Entertainment

Vietnam's music industry has been undergoing fast and furious change, with an emerging movement that is unique to this country.

For the first time the audience will have a chance to enjoy famous love songs by Phu Quang and Trinh Cong Son in one show in Hanoi on February 1-2.

Photos and objects featuring “quan ho” (love duet singing) will be displayed at an exhibition at the Vietnam Cultural Centre in France from January 22.

Hoang Thi Thuy became the winner of Vietnam's Next Top Model 2011 in the presence of the show’s creator Tyra Banks.

The movie “Hot Boy Noi Loan” (Lost in Paradise) by director Vu Ngoc Dang will be sent to the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012.

India's Bollywood film industry is eyeing its Asian rival China as a potential market, after a successful run of "3 Idiots", the coming-of-age comedy starring Aamir Khan.

“Bay Rong” or Clash will be the first Vietnamese action film that will appear on Star Movies in Asia and the Middle East on Saturday night, January 14.

An exhibition entitled “Mother Goddess Worship” introduces artworks featuring cultural life of Vietnamese women.

The 2nd Street Book Festival themed “Tradition-Present-Future” celebrating the Tet holiday season will open in Ho Chi Minh City from January 20 to 26, 2012.

Artist Dao Hoa Nu decided to impart her knowledge to the younger generation by launching a Photography Club cum Training Centre in Ho Chi Minh City.

Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" topped the North American box office with $30 million in ticket sales, industry estimates showed.

Vietnam has just been ranked No.5 in the top Asian countries which were most successful in beauty pageants in 2011 by Global Beauties Magazine.

One of Vietnam's most talented hip-hop dancers said the industry in the country has been saturated with non-skilled dancers.

"Fast Five," "Hangover II" and "Thor" were among the most-pirated movies of 2011, according to a new list from the blog TorrentFreak.

Actress Minh Huong who starred in the film Dung Dot as Doctor Dang Thuy Tram won the best actress award at the 8th International Festival of Military Patriotic Films.

The Vietnamese entertainment industry has experienced quite a vivacious year, with several scandals.

Le Huynh Thuy Ngan has entered the top 20 of the Miss Tourism Queen International beauty pageant, being held in China.

Bollywood struck gold in 2011, revving up lacklustre box offices in India with help from its leading men who wooed audiences back to cinemas after a dismal 2010.

Vietnamese music fans welcomed 10 well-known foreign singers and bands this year.