The communications ministry has announced it will not consider issuing permits to the Vietnam Idol reality show and several other programs jointly produced by national broadcaster Vietnam Television (VTV) and its partners following recent gaffes on the shows.

Vietnamese chess master Le Quang Liem has jumped to the top spot of the HDBank Cup International Open Chess tournament after winning the fourth and fifth matches in Ho Chi Minh City on March 19. 

(VOV) - Vietnam junior player Ly Hoang Nam has defeated Chinese rival Wu Yibing in two straight sets, 6-3 and 6-4, in the quarter-finals of the 2015 Sarawak Chief Minister's Cup on-going in Malaysia.

(VOV) -In the future, more American movies will be filmed in Vietnam. It was said by Jon Kuyper, Warner Bros Production Manager at a workshop on film production at the French Cultural Centre in Hanoi on March 17.

(VOV) -The US Cable News Network CNN has introduced a number of Vietnam’s propaganda posters during wartime that raged between 1954 and 1975.

(VOV) - “Music Bank in Hanoi” will be held at the My Dinh National Stadium on March 28.

The Goethe Institute in Hanoi will present the multiple award-winning films of director and screenwriter Hannes Stohr, including Berlin Is in Germany, One Day in Europe and Global Player, on the evenings from March 23 to 25.

Athletes of Vietnamese national teams are now in their peak training period in Hanoi ahead of the 2015 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games to be held in Singapore from June 5 to 16.

Algeria’s Vovinam (a world-famous Vietnamese martial art) competitors confidently announced their goal of finishing second at the fourth World Vovinam Championship 2015. 

(VOV) - A bilingual Vietnamese-French book casting the spotlight on Vietnam, its people and cultural landscapes has come off the press.

Ten winners were announced in Hanoi on March 18 for the Outstanding Young Citizens awards sponsored by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Young Talent Support Fund.

Kim Dong Publishing House, a publisher of children books, was honored with the title “Creative Product” by the Walt Disney Company on the occasion of 5 years of copyright cooperation between the two sides.

Puppetry lovers in Hanoi will have a chance to enjoy a 'Classic Public Performance' by Youkiza Marionette Theatre from Tokyo, Japan, in a special programme scheduled to be held from March 21-23.

Limbless and motivational speaker Nick Vujicic will return Vietnam for the third time on March 22 to take part in a series of activities for local disabled people.

Craft workers from traditional villages nationwide will gather in the former imperial capital city of Hue to display their handiwork over five festive days at the Hue Traditional Craft Festival.

Vietnamese fighter Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat won a gold medal at the ongoing World Martial Arts Council Games 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand.

(VOV) -The Goethe Institute will screen three award-winning films of well-known director Hannes Stohr in Hanoi on three consecutive evenings, March 23-25, on the occasion of German Film Days.

The Danang International Fireworks Competition 2015 (DIFC 2015) will kick off in the central city on March 28, drawing five teams.

Gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh will be the only Vietnamese athlete to take part in the 8th Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup, which is scheduled for March 25-27 in Doha, Qatar.

Defending champion Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son easily logged his first win at the HDBank International Open Chess Tournament held on March 17 in HCM City.

The Vietnamese Embassy has joined representative agencies from 15 other countries to showcase traditional culture at the 2015 Francophonie Week in Pakistan’s capital city, Islamabad.

(VOV) - The first runner-up of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2012 contest Kha My Van will appear on French fashion magazine L’Officiel.

(VOV) - An Lai market meets in Nguyen Hue commune, Hoa An district, Cao Bang province every five days. This is not simply a market but a gathering place of people from different ethnic minority groups.

In recent times, a number of youths have taken up riding electric unicycles in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City for all the novelty and fun that the activity offers.

Artist Bui Hoai Mai, who is famous by his ceramic mosaic paintings, will take part a talkshow on the Vietnamese ceramics on March 18 at the Heritage Space in Hanoi.

Yamaha Motor Vietnam is preparing to organise its first football festival for U13 students from all over the country. 

Internationally renowned musical ensemble Pink Martini will visit Ho Chi Minh City early next month for charity concerts on their first ever tour of Asia.

(VOV) - The 2015 Yonex Sunrise Vietnam International Challenge officially kicked off at the Cau Giay gymnasium in Hanoi on March 17 with 296 athletes from 17 nations competing for top honours. 

(VOV) -When judges on the popular kids talent show – Voice Kids Germany 2015 – heard a blind Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) youth hit his first note of the Disney legendary song ‘Let it go’ they were blown away.

After many years of being almost exclusively oriented to foreign clients, some galleries are finding appropriate ways to return to the potential of the local market.