Entertainment

Romantic drama Cham, or Touch, a Vietnamese film that has won several international awards, was officially launched in Hanoi.

Hollywood blockbuster "The Hunger Games" directed by Gary Ross will not be screened in Vietnam as earlier scheduled on March 30.

The film industry in the north of Vietnam has been struggling to compete with a flood of southern-made productions.

A stage production of Charles Dickens’ ‘Oliver Twist’ by artists from the UK TNT Theatre will be performed in Ho Chi Minh City, Danang and Hanoi from May 2-13.

Actress Van Trang showed off her curves and flexibility when she performed Cha cha cha with Vasil in the first competition night of the Dancing with the Stars 2012.

My Quyen, a respected DJ in Vietnam, also known as DJ Bo, died of acute pneumonia during a tour in Haiphong City.

The fourth semi-final show of the Vietnam Got Talent 2012--on March 25 in HCM City, entertained the audience with interesting performances.

Hollywood icon James Cameron has made it to Earth's deepest point.

At the age of 12, Phung Hoa Hoai Linh won the Best Actress award at the International Dubai Film Festival, for her leading role in “Mother’s Soul” by well-known director Nhue Giang.

A club aimed to preserve Chau van, a Vietnamese traditional folk art, was recently launched in Hanoi.

Grammy-winning pop legend Whitney Houston died from accidental drowning in her hotel bathtub after taking cocaine which could have triggered a heart attack, coroners said.

Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2011’s runner-up Nguyen Thi Tra My has just become the third runner-up at the 6th annual Top Model Worldwide modeling contest in London.

Singer Minh Hang’s performance at the opening of the Dancing with the Stars 2012 used a portion of a recording by another singer without prior permission.

A team of traditional opera artists recently delighted a French audience with a classical cheo play during the Festival of Imagination held in Paris's House of World Cultures.

This movie will be launched in Vietnam on April 13, one month earlier than the release date in North America, on May 18.

The organisers of the 2012 Sao Mai singing contest vow to ban contestants from wearing skimpy clothing and accessories.

The Australian Consulate-General in HCM City announced a special performance featuring one of Australia’s leading indigenous dance groups “Descendance” at the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Cultural House.

The opening of Dancing With the Stars 2012 contest took place at Hanoi’s Quan Ngua Sport Centre on the evening of March 18.

While “Mui co chay” predictably won Best Picture, action film “Long Ruoi” reaped four awards and “Lost in Paradise” missed all the important ones was not a pleasant surprise for many cinema observers.