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A photo featuring a model wearing a costume designed similar to Vietnamese traditional ao dai has faced strong opposition from Vietnamese facebookers.

Six overseas singers have been banned from performing in Vietnam due to their joining in a recently released DVD that contained negative comments about Vietnam.

Maika Elan, the Vietnamese photographer who won first prize in the World Press Photo Contest 2012 talked about her experiences behind the camera.

Although many Vietnamese artists have been trying to get themselves onto the rosters of music events in other countries, they face many difficulties.

Ben Affleck's Iran hostage drama "Argo" won the Oscar for best film Sunday at the 85th Academy Awards.

Artist Dao Anh Khanh will dance, sing and perform rock music for special guests at his upcoming show Dao Xuan (Spring Arrival) tonight at his house in Ngoc Thuy, Gia Lam District, Hanoi.

A amateur hip hop video describing Hanoi produced by a group of young Hanoians, FOSent, is attracting lots of views and comments on youtube.

Vietnam's film industry lacks films of high quality to attract large audiences, said Director Nguyen Quang Dung.

The year’s most-anticipated poetry festival takes place at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi this weekend with the theme Tuoi Tre Voi To Quoc (Youth and Nation).

Visitors to the fourth biennial Coffee Festival in Buon Ma Thuot City in the Dak Lak Province will have the chance to immerse themselves in the culture-soaked region while enjoying the delights of thousands of coffee brands.

The Goethe Institute has announced that Hanoi will reprise its hosting role for September’s “Europe meets Asia in Contemporary Dance" festival.

Director Nguyen Huu Phan talked about historical Vietnamese TV series and movies, which he said, not only have poor quality, but lack talented filmmakers.

Ethnic groups across the country will gather for a spring festival from today to Friday to highlight their cultural identities.

Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan attended Le Tich Dien or the Ceremonial Ploughing Festival hosted by the Ha Nam provincial People’s Committee on February 16.

The Vietnamese pavilion at the 2013 Cuban International Book Fair has displayed books about President Ho Chi Minh, the revolutionary cause, the renewal process, and the Vietnamese country and people.

Thousands of locals and visitors have attended a festival in Hanoi’s Dong Da Park marking the 224th anniversary of the Ngoc Hoi-Dong Da Victory.

The Hue Royal Arts Theatre has established a database of royal music, said theatre director Truong Tuan Hai.

A gigantic ceramic mosaic flag of Vietnam was built on Truong Sa Island--one so large that it was visible from space via satellite imagery such as Google Earth, and one that proclaims Vietnam’s sovereignty of Truong Sa archipelago.