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Bui Cong Duy and five other artists from the Vietnam National Academy of Music will join the Hafnia Chamber Orchestra at the 2012 Danish-East Meets West music project on August 21-22.

Japan will continue assisting Vietnam to restore late painter Nguyen Phan Chanh’s silk paintings owned by his family.

The Le Ba Dang Art Centre, of Hue, is hosting an exhibition of 64 antiwar paintings, many of them by well-known artists.

Music property violation which occurred for years in Vietnam leading to big losses for the local music industry, said an official.

"Lay Chong Nguoi Ta" (In the name of love), will participate in the 37th Toronto International Film Festival.

A record number of people will sing and dance together in the name of peace and love at My Dinh Stadium Square on October 7 for a programme called Hay Cung Hat Vang (Let's Sing Along).

The Vietnam Writers' Association will launch a translation centre next month to help promote Vietnamese literature abroad.

A biennial competition that shows off the talent and skills of the DJs in the country – the Vietnam Digital DJ Battle 2012 – will take place at the Windsor Plaza Hotel from August 15 to September 8.

A number of coffee shops have combined serving caffeinated beverages with the handling of a several species of exotic domesticated animals.

US musical icon Neil Diamond crowned his nearly five-decade career with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Many young artists on TV show 'The Voice' have selected English songs to perform.

According to many critics the Vietnamese film industry lacks real talent because of too much focus on the physical attributes of actors.

Screenings of the Future Shorts Festival, the world's biggest pop-up film festival, will take place in HCM City on August 12 and on August 15.

Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez has filed a $20 million lawsuit against a former driver whom she claims threatened to spill her secrets if she did not pay him $2.8 million, court records showed.

The Information and Communications Publishing House has launched a book entitled “Vietnamese mark in the East Sea ” by Dr. Tran Cong Truc.

DreamWorks Animation plans to build a $3.2 billion "entertainment zone" in Shanghai, as the US film giant seeks to bolster its presence in the booming Chinese market.

The story of Agent Orange victim Nguyen Duc has inspired Japanese high school teacher Toshiaki Uchimoto to compose a song about peace.

Some 300 Marilyn Monroe fans gathered at the Los Angeles cemetery where she is buried, commemorating the iconic sex symbol on the 50th anniversary of her death.

Though some artists want to build the popularity of the traditional art of cheo by updating it for contemporary audiences, some experts think it would cause cheo to lose its traditional and unique features.