Vietnamese athletes are aiming for higher achievements at regional and international sport tourneys this year such as the 28th SEA Games, the 18th Asian Games (ASIAD 18), and qualification rounds of the Olympic 2016. 

(VOV) -A number of artists from the Vietnam National Music Song and Dance Theatre will represent the country at the Chingay parade –  one of Asia’s grandest parades set for  February 27-28 in Singapore.

(VOV) -Lee Kwang Soo star of the hit television series – Running Man – will arrive in Vietnam on January 24 to attend the inauguration ceremony of a restaurant at Le Lai street in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOV) - The much-talked about film – Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories – directed by Phan Dang Di will make its international debut at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.

The Prime Minister just signed a decision to bestow the title of "national treasure" to 12 objects of unique national heritage. Here's the rundown of the newly recognised treasure.

(VOV) - Mrs. Asia USA International 2014 Sonya Suong Dang recently appeared dressed in the epitome of classical 70s style.

(VOV) - The first ever Cultural Week of Haiti in Hanoi has opened featuring dancing, music along with the Latin American country’s infamous traditional cuisine of griot (fried pork), acra (malanga and salted fish), beef patties and fried plantains.

The cultural space of gongs of ethnic minorities in the Truong Son mountain range has been recognised as an important part of human culture, especially for the H’re people in central Quang Ngai province.

(VOV) -On January 13,Quy Nhon city in the central province of Binh Dinh An hosted an international workshop on Vietnam’s Bai choi singing and similar arts in the world, attended by more than 100 domestic and foreign researchers and artists. 

Vietnam Cultural Week in Rome, Italy kicked off on January 12 with an exhibition on the distinguished traditional values of the Southeast Asian country. 

Becamex Binh Duong have signed a contract with the fourth foreign player in preparation for the Asian Football Confederation Champions League.

The Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has been enacting a series of measures to preserve and promote volumes of epics of the Ede people, which are currently in danger of disappearing from the community.

(VOV) -The top 5 of the 2014 Vietnam Next Top Model contest have arrived in Milan, Italy to take part in fashion shows and exchanges with international fashion designers and supermodels.

Rainbow Chapel, a communal building made of recycled materials in Ho Chi Minh City’s outlying Binh Chanh district, topped the list of the 20 most ingenious works of architecture in 2014 elected by the US-based Huffington Post magazine. 

The website of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has included Yen Tu relic site in Vietnam ’s northeastern province of Quang Ninh in the list of nominated heritages in the coming time.

(VOV) - The traditional wedding ceremony of the Dao Lo Gang ethnic minority group was recently featured at the first annual Mau Son Winter Tourism Festival ongoing in Lang Son province.

Two DJs from Italy will play electronic dance music on January 15  in downtown Ha Noi soon.

The national wushu team have left for a long training session in China that will last till June. 

(VOV) -A number of well-known Vietnamese artists have recorded a song named “Commit Vietnam”as part of the UNESCO project to raise people’s awareness of traffic safety and culture, environmental protection, and public manners.

(VOV) -Thousands of Hanoi audiences gathered at My Dinh National Stadium on January 10 to attend RockStorm7 despite the cold weather and heavy rain.

(VOV) - Subscription Concert Vol.77 is set to get underway on January 15-16 at the Hanoi Opera House on No. 1 Trang Tien street.

(VOV) - The 2015 Mau Son Winter Tourism Festival has kicked off at the Mau Son Tourist Site in Lang Son province. 

(VOV) -The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) on January 10 will feature a sparkling assortment of the much loved music of Johann Strauss under the baton of Le Phi Phi at the HCM city Opera House.

(VOV) - A Huffington Post online report by Alison Spiegel says there are 21 reasons to fall in love with Vietnam.

(VOV) - CNN International has described Duong Thuy Vi as the acrobatic artistry of Vietnam's Wushu champion.

(VOV) -As many as 20,000 Hanoi’s rock fans are prepared to enjoy amazing performances of famous foreign and domestic bands at RockStorm7 which will take place at My Dinh National Stadium in the capital city on January 10.

Haiti's art, culture, lifestyle and tourism will be introduced for the first time in Vietnam during the Cultural Week of Haiti that will run from January 12-15.

Tay Son-Tam Kiet (Three Great Heroes in Tay Son) Temple, located in the coastal central province of Binh Dinh, has been recognised as a special national relic by the Prime Minister in a recent decision alongside 13 other sites.

(VOV) - Thousands of youth and students from universities, colleges and schools in Hanoi and surrounding region are expected to participate in the 2015 Vietnam-Japan Festive Day celebration on January 11 at the Vincom Mega Mall in Royal City.

(VOV) - Vietnamese young tennis star Ly Hoang Nam is gearing up for the 2015 SEA Games in Singapore this coming June by competing in two international tournaments.