(VOV) - The Vietnam Embassy to Japan has hosted spring cultural event in Tokyo, attended by more than 150 delegates, including diplomats and their wives and Sachiei Doll Association representatives.

(VOV) -Well-known singer Alif Naaba is to perform in Hanoi on March 20 at the invitation of the Institute for Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF) in the lead up to International Francophone Day.

Seventeen chefs from Vietnam will join more than 1,000 chefs from all over the world for the first-ever "Gout de France" (Taste of France) to celebrate French gastronomy on March 19.

Exhibition "The Cabinet" opened on March 11 at the University of Fine Arts in Hanoi, telling more than 80 stories of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) people in Vietnam.

Gong performances are popular at spring festivals in the Central Highlands and become part of their lives. In recent years, local gong artists have organized classes to teach gong playing to the younger generation. 

Singaporean conductor Kah Chun Wong will perform at concerts held by the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra in Hanoi on the nights of March 20 and 21. 

Vietnamese teams have won three gold, four silver and three bronze medals at five international sporting events organised in early March this year, according to the National Sport Administration. 

The Vietnam Fall-Winter 2015 Fashion Week is scheduled to take place this week in Hanoi, featuring 18 designers in evening shows from March 12-15. 

The ASEAN Folk Music Festival will be organised in Vietnam for the first time from August 1-6, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

(VOV) -The Vietnam Olympic football squad has arrived in HCM City to begin preparing for a March 14 friendly match against Uzbekistan’s U22 team.

MIG-21 aircraft No 4324 and a strategic map used in the “Ho Chi Minh campaign” were announced as national precious objects at a ceremony jointly held by General Political Department of the Vietnam People’s Army and the Vietnam Military Museum in Hanoi on March 10.

Nguyen Van Son, a Vietnamese professional Taekwondo athlete who won the Mister Global 2015 male beauty pageant in Thailand now faces trouble at home because he failed to get permission from Vietnam authorities to compete.

Firebeatz, a DJ duo from the Netherlands, will perform in Vietnam for the first time on March 11 night during their Asian tour.

The fifth Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival opened on March 10, attracting hundreds of local and international businesses.

(VOV) - The HDBank Cup International Open Chess Tournament 2015 will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 16-23, with the participation of 85 players including 44 Vietnamese players.

An exhibition “Happiness road, now and then” celebrating the 50th anniversary of the road’s construction opened in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on March 10. 

(VOV) - Nguyen Duc Anh, a Vietnamese pianist, has won the silver prize at the Alkan–Zimmerman International Piano Contest held in Athens, Greece.

Five foreign teams will compete at the annual International Women’s Volleyball Championships VTV-Binh Dien Cup 2015, according to the General Department of Sports and Physical Training.

Phillips Exeter Academy’s Concert Choir and Chamber Orchestra will travel through major cities in Vietnam to perform concerts of classical Western music and Vietnamese folk songs during the 14-day “Peace and Innovation” tour.

Thirty-five paintings by Nguyen Tu Nghiem never before seen by the public are on display at an exhibition at Ngan Pho Gallery in downtown Hanoi.

(VOV) - Hanoi, city of the rising dragon, has a history stretching back for a thousand years and the city has captured the soul of Vietnam says the introduction to a just released book entitled Hanoi Capital City by Michael Waibel.

More and more young Vietnamese couples are getting married in Buddhist pagodas and monasteries around the country.

(VOV) - Smithsonian.com has announced that five Vietnamese photographers have been selected as finalists for its 2014 photo contest in the categories of travel, people and altered images.

In Vietnam, festivals are usually held in the spring. They each have their own characteristics and values, but are always directed towards a sacred entity enshrined as national heroes who fight foreign invaders, are founders of traditional trades, and who kill wild beasts to protect the people. 

Eighty-three-year old Nguyen Thi Lap could not hold back her tears as she recalled the experiences of female revolutionaries from the southern part of the country during the American War.

The Vietnamese team made a good start in the Zone 3.3 qualifying round of the World Chess Championships 2015 that opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 7.

Berlin hip-hop dancer and choreographer, Raphael, Hillebrand will team up with Hanoi-based crew S.I.N.E. to stage a new hip-hop production in Hanoi next week.

(VOV) -Vietnamese Ly Hoang Nam has advanced to the final round of the Chang Thailand Junior G1 boys singles finals ongoing in Thailand with a victory over Australia’s Marc Polmans.

The construction of the Shakyamuni Buddha statue, which is expected to be the tallest of its kind in the world, commenced in the southern province of An Giang on March 5.

Prominent Slovakian artist Peter Pollag expects to help enhance the friendship and mutual understanding between Vietnam and his country through his paintings.