Hoang Thuy featured in Elle UK magazine
Hoang Thuy featured in Elle UK magazine

VOV.VN - The winner of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2011, Hoang Thuy, was featured in Elle UK magazine in its January publication.

Hoang Thuy featured in Elle UK magazine
Traditional Lunar New Year alive in Ha Noi
Traditional Lunar New Year alive in Ha Noi

People will gather together to prepare for Tet and share feelings when New Year comes to the holy space of So Village's Communal House in Quoc Oai, a suburban district of Hanoi.

Traditional Lunar New Year alive in Ha Noi
Calligraphy fest to run during Tet
Calligraphy fest to run during Tet

The Hanoi cultural department will organise the 2016 Calligraphy Writing Festival at the Literature Lake in Hanoi's Temple of Literature from February 2-15.

Calligraphy fest to run during Tet
Ancient temple's restoration begins
Ancient temple's restoration begins

Work to restore Cao Lo Vuong Temple in the northern Bac Ninh province has been officially launched.

Ancient temple's restoration begins
Kitchen God Day celebration in Hanoi
Kitchen God Day celebration in Hanoi

VOV.VN - A special event about Kitchen God celebration is set to take place at the Hanoi Club on January 31.

Kitchen God Day celebration in Hanoi
‘Colours of a Spring Garden’ festival ready to roll
‘Colours of a Spring Garden’ festival ready to roll

VOV.VN - Can Tho, renowned for its friendly people, interesting floating markets, beautiful Buddhist pagodas, as well as delicious cuisine will once again hold its annual ‘Sac xuan miet vuon’ (Colours of a Spring Garden) festival to usher in the new year.

‘Colours of a Spring Garden’ festival ready to roll
Hanoi to host 4th Int’l Film Festival
Hanoi to host 4th Int’l Film Festival

VOV.VN - The fourth Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) is set to take place in five days of the fourth quarter.

Hanoi to host 4th Int’l Film Festival
Vietnam acts as honourary guest at Kolkata book fair
Vietnam acts as honourary guest at Kolkata book fair

Vietnam is joining in the 40th International Kolkata Book Fair – one of the biggest of its kind in the world – in Kolkata, the capital city of India’s West Bengal state, as a honourary guest. 

Vietnam acts as honourary guest at Kolkata book fair
Rootsy Della Mae to bring harmony to Hue Festival
Rootsy Della Mae to bring harmony to Hue Festival

VOV.VN - Della Mae, an all-female contemporary Bluegrass group of Nashville fame out of Boston, will bring their perfect harmony and enamouring tunes to the stage of this year’s 2016 Hue Festival. 

Rootsy Della Mae to bring harmony to Hue Festival
Winners of America's Next Top Model pose in Hoi An
Winners of America's Next Top Model pose in Hoi An

VOV.VN - Nyle DiMarco and Mame Adjei, winner and runner-up of the America's Next Top Model 2015 contest recently posed for the latest photos in Hoi An.

Winners of America's Next Top Model pose in Hoi An
9th International CNY Lion Dance Competition
9th International CNY Lion Dance Competition

VOV.VN - Two Vietnamese teams were among the 14 dance troupes from eight countries around the globe participating in the 9th International CNY Lion Dance Competition on January 23-24 at Hong Lim Park in Singapore.

9th International CNY Lion Dance Competition
Ancient bronze drum found in Dien Bien
Ancient bronze drum found in Dien Bien

A farmer in the northwestern province of Dien Bien accidentally unearthed an age-old bronze drum while ploughing his fields. 

Ancient bronze drum found in Dien Bien
US professor to talk untold stories of Vietnam’s legendary spy
US professor to talk untold stories of Vietnam’s legendary spy

Untold stories of Pham Xuan An will be brought to life for the first time in a event chaired by an American historian, who authored a book on the famed Vietnamese spy, in Ho Chi Minh City on January 23.

US professor to talk untold stories of Vietnam’s legendary spy
Delicious German style-cakes for dessert
Delicious German style-cakes for dessert

VOV.VN - Although Germany is not as famous as France in terms of pastries, it is home to several sweet treats that have been adopted by bakers from around the world.  

Delicious German style-cakes for dessert
Exhibition opens on banks of Hoan Kiem Lake
Exhibition opens on banks of Hoan Kiem Lake

VOV.VN - As the 12th National Party Congress gets underway, the capital city of Hanoi is recognizing the significance of the architectural changes in the city over recent years with an extraordinary photo exhibition on the banks of Hoan Kiem Lake.

