Entertainment

Korean pop idol and actor Rain will return to Vietnam to perform in a national pageant at Phú Thọ Gymnasium in HCM City’s District 11.

The grand finale of the 2016 Miss Vietnam beauty pageant will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on August 28, seeing the competition of 30 beauties from across the country.

German disco band Boney M and Chris Norman, former lead singer of the Smokie band, are set to perform in Hanoi in October.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced plans to bring a variety of shows to the Hanoi Opera House to help small drama troupes, and attract more audiences to the theatre.

More than 200 photos, documents and objects, many of them featuring the period when Vietnamese revolutionary leader Nguyễn Ái Quốc, later President Hồ Chí Minh, worked in France (1911-41) are on display in downtown Hanoi.

A music video by transgender Huong Giang Idol is facing the risk of being banned due to containing provocative images.

Numerous Vietnamese and international designers will gather at the Vietnam International Fashion Week, to be held in Hanoi for the first time from November 1-6.

Three Vietnamese children performed in an international opera entitled “Dream of the 21 st century” held by the Russian State Nuclear Energy Corporation (Rosatom) on August 18 at the Opera Helikon in Moscow, Russia.

12 types of Vietnamese folk paintings will be introduced from August 18 at the Museum of Hanoi on Pham Hung Street.

A photo campaign entitled “Super Selfie” has been launched with a view of promoting Vietnam’s landscapes and boosting tourism.

German rock band Scorpions will join in the annual Monsoon Music Festival 2016 which is scheduled for October 21-23, according to the organiser.

The Management Board of Hoa Lo Prison historical relic site in Hanoi received valuable remembrances from the family of Water Eugene Wilber, a US pilot who was detained in the prison from 1968 to 1973.

The 21st Southeast Region Fine Arts Exhibition 2016 is taking place in Da Lat, Lam Dong province from August 12-21, featuring 154 fine art works.

The Google Map Maker community in Vietnam is calling on Pokemon Go players to stop trying to create non-existent locations or moving public places around on their map.

“Long Thanh will lachen”, the German documentary about an Orange Agent/Dioxin victim in Vietnam, is one of eight nominations for the News and Current Affairs category of the Emmy Awards this year.

Well-known Vietnamese comedian Minh Beo, real name Hong Quang Minh, will be sentenced to just 18 months in prison in the US for child sexual assault.

Chairman of Hanoi Nguyen Duc Chung has proposed to lift the midnight ban on local bars, clubs and cafes to improve the entertainment services in the capital.

Vietnam’s teen band Soul Club founded by music composer Thanh Bui has won gold prize at the 4th Asia Arts Festival in Singapore.

Vietnamese fashion designer Vo Viet Chung will introduce 25 designs in his latest collection, Vuong Trieu (Royal), to the Haute With Heart Fashion Show that takes place at Hilton San Diego Bayfront on August 13.