Arts & Entertainment

Mike Tyson, former world heavyweight boxing champion from the US, has arrived in HCM City to join the cast of “Girls 2”, a comedy-action film directed by Barbara Wong Chun Chun of Hong Kong.

Fencer Vu Thanh An will be Vietnam’s flag bearer at the Rio Olympic Games, which is scheduled to open in Brazil on August 5.

Two years after he completed it in the northern province of Ha Giang, Polish-American director Matt Dworzańczyk has recently uploaded the documentary “Vibrant Highland, Commercial Love” on YouTube.

Coach Huynh Huu Chi said that weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan, Vietnam’s biggest medal hope at the upcoming Rio Olympic Games, is still training hard for the world’s foremost sports competition.

Vietnam gained a place in Group B at the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup 2016, according to the draw on August 2 in Myanmar.

Fashion designer Minh Hanh has been named among the ten best ASEAN artisans at Thailand’s ASEAN Selection 2016 Award for her contributions to Asian fashion.

The fifth Vietnam`s heritage photo contest, themed “Rivers of Vietnam”, was launched in HCM City on August 2 with the aims to popularise images of Vietnam to international friends.

Music lovers in the capital city of Hanoi will have a chance to savour the pinnacle of music as performed by the Asia Youth Orchestra (AYO) on August 17-18 at the Vietnam National Academy of Music (VNAM).

Women`s Union of Vietnam and the ASEAN Women`s Circle of Hanoi (AWCH) jointly opened the exhibition themed "ASEAN - Colours of culture" to mark the 49th anniversary of ASEAN (August 8, 1967-2016) in Hanoi on August 3.

The Vietnamese delegation to the Rio Olympic Games participated in a flag-hoisting ceremony held in the Olympic village at 6pm on August 1 (Brazil time).

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on August 1 kicked off the National School Games in Nghe An Province.

Swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien is the youngest Vietnamese athlete competing at the upcoming Rio Olympic Games. She, however, will swim in four events, the largest number of competitions, compared to the other athletes.

Dozens of creative and trendy fashion designs will be introduced at the Fashion Show and Exhibition 2016 entitled “Limitless” which will be held in Hanoi on August 6-7 by the London College for Design and Fashion Studies-Hanoi.

An exhibition on Thailand’s culture and arts opened in Hanoi on July 28, marking the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-Thailand diplomatic ties.

​The Hanoi Museum has announced that an extraordinary exhibition of folk paintings will open at 5:30 pm on August 18 at its gallery that promises revelatory insight into the world of ethnic art.

The Vietnamese editions of three Russian classic literature works were made public at a ceremony held in Hanoi on July 22.

The Vietnam-Egypt Cultural Week kicked off on July 21 in El Gouna city, a tourist resort in the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt.

Talented Vietnamese piano soloist Vu Ngoc Linh will join the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra to perform at the 19th Toyota concert scheduled to be held in Hanoi on August 5-6 and in Ho Chi Minh City on August 10-11.

The Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam will present its tenth act of the JF Garage Concert - a concert by Fantasia Wind Quintet - on July 30.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has assigned the authority of the northwestern province of Yen Bai to submit a dossier of the Xoe dance of the Thai ethnic people to UNESCO to seek the title of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.