Entertainment

The nation's fashion industry is heating up with three major fashion shows set to take place this month, ahead of next month's Spring-Summer Fashion Week which will attract 24 designers across the nation.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism’s Performing Arts Department has announced 1997’s Miss Sports Vietnam Tran Thi Quynh will represent the country at the 2013 Mrs World pageant in China on November 14–23.

Singer Dam Vinh Hung has been asked to change his behaviour after dressing up as the "doctor-killer" who dumped a body in the Red River for Halloween.

Well-known singers and dancers will perform at a charity concert this Friday to raise funds for poor women and children in HCM City.

The second season of the Vietnamese version of international reality cooking show MasterChef has officially opened.

The most 100 outstanding works chosen from Vietnam Heritage Photo Contest will be exhibited in 17 cities and provinces.

More than 100 photos capturing General Vo Nguyen Giap’s lifelong passion and concern for bettering Vietnamese youth are being displayed in Hanoi on November 2–3.

Farmers in Da Lat flower villages in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong are busy preparing for Culture and Tourism Week 2013 from December 27 to December 31.

A mobile film projection scheme aiming to screen free short films to the public is officially launched today in Hanoi by the The Vietnam Cinema Association's Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents (TPD) and Vietnam New Media Group.

The first-ever sci-fi short film contest titled "Project: Sci-Fi" is open to film makers of all ages throughout the country till December 1.

The Davines Hair Show 2013, titled Happiness, will present the latest hairstyle trends in the fashion world next Thursday in HCM City.

As many as 60 students at three junior high schools in the northern province of Ninh Binh have been taught how to perform four excerpts of cheo (traditional opera) and the five ancient melodies.

A Vietnamese man has acquired many Vietnamese paintings at auction, bringing them back to the nation in which they were painted.

Vietnamese pop star My Tam has been listed among 145 nominees in the World Best Female Artist category of the World Music Awards.

The National Great Solidarity – Vietnamese Cultural Heritage Week will take centre stage at the Culture-Tourism Village of Dong Mo, in Hanoi's Son Tay town from November 18-24.

The Chinese press has given many pages recently on Vietnam’s first comic book affirming sovereignty over the Spratly and Paracels archipelagos.

Well-known bands and singers from 15 nations and territories in the Asia-Pacific region will get together for the ABU TV Song Festival on Saturday night.

Vietnamese representative Truong Thi May, the 2007 Miss Ethnic Vietnam runner-up, has presented traditional scarves to this year’s Miss Universe pageant contestants.