Vietnam Fashion Week kicks off at the Hanoi Daewoo Hotel on December 6, with a taste of 19 collections (600 designs) by veterans and emerging designers to be shown during the week.

Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien has urged hospitals to improve healthcare service quality on a par with international standards.

Vietnamese e-sports players competed outstandingly in the World Cyber Games 2012 in China, considered the equivalent of the Olympics Games for e-sports athletes.

A week after banks stopped accepting gold deposits, the bullion market has yet to see benefits from the central bank's move.

Landscape, portraits of daily life, and the beauty of Vietnamese women are the themes of a painting exhibition that has opened at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

The largest manufacturer and exporter of “regenerated polyester staple fiber” in Korea, Dae Yang Industrial Co Ltd, has carried out a market survey in Vietnam to find partners for consumption and distribution of its product in Vietnam.

The 7th Vietnam International Exhibition on Machinery Equipment, Raw Material and Industrial Products (Vinamac Expo 2012) will be held in HCM City from December 5 - 8 at the Tan Binh International Exhibition&Convention Centre.

A festival entitled Doraemon and Friends will be held in HCM City on December 9  by the Kim Dong Publishing House to celebrate 20 years since the Doraemon series was first published in Vietnam.

Different sides of life in Hanoi have been captured by young comic artist Nguyen Thanh Phong.

Australian pat Farmer will run a marathon from the north to the south of Vietnam from December 9 to January 16.