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Vietnamese leaders and youngsters are carrying out activities to pay tribute to fallen war heroes to mark the 66th War Invalids and Martyrs Day today.

A festival based on popular Vietnamese and Japanese comic books will be held for children this weekend in downtown Hanoi.

Despite Apple’s pledge to remove Le Kieu Nhu’s novel from its Apple Store, the author has decided to continue with the lawsuit.

The Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will take action to control advertising banners illegally hung over city streets.

Hundreds of photos and objects concerning Vietnamese Agent Orange victims are on display in Danang City.

An exhibition themed “Agent Orange-Sense and Justice” opened on July 23, in the central city of Danang.

Vietnamese singer Le Kieu Nhu has filed suit against Apple for selling her novel on its App Store without seeking her consent.

Lang Toi Circus, a highly-regarded performance troupe which has played many foreign stages, faces difficulties in attracting audiences at home.

A rare book about An Nam was given to the Hue Royal Antiques Museum in the central province of Thua Thien Hue yesterday by an overseas Vietnamese couple, Bui Thi Cam Ha and Le Thai.

The wide spread of Chinatown film and rampant sales of pirated discs of this cut have gone a long way to proving the ineffectiveness of the ban on the film.

A Vietnamese-Japanese girl, Hirao Yuka, has won the Miss Vietnam Global Beauty Pageant which was held in US's California.

More than VND 6.5 trillion from the State budget will be spent in developing the cinema industry nationwide from now to 2020, according to the Department of Cinematography.

Authorities in Phu Tho province have proposed a project worth USD9.31 million to preserve hat Xoan or Xoan singing.

Vietnamese girls will have a chance to show off their beauty, intelligence and talent at the “Charming Vietnam” pageant which starts this month.

Vietnam's National Museum of Nature is building a new exhibition hall dedicated to the evolution of living things, which will help it become the leading museum of its kind in Vietnam.

The US Motion Picture Association has asked the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to deal with three websites that violated US copyright regulations.

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.