Entertainment

Mick Moloney, one of Ireland's most renowned traditional musicians and musicologists, will return to Vietnam for an evening of Irish music and song at the Youth Theatre in Hanoi next Monday.

Music service providers in Vietnam said they would continue to tighten control over music copyright.

Saxophonist Tran Manh Tuan has established the Saigon Big Band.

The first film based on the life of legendary Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will be released in April, according to independent distributor Open Road Films.

A new book on the Cham culture has just been published in five languages by the The Gioi (World) Publishers.

People’s artist Dang Thai Son will come back to the fatherland for a performance titled “all Beethoven’s piano concerto” at the Hanoi Opera House on January 15 and 18.

The director of the Hanoi International Film Festival 2012’s opening movie has been condemned for his product.

Tens of thousands travelled from all over the country to HCM City to see the first boat racing contest on the Tau Hu-Ben Nghe canal.

Wagner, Verdi and a myriad of waltzes will broadcast live to 81 countries when the Vienna Philharmonic kicks off 2013.

Nearly 200 artists and 36 jugglers from 12 delegations nationwide have attended the opening of the second National Jugglery Festival in Hanoi on December 29.

A new photo exhibition offers a closer look into the daily lives and feelings of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Vietnam who continue to suffer from discrimination.

An exhibition showing most outstanding modern artworks by talented artists in Vietnam is on display in Hanoi.

"Mui Co Chay” (Scent of Burnt Grass) of Vietnam is not in the shortlist of the nominees for the Best Foreign Film category of the Oscar Awards 2013.

Model Hoang Yen was fined USD167.7 after a recent fashion show as her dress was regarded as too revealing by sharp-eyed officials.

Dantri/DTiNews selected seven outstanding cultural events of the year.

A TV serial entitled Heaven's Altar won a Gold Prize at the 32nd National Television Festival, which ended in Nghe An Province's Vinh City.

Rock Storm 2012, the year's most eagerly-awaited event for rock'n'roll fans, took place in the northern city of Hai Phong on Sunday night before moving to six other cities.

Pop star My Tam has won the Artist of the Year prize, given out by the Lan Song Xanh or Blue Wave Music Awards 2012.

Thirty-seven paintings by the late Buu Chi are on display at the Hue Exhibition Centre in Hue City, marking the 10th death anniversary of the renowned artist.