Entertainment

Vietnamese movie “Vi” (Taste) by director Le Bao has surpassed 11 other films to win the Special Jury Award in Encounters category - a competitive section devoted to new cinematic vision - at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale).

Vietnamese audiences will have an opportunity to enjoy seven classic and modern French movies to be screened in Vietnam from March 1 to December 31.

Vietnam will officially host the 11th Southeast Asian Para Games (ASEAN Para Games 11) in December with 11 sports.

The release dates of various movies have been rescheduled due to the on-going Covid-19 outbreak.

Only ritual ceremonies will be held at the Hung Kings Temple Festival in the northern province of Phu Tho this year due to COVID-19, heard a meeting of local authorities on February 23.

Vietnamese actress Hoang Thi Bich Phuong has won the best actress award at the 2021 Paris International Film Festival for her role in “Invisible Love” (Tinh yeu vo hinh).

Vietnam will play host to tennis matches in the Davis Cup Group III in the Asia/Oceania region in mid-June, announced by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

The 2021 Grand Ho Tram Chess Tournament is set to take place from March 10-17 at The Grand Ho Tram complex in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

The 2021 Saigon Urban Arts, the first international street art project of its kind in Vietnam, is scheduled to begin this April.

The Vietnamese Writers’ Association has decided to cancel the annual Vietnamese Poetry Day, slated for February 26th, due to the complex developments of COVID-19.

Vietnamese filmmakers are ready for the busiest season of the year, the Tết (Lunar New Year) festival, which begins on February 12, with new movies to be released during the long holiday.

Vietnamese and foreign photographers will be able to enter their photos on environmental protection in a contest launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Career & Life magazine.

Miss Universe Vietnam H'Hen Nie 2017 has introduced traditional Dong Ho paintings in a new photoshoot to celebrate the Lunar New Year or Tet Festival 2021.

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi organised a programme on February 4 (the 23rd day of the last month of the lunar year) themed "Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tet) - a sacred space", with the participation of researchers

The Xuan Que Huong “Spring in the Fatherland” 2021, an annual special programme exclusively held for overseas Vietnamese people, was held in a virtual format and broadcast live on the national television (VTV1 and VTV4 channels) on February 4.

Hanoi will not organise the opening ceremony for the Huong Pagoda Festival this year for Covid-19 prevention.