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Recent state recognition of the contribution of certain artists has stirred a public outcry that the selection process is unfair.

Popular United Kingdom-based Vietnamese model and entrepreneur Jessica Minh Anh will present her historic 10th show inside the award-winning solar power plant Gemasolar in Seville, Spain, this Friday.

Several Vietnam celebrities have been criticised for wearing modifications of the Ao Dai, but many others have won high praise at international beauty contests.

Several Vietnam celebrities have been criticised for wearing modifications of the country's traditional long dress, the Ao Dai.

Pop star My Tam has won the Best Selling Artist of Asia award on the official Facebook page of the Big Apple Music Awards.

Well-known model Kha My Van has become the first Vietnamese model to walk down the catwalk at Paris Haute Couture Week.

Vietnam's acclaimed jazz saxophonist Tran Manh Tuan will perform at the coming ASEAN One music festival in Thailand.

Oktoberfest, the largest cultural event of German-speaking communities across Southeast Asia, is due to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in October.

A European festival themed “The Colour of Summer” is taking place in Ba Na Hills tourist area in central Da Nang City.

Four talented musicians from Vietnam, Poland and Hungary will perform together for the first time in Vietnam this weekend.

The first Vietnam Belly Dance Festival Competition is to take place at the SC VivoCity Shopping Mall in Ho Chi Minh City on July 11-12.

Musician Phan Huynh Dieu, the author of many revolutionary and love songs, took his last breathe at the age of 91 at the Thong Nhat hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on June 29.

Central Highlands provinces have undertaken various measures in a bid to preserve and uphold values of the cultural space of gongs – part of the world’s intangible cultural heritage.

Vietnam singing sensation Tung Duong will be featured as one of the major attractions on July 10 at the 2015 Chaing Mai International Jazz Festival in Thailand, organizers have announced.

A Buddhist monk recently offered 400 million VND (about 18,600 USD) for a painting recalling the bloody naval battle in Vietnam’s Gac Ma Island, the highest bid for the picture so far.

Vietnamese International Film Festivals featuring iconic directors Dustin Nguyen and Bebe Pham along with a star studded guest list of Vietnam’s finest screen actors and producers will open across the US this July.

Actors from the Vietnam National Drama Theatre will enact a new play entitled The Mouse Daughter's Marriage at Malaysia's George Town Festival in August.

The Hanoi-based Art Tunnel Gallery and the Republic of Korea's Hansae Yes24 Foundation will jointly organise an exhibition of about 42 lacquer paintings by 14 Vietnamese artists in downtown Seoul next month.