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"The Exorcist," the "Star Wars" sequel and "All the President's Men" were named to the Library of Congress National Film Registry.

Vietnam Television has launched the 2011 Folk Singing Festival to discover new original folk melodies peculiar to each region as well as prominent folk singing voices.

A hip hop contest would be organised every month for dancers throughout the country in preparation for a final round at the end of next year.

Tran Nguyen Uyen Linh of Ho Chi Minh City won the Vietnam Idol 2010 contest on December 25.

Books about Vietnam war written by two US veterans Larry Heinemann and Bruce Weigl, who served in the US-Vietnam war from 1967-68, hit shelves mid-December.

India's animators are hoping that a film starring two of Bollywood's biggest stars will revive the sector's fortunes, after earlier efforts to popularise the cartoon genre fell flat.

The southern central province of Binh Thuan will host the International Sailing Festival 2011 in Mui Ne Resort on January 15-18.

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.