Entertainment

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.

Young Vietnamese catch Halloween Spirit with a festival on West Lake called "Dancing with ghosts".

A stage production of Shakespeare's Macbeth by artists from the TNT Theatre will be performed in three major cities – HCM City, Hanoi and Danang.

Vietnam will host the 16th World Police Music Festival in Hanoi on Oct 22-26.

Japanese Film Festival 2011, themed ‘Love’ will take place in Hanoi and Da Nang from October 20 to November 13.

A documentary about the historic Long Bien Bridge has been awarded at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival.

Performer Giang Quoc Co and his brother Giang Quoc Nghiep have won a bronze at the 13th Latina International Circus Festival in Italy with their “Power of the Arms”.

Thu Ha Noi, an exhibition featuring the work of eight artists from Hanoi, has opened at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

Vietnamese-American beauty Pham Thuy Vy Victoria has left Vietnam for London to attend Miss World 2011.

Vietnam’s Truong Tung Lan on Saturday finished in the top 15 at the 38th Miss Asia Pacific International in Seoul, Korea.

A singer has lodged a petition against eight websites for allowing their visitors to illegally download songs from her latest album.

French contemporary jazz trio Cedric Hanriot will make their debut in Vietnam with a performance in HCM City next Tuesday.

More than 100 artists from 15 ca tru (ceremonial singing) clubs from across the country are attending the National Ca Tru Festival in Hanoi.

The National Cinema Center will put into operation a four dimension (4D) project room later this month.

The bravery of Vietnamese naval forces during the war will be presented at a film festival commemorating 50 years of the Ho Chi Minh Trail at Sea.

Pianists from many countries will join talented pianists from across Vietnam to perform at the first-ever piano festival, to be held in HCM City.

Over 100 artworks created by some of the country's most outstanding artists between the 1930s and 1970s are being exhibited in HCM City.