Exhibition opens on banks of Hoan Kiem Lake
Phu Tho active in preserving Hung King worship rituals
Phu Tho active in preserving Hung King worship rituals

The northern mountainous province of Phu Tho aims to mobilise resources for conserving and promoting the Hung Kings’ worship-related culture, documents and facilities, according to Provincial People’s Committee Vice Chairman Ha Ke San.

Phu Tho active in preserving Hung King worship rituals
“New Worlds” concert combines symphony with folk music
“New Worlds” concert combines symphony with folk music

The concert titled “New Worlds” that is due to take place at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music on January 22 will open the performing season of 2016 by the Saigon Philharmonic Orchestra.

“New Worlds” concert combines symphony with folk music
Tips Lips brings down the house at Ake Ome! 2016
Tips Lips brings down the house at Ake Ome! 2016

VOV.VN - Tips Lips (Japanese Band) brought audiences at this year’s annual Japanese cultural festival – Ake Ome! 2016 –  at the Giang Vo Exhibition Centre in Hanoi to their feet.

Tips Lips brings down the house at Ake Ome! 2016
Metropole Hanoi ‘rural market’ celebrates Tet
Metropole Hanoi ‘rural market’ celebrates Tet

VOV.VN - Annually the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi holds a ‘rural market’ showcasing traditional foods and culture of Vietnam to international travellers on the occasion of the Tet Lunar New Year— and this year is no exception.

Metropole Hanoi ‘rural market’ celebrates Tet
Singer Toc Tien attends premier of ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’
Singer Toc Tien attends premier of ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’

Renowned Vietnamese singer Toc Tien has arrived in California for the premier of famous 3D American-Chinese computer-animated action comedy martial arts film ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’.

Singer Toc Tien attends premier of ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’
Vietnamese film nominated for Berlinale award
Vietnamese film nominated for Berlinale award

Pham Ngoc Lan is a new face from the Vietnamese filmmaker community whose film is competing in the shorts category at the 66th Berlinale International Film Festival in Germany.

Vietnamese film nominated for Berlinale award
Tra hoa vang festival opens in Quang Ninh
Tra hoa vang festival opens in Quang Ninh

A festival on Tra hoa vang (scientifically known as camellia chrysantha) is underway in the northern province of Quang Ninh, with the aim of promoting the plant’s medical and economic value.

Tra hoa vang festival opens in Quang Ninh
Festival highlights kumquat growing craft in central Vietnam
Festival highlights kumquat growing craft in central Vietnam

A kumquat festival took place in Hoi An City in the central province of Quang Nam this weekend, luring an influx of visitors and growers.

Festival highlights kumquat growing craft in central Vietnam
Flat “Cốm’ of the Khmer
Flat “Cốm’ of the Khmer

(VOV) - Com dep”, flat glutinous green rice is a specialty of the Khmer in Soc Trang and people in the Mekong River Delta.  “

Flat “Cốm’ of the Khmer
Vietnam’s cultural integration
Vietnam’s cultural integration

(VOV) - Vietnam became a member of the ASEAN Community on December 31st, 2015. This creates a chance for Vietnam to further promote cultural integration and its cultural identity.

Vietnam’s cultural integration
Japanese Oshogatsu Festival in Hanoi
Japanese Oshogatsu Festival in Hanoi

(VOV) - A cultural festival allowing visitors to experience a traditional Japanese New Year (Oshogatsu) was held January 16 at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology.

Japanese Oshogatsu Festival in Hanoi
In photos: Dinh Van Tho’s celebrity charity auction
In photos: Dinh Van Tho’s celebrity charity auction

(VOV) -Ao Dai by Designer Dinh Van Tho modelled by celebrity supermodels went on the auction block on January 15 to raise funds for charity.

In photos: Dinh Van Tho’s celebrity charity auction
Workshop highlights values of ancient Oc Eo civilisation
Workshop highlights values of ancient Oc Eo civilisation

A workshop on the Oc Eo civilisation, one of the three major ancient civilisations in Vietnam, was held in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on January 15.

Workshop highlights values of ancient Oc Eo civilisation
Myanmar presents Lord Buddha’s sarira to Vietnamese pagoda
Myanmar presents Lord Buddha’s sarira to Vietnamese pagoda

The Myanmar Buddhist Sangha presented Lord Buddha’s sarira to Hoang Phuc Pagoda in Le Thuy district, central Quang Binh province, at a ceremony on January 15. 

Myanmar presents Lord Buddha’s sarira to Vietnamese pagoda
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