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Gold jewellery glistening, six male dancers from Cambodia's first gay "Apsara" troupe swirl in unison on a dimly lit stage, their production a radical shake-up of a ballet form peformed by women for more than a thousand years.

The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will cooperate with the Italian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City to organise an Italian music night on October 5 featuring excerpts from famous Italian operas.

The annual Oktoberfest 2019 will take place from October 17 to 19 at the JW Marriot Hanoi Hotel in Hanoi by the German Businesses Association (GBA) in cooperation with the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Vietnam (GIC/AHK Vietnam).

Vietnamese representative Nguyen Ha Kieu Loan will wear a dress featuring the beauty of Hoi An town in the central province of Quang Nam at the upcoming Miss Grand International 2019.

September 28-29 event promoting tourism and cultural exchanges between Vietnam and South Korea.

The third version of the Ninh Kieu Can Tho Lantern Night – Tourism Festival is scheduled to transpire in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho from November 23-25, according to Can Tho City’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The Việt Nam Opera and Ballet Theatre (VNOB) will perform a Vietnamese classical opera and a Russian ballet between October 5 and 7 at the Hà Nội Opera House to celebrate the theatre’s 60th birthday.

The renowned Vietnamese action movie “Hai Phuong”, also known as “Furie”, has been selected for the preliminary round of the Best International Film award at the Oscars 2020.

Vietnamese epic The Tale of Kiều will be performed by French artists for the first time in Hà Nội tomorrow.

Miss Fashion Prize at Miss World Vietnam 2019 Nguyen Thi Thu Hien will represent the country at the Miss Asia Pacific International (MAPI) 2019 in Philippines this October.

"Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston opened the Emmy Awards on Sunday with a tribute to television's so-called golden era, as "Game of Thrones" and "Veep" take their final tilts at glory.

The 2019 Muong Lo Cultural – Tourism and Mu Cang Chai Terraced Fields Festival officially opened in Nghia Lo Town, the northern province of Yen Bai, on September 20.

Noted designer Minh Hanh was among the five guest speakers invited to attend Fukuoka Prize's the 30th Anniversary Symposium held recently.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) and the Make the World More Green Development Centre Social Enterprise Company Limited have organised a concert night and auctioned out more than 100 unique works of art to raise money to fund forest restoration.

The film set for Kong: Skull Island will be removed out of Tran An tourist site in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

A Vietnamese music channel has become the first in the country to be presented with a Youtube Diamond Play Button for having attracted nearly 4 billion views.

More than 4,000 runners from 46 countries and territories around the world will participate in the 2019 Vietnam Mountain Marathon (VMM) in Lao Cai province’s Sapa district from September 21-22, an increase of 18% as compared to the 2018 event.