(VOV) -Mau Thanh Thuy, a 22-year old student from Ho Chi Minh City, won the championship title of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2013 contest in its final round on December 22.

(VOV) - Vietnamese contestant Dong Thanh Vy finished third in the finals of the South East Asian’s beauty pageant which concluded in Thailand on December 21.

(VOV) - As the 27th SEA Games in Myanmar has one day to go, Vietnamese athletes have surpassed their 70-gold medal target, bagging a total of 72 golds as of 04.30pm pm on December 21.

(VOV) -Vietnamese representatives have brought home one gold and two bronze medals from the ninth World Kurash Championships recently concluded in the Turkish city of Istanbul.

(VOV) -Hanoi’s Vietnam National Museum of History will presentan exhibition of traditional Japanese culture and history from January 16 to March 9, 2014.

(VOV) -Vietnam Fashion Week Spring Summer 2013 will take place at Vietnam Television’s S14 film studio in Hanoi from December 22–25.

Vietnamese player Nguyen Hoang Yen won the silver medal in the women’s xiangqi (Chinese chess) category at the third SportAccord World Mind Games in Beijing, China, which took place from December 12-18.

(VOV) - The Hanoi Opera House will host performances of Beethoven’s famous Symphony No. 9 on December 26 and 27, marking the composer’s 250th birthday and encouraging Northeast Asian cultural exchanges.

(VOV) - The Vietnamese national football squad’s 167.13 points has pushed it 14 positions higher in the latest FIFA rankings, placed third in Southeast Asia.

A professional body is needed to protect property rights for films made in the country, said the Head of the Vietnam Cinematography Association.

(VOV) -A painting exhibition themed "A dream named Human Tree" by young Vietnamese artist Nguyen Dinh Hien (Dino Hien) has been held at Gallery One Three in Melbourne from December 11-20.

(VOV) -60kg Vovinam representative Nguyen Duy Khanh defeated Myanmar’s challenger to win the Vietnamese squad’s third SEA Games gold medal on December 19.

(VOV) -The US Department of State will use non-refundable aid to fund part of the US$30,507 Trieu To Temple preservation and restoration project in the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Hue Citadel.

Artists from Vietnam and the Republic of Korea brought to the stage Chau Van (spiritual singing) and Saenam Gut performances, their own national intangible cultural heritages, in the northern province of Nam Dinh on December 18.

(VOV) - Vietnamese athletes have covered themselves in glory at the ongoing SEA Games in Myanmar.

Over the past four years, Vietnamese and Japanese experts have joined efforts to preserve the UNESCO-recognised Thang Long-Hanoi Citadel while promoting its image to the world under a project financed by the Japanese Fund-in-Trust. 

(VOV) - A Cambodian Cultural Week opened in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre on December 18.

Six tombs of primitive people dating back over 6,000 years have been discovered in Na Mo cave, Huong Ne commune, Ngan Son district, the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan. 

Vietnamese sprinter Vu Thi Huong on December 18 bagged a goal medal after conquering the women’s 200m run in the track-and-field competition at the ongoing 27th SEA Games in Myanmar. 

(VOV) -Vietnamese Taekwondo champions win three gold medals for their country at this year’s ongoing SEA Games in Myanmar on December 18.

(VOV) -An Argentine Film Week opened at the National Cinema Centre in Hanoi on December 17 as part of activities to mark the 40th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties.

Management, storage of artefacts, and technical and personal skills training have been challenges for Quang Nam Province, along with the managing board of My Son Sanctuary, in conservation and protection of heritage sites.

A number of photos and books about Eva Peron, Ambassador of Peace, are on display in Hanoi from December 17-21, offering the public a glimpse of a legendary figure in Argentine politics on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Vietnam–Argentina diplomatic ties.

(VOV) - Sprinter Vu Thi Huong took a gold medal for Vietnam in the women’s 100m in Myanmar on December 17 after a prolonged injury and a recent ovarian cyst surgery.

(VOV) - The Asian Records Organisation (ARO) has included ten more Vietnamese culinary specialties in its latest Asian Records listings.

(VOV) -The Danish Writers Association and Kim Dong Publishing House launched a 2013–2015 Writing for Children campaign in Hanoi on December 17.

(VOV) -Dao Trong Kien and Nguyen Thanh Binh won the first medal for Vietnam on the morning of December 17 in the team archery event of the ongoing SEA Games in Myanmar.

(VOV) -The 33rd National Television Festival will be held in the northern province of Quang Ninh from December 18-21.

(VOV) -An art exhibition by US war veteran Kevin Bowen opened in Hanoi on December 16 to showcase thirty oil paintings of famous Vietnamese writers, poets and artists.

(VOV) -Vietnamese athletes secured further success for their country after clinching four more gold medals on December 16 in track-and-field, archery, rowing and cycling at the ongoing SEA Games in Myanmar.