Entertainment

Ho Chi Minh City Youth’s Cultural House has mapped out numerous cultural activities to welcome in the New Year from December 24 to 31.

Vietnam’s first timber and forest product festival will be held next year in Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh province from March 26-29.

Veteran CNN talk show host Larry King signed off for the last time after 25 years in the same seat.

US cable giant Comcast pledged to step up programming geared toward Asian Americans.

The premier of the cultural show Xin Chao! performed to a packed house on Friday at the Circus Tent, 2 Pham Ngu Lao Street in Ho Chi Minh City's District 1.

More than 30 short films produced during the film maker weekend of the first 48 Hour Film Project in Vietnam are being shown to the public for the first time December 13-15.

British pop group Wham!'s 1984 hit single "Last Christmas" was voted most annoying Christmas song in a poll in Bulgaria.

Thirty contemporary oil paintings by French-Vietnamese artist Robert Mihagui are on display at an exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City.

The joint Vietnam-China film, Passing Shanghai Wharf, which charts the revolutionary life of President Ho Chi Minh will premier in cinemas throughout Vietnam next Friday.

The Vietnamese delegation will arrive in South Africa to join the 17th World Festival of Youth and Students with about 12,000-16,000 international youths.

Thirty years after his death, John Lennon remains a legend whose music has inspired generations of artists.

A photo exhibition entitled “Life and our dreams” about Vietnamese Children affected by Agent Orange opened at the Vietnam House in Paris on December 6.

Young people living in HCM City's rural districts have more opportunities to enrich their lives thanks to entertainment programmes at cultural houses.

While hip-hop has spreads its wings throughout the world, Southeast Asia has been waiting for it's spokesperson.

The Vietnamese film “Bi, Dung So!” won Best First Feature at the 22nd Stockholm International Film Festival in Sweden, according to local media.

A troupe of Chinese disabled artists will perform in Hanoi on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Vietnam-China diplomatic ties.

A guitar gala celebrating the 30th anniversary of HCM City-based Phu Nhuan Classic Guitar Club will be held at the Phu Nhuan District Cultural Center.

Vietnam will submit a feature, two documentaries, and an animated film to the 54th Asia-Pacific Film Festival – APFF held in Taiwan from Dec. 2-4.

An exhibition of lacquer art called Dipolar by German artist, Khai Doan, will open on December 3 at the Museum of Fine Arts in HCMC.