Events celebrate Khmer’s Ok-Om-Bok festival
Events celebrate Khmer’s Ok-Om-Bok festival

A host of events were scheduled to celebrate ethnic Khmer people’s Ok-Om-Bok (worshipping the moon) festival in southern Tra Vinh province from November 20 to 25. 

Events celebrate Khmer’s Ok-Om-Bok festival
Measures to preserve world heritage values sought
Measures to preserve world heritage values sought

“Preserving and promoting world heritage values from the angle of the Thang Long Imperial Citadel” was the main focus of an international workshop in Hanoi on November 23.

Measures to preserve world heritage values sought
Yokai: Experience music in colour with Anne Paceo
Yokai: Experience music in colour with Anne Paceo

(VOV) - Fast-emerging French drummer Anne Paceo is bringing her jazz music sensation hit Yokai known widely in the jazz world for its brilliant merging of the sounds of Catalonia, Brazil and Africa to the Vietnam stage. 

Yokai: Experience music in colour with Anne Paceo
Vietnamese artwork to show at National Gallery Singapore
Vietnamese artwork to show at National Gallery Singapore

(VOV) - The National Gallery Singapore on November 24 will open what promises to be the largest exhibition of modern Southeast Asian art in any one space, says the gallery's director Eugene Tan.

Vietnamese artwork to show at National Gallery Singapore
Miss Universe 2015 3rd Official Hot Picks
Miss Universe 2015 3rd Official Hot Picks

(VOV) - Miss Vietnam Pham Thi Huong‘s latest photos did convince our team of beauty experts that Vietnam is on fire this year, reported Missosology in its latest round of Miss Universe 2015 Official Hot Picks.

Miss Universe 2015 3rd Official Hot Picks
Quynh Mai to compete in Asia’s Next Top Model
Quynh Mai to compete in Asia’s Next Top Model

(VOV) - Vietnamese model Quynh Mai left for Singapore on November 22 to attend the 4th Asia’s Next Top Model 2015.

Quynh Mai to compete in Asia’s Next Top Model
Vietnamese culture shines light in China
Vietnamese culture shines light in China

Traditional Vietnamese art performances, rituals and folk games were among the highlights of the Vietnamese Culture Festival Day on November 22 in Guilin, China. 

Vietnamese culture shines light in China
Photo exhibition gives rare insight into Vietnam in 1980s
Photo exhibition gives rare insight into Vietnam in 1980s

A photo exhibition on Vietnam’s tourism before the country opened its door to the world opened on November 22 at the Vietnam House in Paris, giving French viewers a rare bit of insight into the lives of Vietnamese people in the 1980s. 

Photo exhibition gives rare insight into Vietnam in 1980s
Free screenings at Vietnam Film Festival
Free screenings at Vietnam Film Festival

The movie Cuoc Doi Cua Yen (The Life of Yen) by director Dinh Tuan Vu about the life of a young woman and her marriage arranged by her parents has opened a week of screenings for free in Hanoi and Danang city.

Free screenings at Vietnam Film Festival
Traditional Israeli musician to perform in Vietnam
Traditional Israeli musician to perform in Vietnam

Tal Kravitz, a versatile musician from Israel, is scheduled to perform at academies and universities in Vietnam as part of the Israeli Cultural Week in Vietnam from November 23 to 27.

Traditional Israeli musician to perform in Vietnam
International beauty contests feature girls of Vietnamese origin
International beauty contests feature girls of Vietnamese origin

 Many young women of Vietnamese origin have attracted special attention at beauty contests worldwide.

International beauty contests feature girls of Vietnamese origin
Shakespeare’s Hamlet on Vietnamese stage
Shakespeare’s Hamlet on Vietnamese stage

(VOV) - The Vietnam Drama Theatre recently presented a new version of Hamlet at the Hanoi Opera House. The play, which played five nights, drew a large audience.

Shakespeare’s Hamlet on Vietnamese stage
Animated short from Vietnamese director advances to Oscar shortlist
Animated short from Vietnamese director advances to Oscar shortlist

"My Home" by Paris-based director Nguyen Phuong Mai has been named among 10 animated short films that will contend for Oscar nominations this year.

Animated short from Vietnamese director advances to Oscar shortlist
Miss World Vietnam 2015 kicks off
Miss World Vietnam 2015 kicks off

(VOV) - The second edition of the Miss World Vietnam 2015 known locally as Hoa Khoi Ao Dai Vietnam officially launched on November 20, the organizing board announced at the press briefing.

Miss World Vietnam 2015 kicks off
Hollywood producer visits Ngo Thanh Van’s film studio
Hollywood producer visits Ngo Thanh Van’s film studio

(VOV) -Ngo Thanh Van who will soon start shooting her new film Tam Cam-Chuyen Chua Ke (Tam and Cam – The Untold Story) recently received a visit from Hollywood film producer, Harvey Weinstein.

