Sixty-three contestants from nine countries and territories will compete in three groups of the first international piano contest in Hanoi from September 5-13.

Freestyle football is a new sport in Vietnam. A freestyle football online forum at bongdanghethuat.com invited a British who holds a world record for juggling to perform in Vietnam.

‘Saigon Yo’, directed by Vietnamese American director Stephane Gauge, is one of the first movies about hip-hop in Vietnam.

Female photographers from the Hai Au Photography Club based in HCM City have organised an exhibition entitled Ha Noi – Visual Angles featuring 100 black-and-white photos.

Reruns of Kinh Van Hoa (Kaleidoscope) and Xom Cao Cao (Grasshoppers Hamlet) are being broadcast on television because of a shortage of locally made films and TV series for children.

Special wedding dresses were displayed and auctioned for charity at the Wedding Gala in Hanoi on August 28.

More than 100 colour and black and white photos on the northern port city of Hai Phong and Hanoi taken by the Vietnam News Agency press photographers have been displayed in Hai Phong city.

All 1,000 Thang Long dragons were showcased on August 29 in the Thang Long Royal Citadel.

The television drama series "Mad Men" kept its crown as the best drama series at the 62nd annual Emmy Awards here late Sunday, as the comedy show "Modern Family" dethroned "30 Rock" to establish itself as the best in the genre.

The central province of Thanh Hoa on August 28 organized a ceremony to send 100 bronze drums to the National Steering Board for Hanoi’s 1,000th Anniversary in Hanoi.

Mekong Delta contestant wins top award of MC contest Nguyen Thi Huynh Giao of the Mekong Delta Province of Ben Tre won the first prize of 2010 Ho Chi Minh City TV’s Master of Ceremonies Contest on August 29.

Representatives and young people from ASEAN countries gathered yesterday, August 29, at the HCM City Youth’s Cultural House to open a cultural exchange week, which runs through September 4.

The first Vietnam Music Day will be held at the Cultural Friendship Palace in Hanoi on September 3.

A concert at the Hanoi Opera House on National Day will celebrate the capital city. To complement the musical works about Hanoi or composed by Hanoians, the noted painter Dao Hai Phong has contributed 30 oil paintings of his hometown. The paintings will be hung in the foyer of the Hanoi Opera House. Phong talked with VietNamNet about the exhibition and concert.

Largest embroidery picture to be presented to Hanoi A ceremony will be held in Hanoi on September 2 to receive embroidery picture called “the millennial wish of Thang Long-Hanoi” as a gift from XQ Da Lat Co. Ltd.