(VOV) - The Green Heritage Culture and Tourism Week- a connection between people and nature opened at the Vietnam Culture-Art Exhibition Centre in Hanoi on November 19.

(VOV) - Vietnam were trounced 0-5 by hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE) on November 19, maintaining their losing streak at the Asian Cup 2015 qualifiers.

(VOV) - The General Assembly of the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention elected Vietnam as one of its 21-member board in Paris on November 19.

(VOV) - The US Embassy has announced the launch of the US Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) 2014 Competition. 

(VOV) -Hanoi will host a wine tasting programme on November 23 as part of activities to celebrate 40 years of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and France.

(VOV) -The Vietnam Cultural Heritage Week officially opened at the Hanoi-based Culture Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups on November 18.

(VOV) -A series of activities are taking place in the Italian port city of Genoa from November 18 to December 1 as part of Vietnamese Day.

(VOV) -The Cultural Day of Russia’s Nenetskiy autonomous region was launched in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on November 18.

(VOV) - Revered Austrian musician, Harri Stojka and his band will perform two live  jazz concerts,  in Hanoi on November 23 and Ho Chi Minh City on November 25, as part of the European Music Festival 2013.

A 300-year old banyan tree in My Duc district, Hanoi has been recognised by the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE) as a Vietnam Heritage Tree. 

(VOV) - Female Vietnamese players flew to Jiangsu province’s Nanjing city on November 18 for a two-week training course in preparation for the upcoming 27th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games).

(VOV) -The 9th Vietnamese Students’ Day was held at Soongsil University in Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK), on October 17 to mark the 21st anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Established in Hanoi in 1997, the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology has served as a research centre and a public museum with a mission to collect, document, preserve and exhibit the cultural heritage of Vietnam ’s 54 ethnic groups.

Pham Cao Cuong of Vietnam has won a silver medal at the Korea Junior Open Badminton Championships, which closed in Jeonju city on November 17.

(VOV) - Vietnamese bodybuilder Nguyen Anh Thong demonstrated an impressive performance in his selection and went on to win gold at the World Bodybuilding & Physique Sports Championship in Hungary.

(VOV) - Seoul Pop Orchestra has performed for charity at Hanoi’s Au Co Arts Centre to mark the 21st anniversary of Vietnamese- Korean diplomatic ties on November 15.

(VOV) - Delegates attending the 3rd Ministerial Meeting on Cultural Tourism, held in the Lao capital Vientiane on November 16, agreed on the primacy of cultural value preservation in the promotion of sustainable tourism.

(VOV) - Ho Chi Minh City’s Japanese Festival opened on November 16, beginning a two-day celebration intended to tighten bilateral ties and marking the 40th anniversary of the two nations’ diplomatic relations.

(VOV) - The Ngo Boat Racing Festival, a tradition of the Mekong Delta region’s Khmer ethnic minority, began in Soc Trang province’s Soc Trang City on November 15.

(VOV) - The 2010 Miss Vietnam Dang Thi Ngoc Han, third-placed Do Hoang Anh, and Miss Beach Nguyen Thi Loan headlined the “Italian Angels” fashion show in Hanoi on November 15.

(VOV) - The 2013 ASEAN-Japan Youth Festival opened in HCM City on November 14 with the participation of delegates joining the Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program (SSAYP) 2013.

(VOV) - A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Ho Anh Tuan took part in the 2013 Asia Cultural Cooperation Forum (ACCF 2013) in China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on November 14.

(VOV) -Authorities have allocated approximately VND14 billion (roughly US$700,000) to organizing and hosting the 2014 Hue Festival, this year themed “Cultural Heritage with Integration and Development”.

(VOV) -Russian artists have impressed local audiences with two days of cultural events recently concluded in Hanoi.

(VOV) - France’s renowned singer Christophe will perform at Hoa Binh Theatre in Ho Chi Minh City on November 23, announced Poussieres de Vie - a non-governmental organisation (NGO) - on November 13.

(VOV) - The 2013 European Music Festival will open in Hanoi on November 22 with the participation of talented artists from European countries.

(VOV) - Host player Tian Houwei outperformed Vietnamese hopeful Nguyen Tien Minh 2-1 at the first round of the China Open 2013 on November 13.

(VOV) - A gala was held in Brussels on November 13 to mark the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-Belgium diplomatic ties.

The spirit of Japan's ancient capital Kyoto is on display at an exhibition at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum.

Pieces by Van Cao (1923-95), one of Vietnam's greatest contemporary composers, will be performed in Hanoi on November 22.