Entertainment

Beginning Friday, March 26, Hanoi is preparing for three days of music on two stages with seventy artists from all over the world.

French singer Kad Achouri will wow fans on November 15 at the French Cultural Centre L’Espace in Hanoi.

Global online music revenues are expected to rise by about 7 percent this year to $6.3 billion, technology research firm Gartner said on Tuesday.

Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray was found guilty over the King of Pop's 2009 death, triggering an explosion of joy from his family and fans.

Sat thu dau mung mu, a comedic picture book depicting local youth slang, has been withdrawn from bookstores due to its racy content and possibly offensive language.

A culture and tourism week themed “Crossing Viet Bac heritage regions” will be held in the northern province of Bac Kan from November 6-9.

Miss Venezuela, Ivian Sarcos, was crowned the 2011 winner of the Miss World beauty pageant on Sunday in London.

A Japanese film festival themed “Love” will be held in Phu Yen and Ho Chi Minh City in November.

Vietnam’s chess team is set to win at least three gold medals at the 26th Southeast Asia Games in Indonesia this November.

Miss International Beauty 2009 Vu Hoang Diep has announced that she’d sashay off the catwalk if she got married.

Seven Vietnamese artists are performing in the US at the invitation of the School of Music under the Brigham Young University.

Vietnam is to feature in a popular English-language travel programme on Bulgarian national television called No Luggage.

The Vietnam-Japan Rock Festival 2011 themed “Go! Go! Japan!” will be held in Hanoi on December 3.

Students in Hanoi and those from other countries living in the city held an impressive Halloween night on October 29.

Filmmaker James Cameron unveiled the first scenes from his new 3D version of the mega-blockbuster hit "Titanic," the second biggest earner in film history, ahead of its April 2012 release.

Well-known Netherlands pianist Martyn van den Hoek will perform in Hanoi next month.

A three-minute film made by ninth graders from a school in HCM City has won first prize at the 5th filmmaking contest for Vietnamese students.

Singer Amy Winehouse was more than five times over the British drink-drive limit when she died, an inquest heard.

Vietnamese piano prodigy, Trang Trinh, will give a solo concert at the French Cultural Centre in Hanoi on November 3.