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A total of 26 countries and territories have confirmed their participation in the Hue Festival 2014 by sending art troupes to perform at the event.

The Department of Performing Arts has given a permit for Truong Thi May to compete at Miss Universe 2013 in Russia.

The organising board of the Vietnam Film Festival will be selecting films before allowing them to compete at the event, a board's member said.

Dragonfly Theatre Co and Sai Gon Sound System are set to stage Dangerous Liaisons, an English play based on the classic novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos De Laclos.

Vietnam Television received an original version of a 3D cartoon about General Vo Nguyen Giap for national broadcast during the late military hero’s state funeral.

Plan International and the Centre for Studies and Applied Sciences in Gender, Family, Women, and Adolescents opened their “My Life, My Dream” photo exhibition in Hanoi on October 11.

General Vo Nguyen Giap’s documents and photographs are on display in the National Library of Vietnam, at 31 Trang Thi street in Hanoi.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Tourism Promotion Centre, in coordination with the city’s Tourism Association and the Saigon International Film School, are running a Vietnamese street cuisine filmmaking competition from October 7 to December 7.

Thousands of books are on display at Autumn Book Fair 2013 which opened at the Vietnam Women’s Museum in Hanoi on October 10.

Many cultural activities will be delayed as they were scheduled to take place during state funeral ceremonies for General Giap.

Two major Asian adaptations of classic Westerns have hit screens at the Busan International Film Festival, in a revival of a genre that drew some of its early inspiration from the cinema of the East.

A list of Vietnamese artists that have created the most valuable paintings sold internationally.

Truong Thi May has ranked first in the top 16 for the most promising contestants on missosology.org, a well-known international pageant forum.

With box office takings in Asia growing faster than anywhere else in the world, more studios from Hollywood and beyond are seeking local partners to tap into the region, say industry players.

Art director Philippe Bouler shares some of the special features of the coming 'Oh là là' music festival and his remarks on local artists.

Stars of Asian cinema gathered in the South Korean port city of Busan Thursday as the region's biggest film festival geared up for its gala opening.

Vietnam won the third prize and had three other photos chosen into the 10 finalists of the APEC Photo Contest 2013.

Almost 200 foreign racers from 29 Hanoi-based embassies and international organisations will participate in the Hanoi Moi (New Hanoi) newspaper’s annual run.

Filmmakers have been sticking to culturally and financially safe ground recently, as the peak film season approaches.