Entertainment

Banksy has admitted that one of his biggest pranks yet didn't really go according to plan.

Newly-issued Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Circular 25 has ordered firms and artists to limit smoking scenes in films and plays.

Vietnamese female boxer Nguyen Thi Tam secured a gold medal at the fourth Women’s and Women’s Youth Boxing Tournament in Bulgaria on October 16.

Vietnam will for the first time co-operate with Japan to produce a horror movie about zombies, entitled Gameshow Tử Thần (Game Show of Death). The film is a remake of famous Japanese horror flick St. Zombie Girls’ High School.

The Hanoi Gift Show 2018 will take place from October 17 to 20 at the National Exhibition Construction Center in Nam Tu Liem district.

Many artists have criticised several local singers who signed their names on a painting which was auctioned in HCM City recently.

Movie star and producer Ngo Thanh Van’s latest film, Song Lang (The Tap Box), will compete in the Tokyo International Film Festival 2018 (TIFF).

The third National Magic Festival 2018 will open in HCM City on October 13.

Music lovers will have the opportunity to enjoy a classic concert entitled ‘Tre Mua Thu’ (Autumn Bamboo) at the L'Espace French Cultural Centre in Hanoi, on October 19 and 20 at 8pm.

40 photos featuring rural women and sustainable development in Vietnam are being displayed at an exhibition which opened at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum in Hanoi on October 10.

A happy and joyful Hanoi in the liberation day 64 years ago is being shown at an exhibition titled Hanoi – The Return Day", held at the Hoa Lo Prison.

Hanoi’s craft streets and villages are featured at a photo exhibition being held at the Temple of Literature.

A concert by a well-known Vietnamese pop singer was suddenly cancelled just two hours before doors opened last weekend.

The 5th International Puppetry Festival will be held from October 8 to 15 with the opening and closing ceremonies at the Au Co Art Centre in Hanoi.

The Đồng Tháp Traditional Art Troupe is offering performances of new, quality shows for people living in remote or rural areas who have limited entertainment choices.

The world-famous London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) will perform a music show on Hanoi pedestrian street area tonight, October 5.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism suspended entertainment activities during the two-day national mourning for Do Muoi, former general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee on October 6-7.