Surrounded by a crowd in a corner of the Centre of the Old Quarter's Culture Exchange, artisan Nguyen Dang Giap spreads colours carefully on different woodblocks to create a Dong Ho folk painting.

A series of vibrant activities promoting national culture and Buddhism are taking place at a festival that opened at Pho Quang Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City on January 30.

The Binh Duong International Women's Cycling Tournament – Biwase Cup 2016 – is scheduled to kick off in the southern province of Binh Duong on March 8.

 For most Vietnamese, Tet (Lunar New Year festival) has actually begun with the “Ong Cong - Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) ceremony on the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year, which falls on February 1 this year.

Jordan Vogt-Roberts, director of the upcoming King Kong movie "KONG: SKULL ISLAND,” has shared about the filming process in Vietnam, slated to begin next month, i n a recent interview with Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper.

VOV.VN - A series of Vietnamese films are being screened to mark 12th National Party Congress, the 86th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and welcome the new Lunar Year 2016.

VOV.VN - Renowned worldwide, the great British pub is not just a place to drink beer, wine, cider, or even something a little bit stronger, it is a unique social centre.

Albums and singles praising spring are ready to welcome Tet (Lunar New Year) this year.

Youngsters will once again be indulged at the Japan-like cherry blossom festival Shinnen 2016 – Lunar New Year Festival at Savico Megamall Long Bien centre on January 30-31.

Students from schools in Hanoi will learn about the traditional new year customs and rituals during a programme called Discovering Tet held on January 29 at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology.

The centre for Russian science and culture in Hanoi marked "the year of cinema" in Russia with a ceremony held on January 29. 

VOV.VN - A program entitled "Vietnamese Tet" has opened at the Museum of Hanoi to celebrate the success of the 12th National Party Congress and welcome the forthcoming traditional Lunar New Year 2016. 

VOV.VN - Jessica Minh Anh sat in the front row as a special VIP at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week alongside world famous designers displaying her usual unique chic style and Asian charm. 

VOV.VN - An exhibition of 20 drawings by children who participated in an art contest organized by the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Association is underway at the museum of the Moscow Kremlin, reports VNA.

An alluring circus with international artists is due to take place next month at a green venue in Ho Chi Minh City to treat audiences to a spectacular stunt-filled performance during the Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tet), event organizers said recently.

A spring festival kicked off at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi on January 29 as part of the activities to celebrate the Lunar New Year (Tet) and the 86th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930-2016).

The Friends of Vietnam Heritage will host a lecture on the Ong Tao ritual – Kitchen God Day celebration, from 6pm to 8pm on January 31 in Hanoi. 

Hanoi will hold a series of special cultural and arts activities to celebrate the Lunar New Year from January 29 to February 13.

A special gala performance was held in Hanoi on the night of January 28 to welcome the success of the freshly-concluded 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - A flower street made by young people from Binh Dinh province to welcome the Lunar New Year will open on Vu Bao Street, Quy Nhon City on February 5 with the message: ‘Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos belong to Vietnam’.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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. 

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. 

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.