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Tourism parks and entertainment centres in Ho Chi Minh City have made significant investments to attract visitors during the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, which begins on January 31.

Bringing Xoan singing into schools has been recognised as an effective way of keeping the traditional art form in the hearts and minds of local people in the northern province of Phu Tho, its cradle.

An ongoing exhibition focuses on the origin and history of the two famous genres of Vietnamese folk paintings, Dong Ho and Hang Trong.

A private television studio has accused Vietnam Television of violating copyrights on one of its programmes, saying that they were completing procedures to bring the case to the court.

Singers Phuong Dung and Giao Linh and many other Vietnamese overseas artists are travelling back to Vietnam for Tet (Lunar New Year) this year, and are set to perform in HCM City and elsewhere.

Los Angeles — Veteran British rocker Phil Collins said in comments aired Friday that he has started collaborating with compatriot Adele, reported to be working on a follow-up to her hit 2011 album "21."

Model Phan Hoang Thu was fined VND15 million for competing in the Miss World Tourism 2013 pageant without permission.

Swedish band Vocalettes will make their debut performance in Hanoi tonight to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Sweden's and Vietnam's diplomatic relations.

Paintings of Hanoi's peach blossoms, the symbolic Tet flower of the North, by Nguyen Huu Khoa are being displayed at an exhibition called Dao Xuan.

Russian punk band Pussy Riot missed out on a prize at the inaugural Prudential Eye Awards in Singapore on Saturday for a video featuring a protest inside a Moscow cathedral that landed members in jail.

Nearly 150 maps, publications, and artifacts are on display in Da Nang city at an exhibition titled “Hoang Sa, Truong Sa archipelagos are of Vietnam’s sovereignty – historical evidence”.

The first high-end, large-scale exhibition featuring Japanese history, culture and the long-term trading relations between Japan and Vietnam has opened in downtown Hanoi.

All Megastar cinemas have been renamed CGV as of Wednesday, January 15, announced the CJ CGV Group of South Korea, the new manager of Vietnam's biggest cinema chain.

Hollywood is holding its breath for the unveiling on Thursday of this year's Oscar nominations, with top Golden Globes winners "12 Years A Slave" and "American Hustle" leading a crowded field of contenders.

The Vietnam Centre for Protection of Music Copyright announced the best selling song of 2013, which brought in around USD7,759 in licensing fees.

Hollywood actors Jake Gyllenhaal and Josh Brolin have arrived in Nepal to shoot a new film based on the Everest bestseller "Into Thin Air", a government official said.

After putting the finish-ing touches to her tied-up hair, and buttoning up her glittering, long silk dress, Doan Thi Thu Huong takes a deep breath and walks onto the stage.

A spring festival celebrating the upcoming Year of the Horse will take place in Hanoi from January 16-23 with an exciting and varied programme.

Vietnamese model, Ngo Thanh Van, has been selected as one of the top most beautiful women in the world by website World Actuality.