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An exhibition featuring Vietnamese and French artworks is being held at the Cernuschi Museum in Paris from September 21, 2012 to January 27, 2013.

Nearly 1,000 domestic and foreign delegates will take part in the second international film festival in Hanoi from November 25-29.

Despite coming to Vietnam in the 1990s, contemporary dance has lagged behind many other arts.

The Third International Percussion Festival themed “Cracking Bamboo", will be held on October 6, 7, and 10.

Film “The scent of burning grass”, by director Huu Moi, has been nominated for an Academy award next year.

The Vietnamese sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly islands have been added into a local famous comic.

The 2012 Oktoberfest will be held in Hanoi on October 19-20, offering visitors the chance to wear traditional German clothes and drink draught beer imported from the EU nation.

The Department for Performing Arts has licensed Overseas singers Khanh Ly and Bang Kieu to perform in Vietnam again.

"Homeland" ended "Mad Men"s' dominance, scoring Showtime its first Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series on Sunday night.

The contemporary dance programme called ‘Europe meets Vietnam’ will be held for the second time at Hanoi Youth Theatre later this month.

More than six million revellers from around the globe are set to descend on Munich from Saturday for the world's biggest beer fest.

A photo exhibition featuring life of single disabled women will be open from September 20-21 in Hanoi, with all proceeds going to help the plight of the exhibit's subjects.

The musical director of The Voice has resigned as following accusations that she was involved in fixing the show's results.

Tran Ngoc Lan Khue, a promising contestant for the 2012 Vietnam Supermodel, will join models from 10 Asian countries to take part in the Asian Super Model Contest in China.

Controversial rapper Nicki Minaj and country singer Keith Urban joined the "American Idol" judging panel on Sunday, as the ageing Fox show seeks to boost its star power.

‘Giai Dieu Ky Uc’ (Melodies of Time) by the Hai Phong City Puppetry Art Troupe won one of three gold prizes of the third International Marionette Festival at Au Co Arts Centre.

A restored version of King-Monk Tran Nhan Tong was auctioned at USD1.8 million.

Twenty students from Vietnam Dance College enjoyed a rare chance to learn about Indian classical dancing art in Hanoi on September 12.

Vietnam picked up both 1st and 2nd category A awards at the closure of the second International Piano Competition while key category B and C awards went to foreign contestants.