With a style a far cry from South Korean pop bands
like Big Bang, Vietnamese pop bands are becoming increasingly popular,
taking the country''s music market by storm.
Vietnamese American astrophysicist Professor Trinh
Xuan Thuan received the Cino Del Duca Prize from the French Institute
yesterday for his efforts to popularise science worldwide.
A nine-hour music festival in HCM City on Saturday
featuring more than a dozen Vietnamese and foreign singers and music
bands attracted an audience of more than 20,000.
