Entertainment

Several performers have had to cope with near-death experiences due to cost-cutting by promoters.

The sixth Vietnam International Federation of Cinema and Television Sports Festival officially opened yesterday at Hanoi Opera House.

A painting exhibition themed “War and Peace through Children’s Eyes” is taking place in Ho Chi Minh City.

Behind every pageant queen's success is the huge contributions made by the promoters and fierce competition to the top.

An exhibition of photographs on Vietnam, its countryside and people, shot by Argentinean photographer Amanda Perez, is underway in Montevideo City in Uruguay.

Miss Vietnam 2010 runner-up Vu Hoang My will represent Vietnam at the Miss World 2012 pageant in Ordos, China, in August.

Yxine Film Festival introduced the Vietnamese film industry to international observers at Image India film festival.

The Vietnamese version of the original American dance competition “So You Think You Can Dance” will be launched in big cities across the country next month.

21-year-old Vu Thi Thuy Linh has was crowned at the Miss Vietnam Czech Republic contest, which concluded this week at the Top Hotel in Prague.

An American-Vietnamese chef outcooked 200 other leading chefs from 30 countries and territories to win the gold medal at the International Beijing Culinary Competition.

Two-time winner Rafael Nadal and British hope Andy Murray reached the Wimbledon second round, but Australia's men slumped to their country's worst performance since 1938.

After Dancing with The Stars show concluded, singer Phuong Thanh, one of the show’s contestants, accused the organisers of arranging the result.

“AKI & KUNIKO”, a guitar and koto duo from Japan, will be in Hanoi and HCM City from July 8-10.

Vietnam Television will ban artists who wear scanty clothes from appearing on its shows, said an official.

Artists from Australia's Remnant Dance troupe will stage a free contemporary dance performance at the Youth Theatre in the capital city on Saturday.

From the boxing ring to Broadway, Mike Tyson said he's teaming up with director Spike Lee to take his one-man show to the New York stage.

The Australian dance company ‘Remnant Dance’ will present to Vietnamese viewers contemporary dance moves in a series of performances in Hanoi.

Most cartoons shown on television are foreign-made, with few of them produced by local companies because of a lack of funds.

France put six years of finals misery behind them to beat Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine 2-0 in their Group D clash.