Hollywood producer visits Ngo Thanh Van’s film studio
Pham Huong will represent Vietnam at Miss Universe 2015
Pham Huong will represent Vietnam at Miss Universe 2015

(VOV) - Hai Phong native and reigning Miss Universe Vietnam Pham Thi Huong will represent the nation at the upcoming Miss Universe 2015, according to an announcement by the Performing Arts Department.

Pham Huong will represent Vietnam at Miss Universe 2015
Venezuela ceramic mosaic section inaugurated in Hanoi
Venezuela ceramic mosaic section inaugurated in Hanoi

A 12-metre section of ceramic mosaic mural on Au Co Dyke Road, Hanoi, designed by a group of Venezuelan youngsters has been recently inaugurated.

Venezuela ceramic mosaic section inaugurated in Hanoi
Czech-Vietnamese dictionary: A symbol of friendship
Czech-Vietnamese dictionary: A symbol of friendship

(VOV) - Two linguists have been compiling a six-volume Czech-Vietnamese dictionary to help the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic overcome the language barrier. 

Czech-Vietnamese dictionary: A symbol of friendship
Photo exhibit on ASEAN’s world cultural heritages
Photo exhibit on ASEAN’s world cultural heritages

(VOV) -An exhibit featuring 33 photos of world cultural heritages in ASEAN countries was held in Hanoi with 161 entries on world cultural heritages in Vietnam and other countries in the regional bloc.

Photo exhibit on ASEAN’s world cultural heritages
Vietnam, Japan celebrate cultural ties
Vietnam, Japan celebrate cultural ties

An event for cultural and commercial exchange between Vietnam and Japan kicked off on November 19 in the Mekong city of Can Tho's Ninh Kieu district.

Vietnam, Japan celebrate cultural ties
Disabled models to shine at Hanoi fashion show
Disabled models to shine at Hanoi fashion show

(VOV) -A first-ever fashion show highlighting the beauty of people with disabilities is set take place at the Italian cultural centre “Casa Italia” (18 Le Phung Hieu Street, Hanoi) at 10 am on November 21 and at a later stage in Danang and Ho Chi Minh City.

Disabled models to shine at Hanoi fashion show
National unity week honors Vietnam’s culture
National unity week honors Vietnam’s culture

(VOV) - The “National Unity and Vietnamese Cultural Heritages” week is being held at the Culture and Tourism Village in Hanoi. From November 15 to 23, a wide range of activities will feature the diverse cultures of Vietnam’s 54 ethnic groups and enhanced national unity.

National unity week honors Vietnam’s culture
Veteran teachers featured in book
Veteran teachers featured in book

A book on the life of veteran teachers written by associate professor and lecturer Tran Huu Ta, former Deputy Head of the HCM City Pedagogical University's Literature Faculty, has been released to celebrate Vietnam Teachers' Day on November 20.

Veteran teachers featured in book
Images of daily life in south-central region
Images of daily life in south-central region

(VOV) - The Binh Dinh-Quang Ngai-Phu Yen Photography Exhibition, November 18-23, in Quy Nhon City features 70 images of 41 photographers themed around daily life in the south-central region. 

Images of daily life in south-central region
Le Quyen: A Miss Supranational 2015 Official Hot Pick
Le Quyen: A Miss Supranational 2015 Official Hot Pick

(VOV) -Missosology and Global Beauties have both chosen Nguyen Thi Le Quyen among their top ten first Official Hot Picks for Miss Supranational 2015.

Le Quyen: A Miss Supranational 2015 Official Hot Pick
Thuy Ngan is picture perfect in Malaysia
Thuy Ngan is picture perfect in Malaysia

(VOV) - Le Huynh Thuy Ngan, former first runner-up of the 2009 Vietnam Jewellery Queen Pageant, looked fantastic as she worked the camera during a fashion photo shoot in Malaysia. 

Thuy Ngan is picture perfect in Malaysia
Hanoi to host Argentina Week
Hanoi to host Argentina Week

(VOV) - An Argentina Week is set to underway in Hanoi from November 23-27 to promote original cultural beauty, land and people of the Latin American country to the Vietnamese people.

Hanoi to host Argentina Week
Artist showcases traditional Korean embroidery
Artist showcases traditional Korean embroidery

Korean artist Lee Jeong-hee is visiting Vietnam for the first time, to showcase her embroidered paintings at an exhibition in Hanoi.

Artist showcases traditional Korean embroidery
Song Hong Ensemble to perform at concert
Song Hong Ensemble to perform at concert

The Song Hong Ensemble will perform two classical pieces by Mozart and Dvorak on November 19 at French Cultural Centre (L'Espace).

Song Hong Ensemble to perform at concert
GVFA gifts historical films to national archives
GVFA gifts historical films to national archives

(VOV) - The Germany-Vietnam Friendship Association (GVFA) on November 18 donated more than 200 historically significant documentary and feature films to the Vietnam Film Institute.

GVFA gifts historical films to national archives
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