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The Hanoi ca tru singing festival 2012 will take place at the Temple of Literature o­n December 20 and 21.

Showbiz industry seems to be always boisterous and this year has seen several scandals that involved in famous celebrities.

Late writer Vu Trong Phung's works have been made into a television series expected to be aired in Vietnam next year.

This year Rock Storm 2012 will go through seven cities with the theme “Breakthrough Desire”.

The second Vietnam International Choral Festival & Competition has opened in Hue City with the participation of 640 artists.

Sixty-two photos depicting the Mine Advisory Group's activities to clear unexploded ordnance in Vietnam are on display in HCM City.

South Korean film producers highlighted various difficulties facing Vietnam and S. Korea in film collaboration.

Young composers are proving some long-held assumptions wrong by writing and selling songs and music for film soundtracks.

Vietnamese belly dancers have won one gold medal and two silver medals at the Asia-Pacific competition in Hong Kong.

The Top Model Online competition has officially opened, kick-starting Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2013—the country’s fourth iteration of the series.

Italian jazz artists Giuliana Soscia and Pino Jodice Duet will perform alongside famous Vietnamese saxophonist Quyen Thien Dac in a concert at Hanoi Opera House on December 10.

Vietnam Fashion Week will kick off at the Hanoi Daewoo Hotel on December 6, with a taste of 19 collections by veterans and emerging designers to be shown during the week.

An international gastronomy festival featuring the cuisine of 25 countries and territories will take place next week in HCM City, said one official.

The Korean Film Festival 2012 will take place in Da Nang and Hanoi to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-the Republic of Korea diplomatic relations.

Piano prodigy Nguyen Viet Trung will perform with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra this Thursday and Friday, marking the first concert the young pianist will have played with the orchestra.

Singer My Tam has become the first and only Vietnamese artist to receive the Best Asian Artist title at the Mnet Asian Music Awards 2012.

Many K-Pop stars have performed at My Dinh Stadium for the Vietnam-S.Korea Festival night.

Hanoian model Hong Que may be fined from VND50-70 million for wearing a scanty dress at a film festival, one official has said.

Digital film has become the smart choice of film-makers around the world, in particular in Europe and the US, a seminar in Hanoi was told.