Entertainment

Vietnamese-German youth Trong Hieu beat his female rival Bich Ngoc to win the Vietnam Idol contest last night, after receiving the overwhelming majority vote from the audience.

A collection of photos of the shaved heads of young volunteers has gone on show in HCM City to support breast-cancer patients.

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam has fined singer Le Quyen and her husband VND4 million each for upsetting order and discipline on a flight after their young son urinated in an airline sick bag.

The fourth Viet Pride for the lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender community in Hanoi will be held from July 30 to August 2.

Vietnam defeated Thailand's U23 squad in their third match at the International Women's Volleyball Tournament – VTV Cup in the southern province of Bac Lieu.

Nearly six months after being found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub in her Georgia home — and a month after being moved to hospice — Bobbi Kristina Brown, the only child of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown,

A documentary depicting the first two gay-pride parades in Ha Noi in 2012 and 2013, known as Viet Pride, and other compelling stories from the LGBT community, will premiere at the Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF), East Africa's largest

Actress-turned-director Angelina Jolie is to make a film about Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime seen through the eyes of a war-scarred child for Netflix, the streaming giant said Thursday.

Golfers from clubs worldwide will compete in the Accor Viet Nam World Masters Golf Championship, being held in Da Nang, Quang Nam and Thua Thien-Hue from September 6 to 12.

Vietnamese art, fashion and music will be introduced at Vietnamese Cultural Days in Washington DC and New York City from August 8 to 12 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

An information exhibition on AO/Dioxin opened at Quang Ninh museum on July 21 marking the 54th anniversary of AO disaster and day to remember AO victims in Vietnam.

Several Vietnamese artists have allegedly paid bribes to be awarded the title of People's Artists.

Nguyen Thuy Doan, the reigning Miss Deaf Vietnam, was crowned Miss Deaf World 2015 second runner up at the conclusion of the international pageant held on July 18 at the Top Hotel in Prague.

Organisers of the annual fashion TV reality show Viet Nam's Next Top Model 2015 surprised the press and guests while introducing this year's top 14 models in an unusual way during a recent press meeting.

The Toyota Classics Concert 2015 will take place at the central city's Trung Vuong Theatre on August 9, the event's organising committee has announced.

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.