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A folk game festival is planned to get underway at Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi from May 30-31.

Three music concerts will be held in HCM City, Hanoi and Hue on May 23, May 30, and June 6 respectively in commemoration of the late famous musician Trinh Cong Son.

US film studio Warner Brothers has chosen Vietnam's Hang En (Swift Cave) as one of the locations for its upcoming Hollywood blockbuster Peter Pan.

A television show last night featured President Ho Chi Minh's patriotism, desire for peace, strong will and readiness to sacrifice for the dream of liberating Vietnam from colonialism.

On May 17, an Ao Dai (traditional long tunic) fashion event was held at the main square of the Ly Thai To monument to commemorate what would have been President Ho Chi Minh’s 125th birthday (May 19).

The screenplay of a popular movie about President Ho Chi Minh, compiled by veteran writer Son Tung, has just hit bookshelves throughout the country.

A new exhibition in Ha Noi will showcase 25 paintings, including nude portraits by veteran artist Tran Luu Hau.

Vietnamese singer DJ Hoang Anh, a top-selling recording artist, recently unveiled he will launch a world tour in celebration of his 15th anniversary of performing on the musical stage.

The annual Viet Nam Festival will be held in Yoyogi Park in the centre of Tokyo from June 13 to 14. Entitled Hand in Hand, it will include 103 booths displaying Vietnamese cuisine and handicrafts.

The American television network ABC (American Broadcasting Company) will make a live broadcast of a Good Morning America programme featuring one Vietnam's natural wonders.

The European Film Festival 2015 (EFF2015) will commence in three major cities of Vietnam – Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh City on 15 May, 16 May and 17 May 2015 respectively.

The annual Carnaval Ha Long 2015 opened on Friday night to a boisterous reception anticipating a festival of nearly 3,000 local and foreign professional and amateur artists.

The attraction of Quang Ninh Province as a place to visit and live in was highlighted yesterday as a mass art show inaugurated the Ha Long Carnival.

A new film “Hoa vàng trên cỏ xanh” (Yellow Flowers on The Green Grass), directed by Vietnamese American film director and screenwriter Victor Vu, will be screened at the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival in May.

A laser show at the Ha Noi Opera House will open the 2015 Europe Days on Friday night.

An exhibition is showcasing Hanoi's changing architecture and the daily life of its citizens from the 19th to early 20th centuries.

Nick Ut, Tim Page and Peter Arnett last week met at a reunion during an exhibition of American photographer Catherine Karnow in HCM City.

The PSM Unpar Tabela Harati Choir from Indonesia won the 'Hoi An Choir Prize', the highest prize of the 4th Vietnam International Choir Competition 2015, which concluded in Hoi An.