An one-hour experimental music concert on February 7 will feature dan tranh (16-chord zither), dan bau (monochord) and bamboo flute played by German composer and percussionist Burkhard Beins and Vietnamese traditional musicians.

(VOV) -A press release by the world acclaimed museum Le Arts Décoratif in Paris has unveiled that Vietnamese former tourism ambassador Ly Nha Ky is one of the organizers of a major exhibition soon to open.

The Vietnamese capital inaugurated a centre dedicated to promoting the time-honoured culture of its Old Quarter on February 2 as part of activities to celebrate the 85th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

A series of events will be held in early March to popularise Vietnamese literature among the international community, which will collectively draw about 550 writers, poets, and translators from the country and 40 other nations and territories.

The Republic of Korea will sponsor a three-year training programme for central Thua Thien-Hue province’s general hospital to improve the quality of its staff. 

(VOV) - The largest-ever Spring Press Festival 2015 will be held at Giang Vo Exhibition Centre in Hanoi from February 7 to 10, to mark the founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and welcome spring and new opportunities for the nation, according to a Feb. 2 press briefing.

The NutiFood HAGL Arsenal JMG academy is scheduled to open in Ho Chi Minh City in June. 

(VOV) -Phan Ha Phuong, representing Vietnam at the 2014 Supermodel International modelling contest, placed second on January 31at the competition’s finale in Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK).

British trade envoy and successful film producer Lord David Puttnam spoke about creativity to a gathering of local artists in HCM City on January 30.

Warm tones and distinctive techniques mark the abstract oil paintings by French-Vietnamese artist Robert Mihagui that was on display at an exhibition that opened on January 31 in Ho Chi Minh City. 

(VOV) - Ten painters and sculptors are displaying their artworks at an exhibition which opened in Hanoi on February 1 to feature the image of the Goat in celebration of the upcoming lunar New Year Festival 2015 - (Tet Ky Mui - the Year of the Goat).

(VOV) - Street performances involving nearly 1,000 people kick-started the 2015 Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on January 31.

(VOV) -A ceremony to honor Vi-Giam folk singing of Nghe An and Ha Tinh province will be held in Vinh city, Nghe An province on the evening of January 31.

The 7th Danang International Fireworks Competition (DIFC) 2015 will take place in the central city on April 28-29, the municipal People’s Committee announced on January 30.

(VOV) -Young Vietnamese actress Ngo Thanh Van looks set to become a household name in 2015.

A photo exhibition showcasing scenes from Vietnam and Hungary opened in Hanoi on January 29.

Vietnamese Pham Van Phuong won two titles during the second leg of the International Tennis Federation (ITF)'s Asia 14 and Under Championships, Division II, which concluded in Ho Chi Minh City on January 30.

(VOV) -In honour of the 132nd Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) General Assembly being held in Vietnam this upcoming March, a photo contest has been launched by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in Hanoi.

The Viettel Sports Centre is in the process of setting up a football academy in collaboration with European giant Borussia Dortmund.

More than 200 photos along with a series of valuable documents and objects featuring the founding and development history of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) are being displayed at an exhibition that opened at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi on January 28.

(VOV) - Vietnamese literature shined brightly in the spotlight at the opening of the 39th International Kolkata Book Fair in India, one of the world’s three largest international book fairs.

A four-member Vietnamese team will take part in the international baking competition for the Louis Lesaffre Cup to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia, in November.

Pulamarasetty Padmavathi says she agreed immediately when her husband suggested that they should move to Vietnam to live even though she had never heard of the country before.

Landscapes, portraits of daily life, and the beauty of women of Mongolia are the themes of a painting exhibition that has opened at the HCM City Union of Literature and Arts Associations.

(VOV) - Miss Vietnam 2012 Dang Thu Thao has offered Tet gifts to 600 old people in difficulty in Ben Tre province and Ho Chi Minh City.

Fireworks will light up the sky over the Red River in Hanoi on the Lunar New Year’s Eve (February 18) as local authorities recently approved the display from the river’s alluvial ground under the Long Bien Bridge.

Ly Hoang Nam was ousted from the Australian Open after his loss in the boys' singles second-round match on January 27 at the Melbourne Park.

An exhibition on “Vietnam’s Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos: Historical and Legal evidence” was opened on January 27 in northern Hoa Binh province to deepen public understanding of Vietnam’s ownership of the two archipelagos.

(VOV) -The Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Hanoi has announced the fifth in a series of concerts it has been staging at its facilities in hopes of bringing musical diversity to the city.

The education sector of central Ha Tinh province plans to include Vi-Giam folk singing in primary school curriculum from the 2015-2016 academic year, as part of its efforts to preserve the humanity’s intangible cultural heritage.