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The first Vietnam-ASEAN UNESCO Heritage Festival 2013 will be held in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong from December 27-31.

The HCMC Tax Department made public the tax arrears from five famous artists, which amounted to VND1.3 billion.

A national hip hop contest will be held in the capital this weekend, bringing together more than 1,700 dancers from throughout the country, according to organisers.

Five recreation areas have been built and play equipment has been installed at 25 other playgrounds for children in far-flung, mountainous and border areas and islands since 2012 with funding from the National Target Programme on Culture in 2012-2015.

Co Loa outdoor studios in Hanoi’s Dong Anh District has failed to attract local film makers due to substandard infrastructure and high service fees.

The northern province of Bac Ninh will spend nearly 65 billion VND on preserving Quan ho (love duet singing) and Ca tru (ceremonial singing) as part of a 2013 - 2020 project.

After attracting many visitors in central Ha Tinh province in early June, “Vietnam’s Hoang Sa, Truong Sa – Historical evidences” exhibition has come to Hanoi.

Vietnam's First Mrs World Doan Thi Kim Hong will judge the Mrs. America due to take place in Arizona State from August 18-28.

After the recent leakage of Bui Doi Cho Lon film on internet, many pirated discs of the film are widely sold in Hanoi and HCM City.

Vietnamese two representatives at the 2013 Asian Super Model Contest in Nanning (China) Nguyen Dieu Linh and Hoang Thu, have received enthusiastic applause from spectators.

After the third draft of “Bui doi Cho Lon” or Chinatown was mistakenly uploaded on Internet, the filmmaker has called for police to investigate and find culprit.

The Islamic Cham people in the central province of Binh Thuan officially launched a month-long festival to welcome their Ramuwan (New Year) festival on July 7.

Twenty-six troupes from 23 countries and territories across the world will join Vietnamese artists at the 2014 Hue Festival.

A bronze drum from the Dong Son culture (2,000BC-200AD) has been found at a road construction site in the northern province of Bac Kan, according to researchers from the Vietnam Archaeology Institute.

Vietnamese movie “Cha, con va...” (Father, son and…) by director Phan Dang Di will be funded with 40,000 EUR by the World Cinema Fund.

A book tracking the costumes worn by Vietnamese people from all levels of society throughout the last 1,000 years has been launched in Hanoi recently.

Many music production companies in Vietnam still infringe on copyright protection rules by using songs from other musicians without permission.

Vietnam Youth Theatre is busy preparing for international art cooperation exchanges with Indonesia, Thailand, Laos and Germany from June to September.