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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."

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.

Veteran musician Vu Huy Tien has spent 30 years writing Vietnamese lyrics and the music score for the contemporary opera Notre Dame de Paris, based on the French author Victor Hugo's classic novel.

Tanaka Koji, a Japanese specialist, has met with leaders of the Vietnam Professional Football Company before signing a contract soon.

The director of the annual Tao Quan, or the Kitchen Gods, said in an interview that they can only cover the major cases in this year’s show.

HCM City art lovers are in for a treat with an exhibition displaying paintings and sculptures by some of Vietnam's top artists at the Fine Arts Museum.

A cinema specialising in screening cartoons run by the Vietnam Cartoon Ltd Company will be open from January 9, the first of its kind in the country.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced the top 10 most outstanding events of 2013 in the sector.