(VOV) - Female Vietnamese footballers have qualified for the semi-final match of the 27th SEA Games in Myanmar after defeating their hosts Myanmar 1-0 on December 15.

(VOV)- The number of tourist arrivals to the Red River region has reached 35 million, earning revenue in excess of VND 35,000 billion, up 15% from last year.

(VOV) - A festival was held in HCM City on December 14-15, to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between France and Vietnam.

(VOV) - The Pencak Silat team won four gold medals at the SEA games today, bringing the Vietnamese gold medal tally to 34.

(VOV) - Vietnam has won five more gold medals at the SEA Games in Myanmar, bringing its gold medal total to 27 and edging the team closer to their tally-leading hosts.

(VOV) - Hanoi officially launched its “Argentina Culture Week” on December 14, beginning a range of artistic and cultural celebrations to honour the 40th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties.

(VOV) - French Ambassador for Foreign Policy and President of the French Institute Xavier Darcos has cited the more than 150 events held during the France Year in Vietnam as his country’s desire to update its image in the eyes of the Southeast Asian country.

Vietnamese shooters have defeated their Singapore and Malaysia rivals to win gold medal in the men team’s 50m pistol event at the ongoing 27 th SEA Games on December 13 competition day. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese wrestlers have earned a total of 9 gold medals from competitions in Myanmar over the past few days, one more gold medal than the set target.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s best male badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has unexpectedly lost to Indonesian rival Rumbaka in their December 13 semifinal at the ongoing SEA Games in Myanmar.

(VOV) -Dinh Thi Nhu Quynh bagged the first silver medal for Vietnam on December 13 in the women's cross-country event of the ongoing SEA Games in Myanmar.

17-year-old swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien scooped another gold medal, in the women’s 200m backstroke, on December 12 at the ongoing 27th SEA Games in Myanmar.

(VOV) - The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and Thua Thien Hue Provincial People’s Committee have introduced the programme for the 2014 Hue Festival at a December 12 press conference in Hanoi.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s Bui Tuan Anh and Nguyen The Anh have both claimed SEA Games men’s freestyle wrestling gold medals with victories in Myanmar on December 12.

(VOV) - A France-Vietnam cuisine festival will be held at September 23 Park in Ho Chi Minh City on December 14-15 as the biggest street event of its kind to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people) community will be the central focus of an art festival taking place in Hanoi from December 14-29.

Noted French writer Patrick Deville is meeting with Vietnamese audiences to discuss his novel "Plague and Cholera" (Peste et Cholera), which has just been published by Tre (Youth) Publishers.

Vietnamese pay-TV operator HTVC Cable TV System has begun broadcasting Scripps Networks Interactive Asian Food Channel to its 700,000-plus subscribers.

The archaeological excavation of the ancient Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, which was recognised as the World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 2010, has revealed evidence dating from the 11th century to 19th century.

(VOV) -Hue City is hosting an emotive photo exhibition, showcasing selected images from the 2013 Vietnamese Heritage photo competition.

(VOV) - Beyond experts’ expectations, marksman Thanh Dat was awarded a gold medal in the men’s 50m Rifle Prone in Myanmar on December 11.

(VOV) -A national sculpture exhibition opened at the Hanoi Museum on December 11 to showcase the best works created by local artists over the past ten years.

(VOV) - Russian and Vietnamese literature lovers will have a chance to indulge their passion for five books featuring the two countries’ famous literature works which were made public in Hanoi in both language on December 10.

Singapore defeated Vietnam 1-0 in the second round match of the SEA Games’ Group A in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, on December 10 evening.

(VOV) -The Hanoi-based French Culture Centre (L’Espace) has opened its “Hanoi Colour” exhibition on December 9, offering a rare glimpse into daily life in the capital 100 years ago.

(VOV) -Vietnamese athletes at the ongoing 27th Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar have won three more gold medals, one silver, and two bronze.

(VOV) -A mural painting exhibition in the name of “Abilight” by the Hitotzuki team will open at the Japan Foundation for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam on December 14 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Japan.

(VOV) - Vietnamese Wushu artists won one more gold medal in Myanmar on December 10, bringing the total number of their gold medals at the ongoing 27th SEA Games to 5, surpassing the set target.

The Vietnamese version of the world-famous British game show Sing If You Can will go on air at the end of this month.

The art of architecture and sculpture, as well as local cultural features from communal houses throughout the north of Vietnam, are being displayed at an exhibition in Hanoi.