Entertainment

Italian dance group Artemis Danza are due to perform "Traviata", a unique contemporary dance show inspired by the opera of the great Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, in several major cities across the country this September.

“578 Phat dan cua ke dien”, known as “578 Magnum” in English, has become the first Vietnamese film selected to compete in the Official Selection Competition of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.

Oktoberfest Vietnam – one of the most exciting cultural events that has been held in HCM City for the 16th year, will be brought to Hanoi.

Fishermen in Ho Chi Minh City’s outlying district of Can Gio held their annual Nghinh Ong (Whale Worshipping) Festival on September 9.

Many localities nationwide have celebrated the Mid-Autumn Full-moon Festival with colourful decorations and joyful lion dances.

Singer Tuan Hung has been fined VND12.5 million (USD538.79) for organising unlicensed live music shows.

The Vietnam Youth Symphony Orchestra (VYO) has made its debut at the Hanoi Opera House with a concert “ VYO Grand Concert”.

A total of 2,022 people will join a Xoe dance performance of the Thai ethnic people on September 24 night when the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai receives the UNESCO certificate for this art genre.

Bui Quynh Hoa has been selected as the Vietnamese representative to the upcoming Supermodel International 2022 which is scheduled to take place on September 15 in Thailand.

The organiser of the Miss Vietnam Peace 2022 pageant has just been fined VND55 million for holding the competition without license.

Authorities of Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District have considered fining singer Tuan Hung for holding unlicensed live music shows.

Vietnamese duo Trinh Quang Manh and Phan Thi Uyen Nhi bagged a gold medal at the seventh Aerobic Gymnastics Asian Championships 2022 which concluded on September 5 in Thailand.

The first Vietnamese Children’s “Ao Dai” Festival has just been held in Viet Tri City along side with the final round of a contest entitled “Vietnamese Children’s Ao Dai Ambassador 2022.”

The Do Son traditional buffalo fighting festival attracted tens of thousands of visitors after the opening ceremony took place on Sunday in the northern city of Haiphong.

‘Memento Mori: Land’ by Marcus Manh Cuong Vu will compete for the New Currents prize at the upcoming Busan Film Festival scheduled to take place from October 5 - 14.

Hanoi will host a festival of craft villages and streets at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long from October 13 – 16, aiming to promote and preserve local traditional handicrafts.

A Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) lantern festival is set to get underway from September 9 to September 11 at Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square adjacent to Hoan Kiem, also known as Sword Lake, in Hanoi.