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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.

The song Chiec Vong Cau Hon (The Engagement Bangle) by Dam Vinh Hung won the "Song of the Year 2013" award at a ceremony in Hanoi on Sunday night.

South Korean singer Rain, known as the "King of K-Pop", on Thursday released his first album for four years as part of a long-awaited comeback after mandatory military service.

The past year found a number of well-known Vietnamese celebs embroiled in sex scandals as well. The following are the most memorable.

What follows is the first in a series chronicling the triumphs and heartache of public life in Vietnam over the last year.

In spite of the careful and very public selection process for Miss Vietnam last year, in which there were several candidates, there were few international contestants brought home the crown.

Tran Tuan An, an outstanding Vietnamese guitar student from North Park University, Chicago, USA, will perform a one-night show at the French Cultural Centre (L'Espace), Hanoi, next Saturday.

Former Manchester United (MU) striker Dwight Yorke took centre stage at a Gala Dinner in Hanoi on January 2 to welcome the FIFA World Cup Trophy to Vietnam.

An exhibition, which opened in Hanoi on January 1, displays 103 photos of legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap to mark his 100-day death anniversary.

The Khanh Hoa Provincial People Committee and Hoan Vu Saigon Joint Stock Company reached a December 31 agreement designating Nha Trang City the host of Vietnam’s Miss Universe 2014.

China's top film director Zhang Yimou has said he violated the country's one-child policy because of the traditional belief that having multiple children would lead to greater prosperity, state media said.

More than 100 domestic and overseas Vietnamese artists, beauty queens and models will appear at the 26th Duyen Dang Viet Nam (Charming Vietnam) gala to be held at Hoa Binh Theatre in HCM City on January 10 and 11.

Valuable woodblocks used for rudimentary printing in the Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945) will be introduced to the public for the first time during the Da Lat Culture Tourism Week 2013 from December 27-31.

Thirty oil paintings by Vietnamese artists, featuring people throughout the world who supported Vietnam during its wars and development process, are on display in downtown Hanoi.