Atasha Muhlach shared the advice her parents, Aga Muhlach and Charlene Gonzales, gave her when she said she wanted to enter showbiz.

As a national-scale event, the Hà Nội Open Theater Festival 2026 serves as an opportunity for arts organisations, artists, and actors to meet, interact, and exchange professional experiences.

When Kitao Sakurai, the Japanese-American director of a new film adaptation of the Street Fighter video game franchise, called to say she had the role, Callina Liang reacted the way anyone might expect. “I was in a park screaming at the top of my lungs,” the 26-year-old actress reveals with a giggle over Zoom. Starring Andrew Koji (Warrior) as Ryu and Noah Centineo (Black Adam) as Ken, the film allows Liang to live out her 16-bit dreams, playing Chun-Li, the franchise’s first-ever female...

Hà Nội has broken ground on a 299ha safari park in Ba Vì Commune, about 60km west of the city centre, with plans to create a major wildlife tourism destination.

The 30 black-and-white photographs by Nguyễn Lâm Trâm Anh (aka Cassava) displayed at the “Thiên Di” photography exhibition at Noirfoto Gallery in HCM City carry a message of cherishing every moment.

By Alan Behr Wilson Fernandes takes every tight turn, steep plunge and narrow miss of parked cars like the pro that he is, driving me in his Land Rover through the back roads of the island of Madeira. We are in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, 500 miles to 600 miles (800km to 1,000km) southwest of the Portuguese mainland, but the hill-studded landscape, challenging roads and the rotating patches of functional housing, opulent villas and open terrain remind me of Saint Barthelemy, far to our west, in...

The exhibition explores the historical, cultural and educational significance of the Temple of Literature – Imperial Academy, a Special National Relic, while celebrating the traditions of valuing education, respecting teachers and recognising talented people.

The pavilion's focus also seeks to connect partners in film production, co-production and distribution, while encouraging international film crews to choose Việt Nam as a filming destination.