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  Pop star Cẩm Vân (right) and veteran and young singers, dancers and musicians will perform in many music shows to usher in the Christmas and New Year in HCM City. — Photo from the singer's facebook HCM CITY —  A series of drama, music and dance shows featuring hundreds of singers, dancers and theatre artists offering something for everyone in HCM City will begin this weekend.    Trống Đồng Entertainment Centre will cheer the Christmas and New Year and celebrate its 30 years of working with a great open-air music programme on Saturday. The event, 30 Năm Ký Ức Trống Đồng (30 Years - the Best Moments of Trồng Đồng Centre), will feature about 100 veteran and young singers and dance groups. Pop stars Ngọc Sơn and Cẩm Vân, who began their career in the 1980s, will be featured. The concert will also highlight Vietnamese-American veteran … [Read more...] about Music shows bring Christmas cheer to HCM City

  Musical film Dance With Me is a highlight at the Japanese Film Festival in Hà Nội from December 6 to 22. Photo japanfoundation HÀ NỘI — The Japanese Film Festival opened yesterday in Hà Nội at National Cinema Centre featuring the nine recent movies. The films including comedy, drama, horror, musical, action and animation have been screened from December 6 to 22. Comedy My Dad is A Heel Wrestler will be screened at the festival opening ceremony. It is about story of a wrestler who was famous and popular but was forced to retire after a major knee injury. Musical film Dance With Me will be a highlight of the festival. Directed by Shinobu Yaguchi this year, it screened at international festivals in Toronto and New York. It will be shown on December 10, 14 and 22. Three animations are Children of the Sea; Lu Over the Wall and Mary and The Witch’s Flower. Children of the Sea is the latest one telling the story of a … [Read more...] about Japanese film festival kicks off in Hà Nội

As of now, there are 64 million Vietnamese Internet users, 94% of whom uses the Internet on a daily basis, according to a report on Vietnamese Digital Marketing in 2019. More particularly, Vietnamese people spend up to 6 hours and 42 minutes a day on social media platforms, streaming movies or listening to music. With such a booming market, many domestic and foreign entertainment providers are trying to get their share of the pie. POPS, a Vietnamese digital entertainment production and publishing company recently launched an app in their name, providing free copyrighted content created by Vietnamese production crews and well-known Vietnamese actors and performance artists. In addition to supporting Vietnamese content creators, the app’s creators also aim to provide family-friendly contents that would appeal to a large portion of viewers. Foreign companies have also made some moves with their localized platforms in Vietnam, for instance HBO Go with more and more local-centric … [Read more...] about Online entertainment: A race for quality

Over 20 e-wallets have been licensed in Vietnam Nguyen Dong (Nha Be district, Ho Chi Minh City) said he uses e-wallet MoMo to pay online for utilities, internet, and his mobile phone bills every month. He even uses this app to pay when going out with friends or family. Recently, when numerous banks have been adjusting service fees, he uses e-wallet more frequently. “The e-wallet provides several integrated services, such as buying movie tickets, air tickets, taking up consumer loans, and insurance policies. We can collect points and receive discounts just by using the e-wallet. Some e-wallets even give bonus e-money to users who invite friends,” said Vu. Pham Minh (Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi) uses the Vi Viet app to pay her bills online. It is very comfortable and free of charge for all transactions. CafeF.vn quoted leaders of some banks confirming that customers are turning towards e-wallets to pay bills, shop, and among others. E-wallet also provides some extra services … [Read more...] about Banks raise fees, e-wallet to be preferred

MoMo now serves nearly 10 million users on its e-wallet platform The company’s performance has been underpinned by the rapid uptake of mobile payments as the country’s digitally-savvy population embraced the convenience of making cashless transactions on their mobile devices, both online and offline. “Last year was a transformational period for MoMo,” said Pham Thanh Duc, the CEO of MoMo. “The company posted its largest ever transaction volume and number of active users and we have significantly extended our lead as the platform of choice in the Vietnamese digital payments market.” The company has just announced that MoMo now serves nearly 10 million users on its e-wallet platform and is the country’s most downloaded e-wallet app in 2018. The volume of transactions processed on MoMo’s platform has grown by more than three times over the course of the year. The introduction of new innovative payment features, exclusive merchants and … [Read more...] about MoMo announces record-breaking growth in 2018