Arts & Entertainment

The weightlifting team will see their fourth athlete competing in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics this summer, setting a national record.

During the finale night of the Miss Ha Long pageant held in the Quang Ninh province on May 2, contestant Vu Thi Van Anh overreached 20 others to be crowned Miss Ha Long 2016.

The bilingual Vietnamese-German edition of “Truyen Kieu” (The Tale of Kieu), an 18th century poetic masterpiece by Nguyen Du, was launched in Berlin on May 1 under the auspices of the Association of Vietnamese Businesses in Germany.

Denmark’s Embassy in Vietnam said that it and the Kim Dong Publishing House would take active involvement in the two activities of the 6th European Literacy Days in Hanoi.

A number of art performances by both domestic and foreign artists were organised at different stages of the ongoing Hue Festival in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on May 1, making strong impressions on locals and visitors.

Vietnamese audiences will be enchanted with several resplendent and lissome dances from the Republic of Korea ’s traditional dance group Yun Myung Hwa Ensemble.

Cambodia hopes to beef up cultural cooperation with Vietnam for the benefit of both peoples, according to Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam An.

A Vietnamese film on childhood titled ‘Toi Thay Hoa Vang Tren Co Xanh’ (I See Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass) has won the Best Film title at the TFF Kids International Film Festival 2016.

The city’s first Ornament Plant and Pet Festival is to take place from April 27 to May 5 in Vinhomes Riverside ecological urban area in the Long Bien District.

Ho Chi Minh Museum opened the exhibition themed "President Ho Chi Minh with the elections of deputies to the National Assembly (NA) and People`s Councils at all levels" on April 26.

A music band from Denmark will attend the Hue Festival – the largest biennial festival in Vietnam.

Domestic designers took the first show of Vietnam International Fashion Week 2016 (VIFW) by storm, which is taking place in Ho Chi Minh City from April 23-26 , Quan Doi Nhan Dan (People’s Army) newspaper reported.

Great interest has been expressed by Buddhists and archeologists, as a 2,000-year-old Buddhist book of palms is put on display in an exhibition in Hue.

Pham Thi Hue on April earned the 15th Olympic slot for Vietnam after her success during the rowing qualification tournament in the Republic of Korea (RoK).

A new racetrack, Happyland, will open next weekend in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.

The first-ever Japanese cherry blossom festival is scheduled to take place in the southern province of Dong Nai on April 23-24 with a conference for Japanese investors to be held on the event’s sidelines.

From now until 2020, Heritage Conservation Centre of the Thang Long Imperial Citadel relic site will preserve the Con Rong (Dragon) House.

A cultural programme themed "The story of Vietnamese lacquer painting" to promote and honour traditional lacquer painting, is being organised at Kim Ngan Temple, 42-44 Hang Bac street, in Hanoi.

Ho Chi Minh City will set off fireworks in four venues to mark the 41st anniversary of the liberation of south Vietnam and national reunification (April 30) and the 130th International May Day (May 1).

Actress Ninh Duong Lan Ngoc, who plays the role of Ut Thom in movie Trung So (Jackpot), won Best Actress of Golden Kite award for feature movie at the awarding ceremony on April 20 night in Hanoi.