Entertainment

With Ho Chi Minh City announcing plans to build 3D cinema halls at Children’s Houses in the various districts, the public is questioning the necessity to build such cinemas at this time.

Singer Dam Vinh Hung may be punished for a light-hearted situation in which he kissed two monks at a recent charity event.

2012 Extreme Sports Day in Hanoi took place on November 11, attracting nearly 60 young competitors.

The Vietnam Cinematography Department announced the list of 14 films to compete at the second Hanoi International Film Festival (Haniff) to be held from November 25 to 29.

Vietnamese dance music has taken its first strides into the international arena after the inclusion of the Thai Phan produced trance hit on the Global Trance Sessions Vol. 3 compilation.

Local film experts have revealed plans to adapt some of Vietnam’s most famous novels into TV series.

A photo exhibition on the lives and loves of gay and lesbian people in Vietnam will be held for the first time in Hanoi.

Holding a ty ba delicately in his hands like an angel with a harp, Swedish artist Stefan Ostersjo slowly turns his body in an elegant female fashion.

Films depicting the history of Vietnamese dynasties have been condemned for their poor quality at a conference on historical figures in Vietnamese movies.

Tourism contributes around 5% to the country’s GDP, but the industry is lagging far behind in this field and has hardly invested soundly in it.

Vietnam will host its first ever international anthropological film festival, organisers have announced.

‘Lam and Sac Mau’ by artist Phan Hoang Vu opened at HCMC Association of Fine Arts, bringing visitors to the world of multicolor layers and bold expression.

More than 1,000 people of the Cham ethnic minority group gathered at the Kate-Ramuwan Festival in Ho Chi Minh City on November 4.

South Korean pop sensation Psy's "Gangnam Style" has become the second most-watched YouTube video of all time with more than 620 million hits.

The second science film festival will take place from November 8-30 with the screening of films at schools throughout the country.

A slew of well-known South Korean bands and singers will be performing for one night only next month in Hanoi.

With favourable government policies and an increase in audience numbers, foreign and local investors have been more willing to spend more money in the entertainment field.

Hanoi’s first Classical Guitar Contest was closed with many prize slots unfilled.

The German-based organisation Interkultur is working with the central province of Thua Thien-Hue to prepare for an international choir competition to take place from December 12 to 15.