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.

(VOV) - The latest collection of Ao Dai (Vietnamese traditional tunics) and hand-made embroidery silk scarves by Hanoi fashion designer Lan Huong are turning heads in Berlin, Germany.

A movie on Nguyen Ai Quoc's life in Thailand will be premiered to launch a nationwide film week to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the Vietnam Communist Party.

(VOV) -Nam Nguyen, a Vietnamese-Canadian athlete, has won men's single title at Canadian figure skating championships which is taking place in Kingston city, Ontario, Canada from January 19 to 25.

(VOV) - This year’s massive Tet flower festival in HCM City to welcome the Lunar New Year holiday will feature 128 flower markets.

(VOV) -An Asian Youth Jazz Orchestra concert is set to take place on February 3 at the Youth Theatre in Hanoi.

(VOV) - The city of Danang will be hosting a light festival, which is free to everyone, as a way of providing a cultural experience and an opportunity to connect with the culture and heritage of the region.

A troupe from the British TNT Theatre will perform Frankenstein – The Monster and the Myth from March 17 to 21 in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

A performance troupe from Thailand will take part in the Quan The Am (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) Festival on Son Tra peninsula, central Danang city, on April 5-7, according to the organising board.

A special art performance entitled “Mai mai niem tin theo Dang” (Viva the trust in the Party) was broadcast live on Vietnam Television on January 24 to mark the 85th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) (February 3, 1930).

(VOV) - Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam on January 24 defeated his rival Corentin Moutet of France in the first round of the Australian Open’s junior circus held in Melbourne. 

(VOV) -The unique delicacies and flavours of international cuisine and entertainment have once again attracted thousands of visitors to the annual food festival held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

(VOV) -The Trang An Eco Tourism Complex was honoured by the Postal Corporation of Vietnam on January 23 with the issuance of a commemorative stamp series as part of the activities marking the complex’s recognition as a UNESCO mixed heritage.

A grand ceremony was held at Bai Dinh Pagoda in the northern province of Ninh Binh on January 23 to pray for world peace and the country’s prosperity.

(VOV) - Official website of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on January 22 ran an article highlighting the glorious victory of striker Abass Cheikh Dieng of Becamex Binh Duong team.

(VOV) -The Huffington Post website has run an article to explain why people should start eating Vietnamese food.

An Antraxit coal monolith currently displayed at the Museum of northern Quang Ninh province has been recognised by the Vietnam Book of Records (Vietkings) as the largest of its kind in Vietnam. 

(VOV) - Vietnam has joined with over 170 art galleries from Asian and Western countries participating in Art Stage Singapore 2015, known for its focus on Southeast Asian art scenes.

(VOV) - The northern province of Ninh Binh is to be rebranded as part of a major overhaul, capitalizing on its new found status as a UNESCO mixed natural and cultural world heritage, it has been announced.

An ancient bronze bell, weighing over 200 kilograms, has been discovered in a field in Nhan Vu hamlet, Nguyen Trai Commune, An Thi District, in the northern province of Hung Yen. 

(VOV) - Ninh Binh province has kicked off the National Tourism Year 2015 celebrating Vietnam’s eight World Heritage sites under the theme–Connecting the World Heritage–with an exhibition at the Bai Dinh Pagoda.

(VOV) - HCM City will host the nation’s first International Debutante Ball on February 15 at the Sheraton Hotel and attending the high-society event is sure to become the new status symbol.

A series of cultural activities have been taking place in Nicosia, the capital of the Republic of Cyprus, during the Vietnam Days, which runs from January 18-30.

(VOV) -A cultural festival to welcome Japanese traditional New Year (Oshogatsu) will take place at Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) on January 24.

(VOV) - The festival which best epitomizes Vietnam's cultural identity is the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday and this year is no exception—as the central region has a bevy of activities on the agenda.

Vietnam Football Federation's (VFF's) Chairman Le Hung Dung said VFF will meet with a representative from European football giant Manchester City for a collaboration plan in the future.

More than 300 artifacts dating from over a thousand years ago are on display in the provincial museum of the northern province of Ninh Binh from January 20-24. 

(VOV) -Van Thuy Tu Temple, one of the oldest relics in Binh Thuan province, is home to the largest whale skeleton in Southeast Asia, which annually attracts great numbers of tourists.

(VOV) -Five boys and five girls from Vietnam are competing at the 2015 Asian U14 Tennis Championships – Division II, which began on January 20 at the Phu Tho Sports Centre in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOV) - Acrobats from the Ho Chi Minh Circus Troupe won a silver medal and the most favourite award at the Golden Circus Festival, held on December 21 to January 14 in Rome according to Vu Ngoan Hop, head of the circus troupe.