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The authorities in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong have issued a ban on the buffalo sacrifices at traditional festivals.

Ho Chi Minh City is preparing for the Japan Festival to be held in the city from November 18-20.

Pop singer Dong Nhi won Best South-east Asian Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2016.

The third night of the ongoing Vietnam International Week (VIFW) features the latest fashion collections, displaying the contrasting styles of the finest Áo Dài of Vietnam, the high life of Paris and the darker street scenes of inner city boys.

The third Vietnam-China Youth Festival will take place in Vietnam from November 7-10 to cement friendship, mutual understanding and trust between the two countries’young people.

The Hanoi International Film Festival opened on Tuesday, attracting the participation of more than 1,000 local and foreign artists and film-makers.

Many Vietnamese and international designers will attend Vietnam International Fashion Week (VIFW) Fall/Winter 2016 at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi on November 1-6.

Well-known Norwegian record producer and DJ Alan Walker will arrive in Ho Chi Minh City to perform at the Revolution Music Festival, which is scheduled to take place on December 8, according to a local newspaper, the An ninh

The Vietnam Cinema Association has dusted off an old plan to transform the local movie industry into a leading one in Southeast Asia by 2020, but experts say it’s just a lot of the same old tripe.

Composer Đặng Tuệ Nguyên will debut a new musical work combining Western piano and Vietnamese chèo (traditional opera) on October 29 at Công Nhân Theatre.

Miss Grand International 2017 will be held in the three Vietnamese provinces of Quang Binh, Thua Thien-Hue and Kien Giang.

Around 60 plays by artists from over 20 countries have registered to take part in the 3rd International Experimental Theatre Festival, which will be held from November 12-19 in Hanoi.

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Duyen, 23, has become the first Vietnamese to bring home the crown from an international beauty pageant after winning Miss Global Beauty Queen 2016 in South Korea.

A total of 55 photo collections featuring the beauty of Vietnam’s land and people are being displayed at an exhibition in Nguyen Van Binh Book Street in Ho Chi Minh City.

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