(VOV) - The Rock Storm 2012 concert will start at Hanoi’s My Dinh National Stadium on December 29.

As many as 45 calligraphy works by 24 the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s leading artists celebrating the Prison Diary of late President Ho Chi Minh are on display at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in downtown Hanoi.

A 288-page book titled the Corpus of Inscriptions of Champa in English and Vietnamese has been introduced at the Cham Sculpture Museum in Danang City.

Nhat Tien, the eight-year-old winner of Do Re Mi (an annual singing contest for Vietnamese children), has performed Frosty the Snowman on the Australian music show Carols By Daylight.

(VOV) - American jazz singer Tabitha King will perform on the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi Hotel’s Le Club stage from January 1 to April 30, 2013.

An Vat Sai Gon (Noshing in Sai Gon), by Chu Thi Hong Anh and photographer Tran Viet Duc, is hoped to inspire all lovers of eating out in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOV) -Hundreds of Phan Dinh Phung High School students have helped complete Vietnam’s largest plastic painting  at an environmental event  in Hanoi on December 23.

Forty-five calligraphic works featuring the late President Ho Chi Minh’s famous collection of poems, “Prison Diary,” are on display at an exhibition which opened in Hanoi on December 24. 

(VOV) - The World Vovinam Federation (WVVF) has announced the third World Vovinam Championships will be held in Paris, France from July 3–7, 2013.

(VOV) - The festive atmosphere surrounding Christmas celebrations has pervaded every corner of the capital city.

(VOV) -Female singer Dia Framton will come to Vietnam as a special guest in the semi-final round of the The Voice-Vietnam contest.

(VOV) -With a total of 56 gold, 38 silver and 25 bronze medals the Vietnamese sports team was placed second only after Malaysia at the 16th ASEAN University Games (AUG) held in Laos from December 12-20.

Vietnam will debut at the 2013 PyeongChang Special Olympics World Winter Games for people with intellectual disabilities in PeyongChang, the Republic of Korea.

(VOV) - The national tournament for the country’s elite taekwondo clubs, known as the 2012 Republic of Korea (RoK) Ambassador’s Cup, opened in Hanoi’s Cau Giay competition hall on December 19. 

(VOV) - Nguyen Hoang Lam and Cao Phuong Thanh bagged two silvers for Vietnam at the 2012 SportAccord World Mind Games held in Beijing, China, from December 12-19.

(VOV) - Four leading singers of the Vietnam National Opera and Ballet Theatre took part in a Beethoven concert at Hanoi Opera House on December 18-19.

(VOV) - Despite competing unsuccessfully in AFF Suzuki Cup 2012, Vietnam continues to take the leading position in the Southeast Asian region, announced the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA).

Vietnamese top chess player Le Quang Liem will compete in the prestigious Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival due to take place in England on January 21-31, 2013.

(VOV) - Young Vietnamese artists who won prizes at international piano competitions will perform together in a Christmas concert at Hanoi Opera House on December 24. 

(VOV) -23 football clubs will take part in the qualifying round of the U19 National Football Championships, scheduled for January 15-30 and February 2-March 6, 2013.

(VOV) - The People’s Committee of central Phu Yen province on December 17 presented a lithophone and stone horns found in Tuy An district to the Vietnam UNESCO Committee for cultural heritage recognition.

(VOV) -The Kids Witness News (KWN) has given its Best Asia Pacific Script award to the Vietnamese film "New Message", an exploration of communication through the perspective of five Hanoi Amsterdam Junior High School eighth graders and ‘ABCDEF’ team members.

(VOV) - Vietnam Fashion Fair 2012 will be held at the Giang Vo Exhibition Centre in Hanoi from December 20-26.

(VOV) - A countdown party titled “I love Danang” will be held at 29/3 Square in the central city of Danang on December 31 to ring in the New Year, announced the city’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

(VOV) - The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has invited coach Hoang Van Phuc to train the national squad for their two Asian Cup qualifying games early in 2013.

Critically acclaimed Vietnamese pianist Tra Nguyen made her debut at the Wigmore Hall in London on December 16, playing a selection of piano sonatas by the world's best-known composers.

(VOV) - Vietnamese marksman Hoang Xuan Vinh triumphed in the 5th Asian Air Gun Championship, hosted by China’s Nanchang on December 16.

(VOV) -The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has announced plans for a culture and tourism week entitled “Hue Heritage—a Week for Tourists”, scheduled for December 24 to 30.

(VOV) - Four Vietnamese eSport players have triumphed at the 2012 One Asian Cup (OAC), held in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from December 14–16.

(VOV) - Vietnamese representative Luu Thi Diem Huong lit up the stage with her Ao Dai (traditional long dress) while competing in the national fashions segment of the Miss Universe 2012 pageant’s semi-finals.