, will be organised on August 28.