Arts & Entertainment

A documentary about Vietnam was aired on French national television last week, promoting the country’s beautiful regions as well as the culture of its people.

A photo exhibition in the Republic of Korea (RoK) city of Daejeon is providing local residents an insight into the East Sea situation.

The French School of the Far East has just released two volumes of a comic book adapted from the poem Luc Van Tien by Vietnamese renowned poet Nguyen Dinh Chieu.

Sixteen concerts of the second International Finger-Style Guitar Festival 2016 will be held in seven countries including Vietnam from June 29 to July 23.

The Musica Amore string quartet will present a night of romantic music at the Heritage Space, Hanoi, on June 26.

Vietnamese singers Thanh Bui and the band The Lyricist appeared in the music video for "Don’t You Need Somebody" by American music producer - musician RedOne, a Grammy award winner.

Ka Don Church in Don Duong District in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has come in second place at the 6th International Prize for Sacred Architecture.

An Irish has captured the life of the Vietnamese people 40 years after the war on photos that are on display in the central province of Quang Tri.

According to information revealed at a press conference chaired by authorities of Kanagawa prefecture and the Vietnamese embassy in Japan on June 20, the second Vietnam festival in Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture (Vietnam Festa in Kanagawa 2016) will be organised in Yokohama city from October 28 to 30.

Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) held a ceremony in Hanoi on June 20 to announce and introduce German Jurgen Gede as the VFF new Executive Director.

The Yale Alumni Chorus will hold a concert tour in Hanoi and HCM City this week as part of its 12th international tour.

A Vietnamese and Thai traditional puppet show was performed at the Hanoi Opera House on June 18 as one of the activities celebrating 40 years of ties between the two countries (August 6, 1976-2016).

An art exhibition titled Cam hung Vietnam (Inspiring Vietnam) by young Russian painter Sasha Fishler is on display at LIVINCollective in the south central province of Khanh Hoa’s Nha Trang City.

The General Department of Sports and Physical Training said the Vietnamese sports has gained 20 places to compete 10 sports in the 2016 Summer Olympics that will be held in Brazil`s Rio de Janeiro, from August 5-21.

A branch of the State Bank of Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City, built some 85 years ago, will be recognised as a national relic under a proposal submitted to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Department of Cultural Heritage by the municipal Department of Culture and Sports.

The Danish Embassy in Vietnam and the Vietnam – Denmark Friendship Association held a ceremony to present awards to winners of the writing contest “Denmark in Your Eyes” in Hanoi on June 13.

French-Vietnamese author Anna Moi will interact with readers on June 13 at the French Culture Centre L’Espace Hanoi, on 24 Trang Tien St, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi.

An art performance by overseas Vietnamese people in Egypt was broadcast live on the cultural channel of the local State-run Nile TV on June 11.

Have you ever read the Belgian comic book series “Adventures of Tintin”? Did you know it is famous around the world and has been published in more than 70 languages? Let’s find out more in an interview with Frederic Ceuppens, First Secretary at the Embassy of Belgium in Vietnam.

Vietnam International Challenge winners Nguyen Tien Minh and Vu Thi Trang will represent Vietnam at the Xiamenair Australian Badminton Open which starts on June 7 in Sydney.