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American jazz vocalist Diane Witherspoon will perform at a five star music lounge in Hanoi starting this February.

In drizzle and bitingly cold, 100 male and female wrestlers competed at the Sinh Village Wrestling Festival in Lai An village, Phu Mau commune, Phu Vang district, Thua Thien Hue province.

Vietnamese film "Bi! Don’t Be Afraid" directed by Phan Dang Di is being shown at the second Francophone Film Festival in Paris, France from January 31 to February 7.

The Lim Festival scheduled to open this Saturday is expected to reach the national record for the greatest number of people singing Quan Ho (a love duet) and wearing traditional clothes.

Silent movie "The Artist" was given yet another Hollywood award -- though this one not from the Oscars or Golden Globes organisers, but from city fathers in Tinseltown itself.

"The Help" was the big winner at the Screen Actors Guild awards ceremony, sweeping the top prizes for best actress, best supporting actress and best ensemble.

Hiromi Pham beat nine contestants to win the “Miss Vietnam in Japan” title in Kanagawa prefecture, south of Tokyo, on January 28.

Multinational jazz band “Unit Asia” will perform on February 3 and 5 in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City respectively.

The Global Beauties website has voted Daniela Nguyen Thu May the third runner-up in Miss Supranational 2011, as one of the world’s 25 sexiest women.

In the last few years, many V-pop stars have been caught lip syncing on stage, causing a furious backlash from their fans.

2011 was a successful year for overseas Vietnamese singers on performance tours across the homeland.

In recent years the Vietnamese music industry has been lit up by a new generation of emerging female artists who can write their own songs and perform them with their hearts and their talent.

Vietnamese movie “Khat Vong Thang Long” (Thang Long Aspiration) has been removed from the nominee list for the Best Foreign film category of Oscar 2012.

Images from the development of the Hanoi urban centre from 1873-1945 are on display at the Thang Long-Hanoi Heritage Conservation Centre.

Well-known French electronic artist Alex Millan is set to perform at the French cultural centre l'Espace in Hanoi next month.

Vietnam did a great job in 2011 organizing many events to promote its land and people. In 2012 the country will continue to use diplomacy to foster its culture.

After numerous criticisms of vietnamese stars for nude photos and "costume malfunctions", audiences continue to be dissatisfied with the apologies.

Britons including Kate Winslet were among the early winners at the Golden Globes, as British comic Ricky Gervais again took mocking aim at Hollywood.

Thu May, Truc Diem and Thuy Ngan are among the world’s top 100 beauty queens as voted by the beauty observer Globalbeauties.