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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.

A feature film on the culture and lifestyle of the ethnic Mong people living in Vietnam's northwest region will be screened next week.

Model Lan Khue won first place among female models in the Vietnam Supermodel Contest, but there was no winner announced among the male models.

Images of old Hanoi have drawn the old Dao Hung in. The hustle and bustle outside the Exhibition Hall on Hang Bai Street now seem a world away.

Singers may be paid half of revenues from digital music sales, according to their discussion with a host of a local online music site.

The violin played by the bandmaster of the Titanic as the liner sank beneath the waves goes up for auction on Saturday.

Siestes Electronique (Electronic Naps), an experimental music concert to take place at Thong Nhat Park tomorrow, lets attendees enjoy music in a casual setting.

According to many, the three-day-long 18th Vietnam Film Festival may have be the most boring festival to date.

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.