Cultural activities featuring traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) activities and a special organic produce market will be held at a Spring Festival in downtown Hanoi from February 2-8.

VOV.VN - Various models took to the catwalk to showcase a new Ao Dai (Vietnamese traditional dress) collection launched by Ngoc Han, former Miss Vietnam 2010, in Hanoi on January 29.

French photographer Réhahn, based in Hoi An ancient town in the central province of Quang Nam, is among nine nominees for Trophées des Francais de l’étranger.

The first episode of the French political television thriller Le Bureau des Legendes (The Bureau) will be screened at French Cultural Centre L’Espace, 24 Trang Tien street, at 6pm on January 30.

The annual pilgrimage festival honouring the Vietnamese people’s ancestors, the Hung Kings, will be held in the northern province of Phu Tho between April 21 and 25.

There is a huge difference between the milling crowds in Ho Chi Minh City’s Book Street and the lack of people in the Hanoi equivalent in a short street simply called December 19.

VOV.VN - Japanese jazz pianist Yamashita Yosuke will enthrall Hanoi audience in a pair of concerts at the Hanoi Opera House on the 1st and 2nd of February.

The life of Cuban people is reflected truthfully and colourfully through the lens of Italian photographer Fulvio Bugani.

VOV.VN - Miss Vietnam 2016 My Linh, Miss Communications Ngoc Van, and Lan Huong attended a public relations event with Vietnam’s U23 team on January 29.

VOV.VN -Famous magazine Missosology has announced its list of the top 90 Timeless Beauty 2017, including two Vietnamese beauties, Ha Thu and Kha Trang.

VOV.VN - Miss Asia USA Jennifer Pham met the U23 footballers at celebrations at My Dinh Stadium, Hanoi on January 28 held to applaud Vietnam U23s’ historic achievements as they finished second in the Asian Football Federation (AFC) U23 Championship 2018.

Happy Tet Fair 2018, an event consisting of promotion, food and entertainment programs to usher in the Lunar New Year (Tet) season, will take place at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) in District 7, HCM City from January 31 to February 4 (from the 15th to the 19th of the 12th lunar month).

Commando Ba Mu (whose real name is Do Van Can) disguised himself as a rubber latex collector to fool the enemy. He used a tricycle to transport weapons to serve the South Vietnam liberation forces during the 1968 Tet Offensive.

Amateur and professional photographers have been invited to submit photos for a heritage contest launched in Hanoi on January 26.

The 5th Vietnam-Japan Festival kicked off at the September 23 Park in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 on January 27.

VOV.VN - Huyen My, first runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2014, has returned to Myanmar to record advertisements and participate in entertainment activities in the country.

The Spring Festival 2018 will take place from February 2-8, 2018 at the Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts in Hanoi prior to the traditional New Year (Tet) festival.

An exhibition featuring the latest artworks of 36 Vietnamese painters and sculptors is now ongoing at the VICAS Art Studio in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 H'Hen Nie gave an impressive performance on January 24 at a “Tinh Xuan” (Spring Love) music fashion show in Ho Chi Minh City.

Xoan Singing of northern Phu Tho province will receive the official recognition as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity from UNESCO in a ceremony at Lai Len Shrine, Viet Tri city, Phu Tho on February 3.

VOV.VN -Vietnamese representative Tuong Linh took home the Miss Popularity award as she finished in the top 18 of Miss Intercontinental 2017.

The Australian General Consulate in HCM City will be holding its second Australia Day community event in the city on January 28.

A wooden drum in the Phuong Nam Cultural Tourism Area of the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap was recognised as Vietnam’s largest drum by the Vietnam Record Association.

The Art of Nom a documentary film about Nom, Vietnam’s thousand-year-old script related to Chinese calligraphy will be screened on January 28 in Hanoi.

A DVD with performances from more than 70 singers, dancers, musicians and theatre artists has been released to celebrate Tet (Lunar New Year), which will begin on February 16.   

The Hollywood blockbuster “Kong: Skull Island”, which was shot in Vietnam, has received an Oscar nomination for Visual Effects.

Classic melodies by world-famous composers have been given a fresh new sound in the newest album of Vietnamese diva My Linh, titled Chat Voi Mozart 2 (Chat with Mozart 2), which was released last week.

Bookworm bookstore together with the Hanoi Cooking Centre will put on an afternoon of jazz music, traditional banh chung (sticky rice cake) making and to he (toy figurine) sculpting as part of their annual celebrations in the run-up to Tet.

The official logo of the 45th anniversary of the Vietnam-France diplomatic ties was unveiled at an event in Hanoi on January 24.

The new album released by Vietnamese singer My Tam has climbed to No. 10 on the Billboard World Albums Chart this week, making her the first Vietnamese singer to break into the top 10.