(VOV) - Internationally renowned Italian jazz artists Giuliana Soscia and Pino Jodice Duet will perform alongside famous Vietnamese saxophonist Quyen Thien Dac in a concert at Hanoi Opera House on December 10. 

(VOV) - Miss Vietnam 2010 Dang Thi Ngoc Han has introduced her own rose-patterned collection at Vietnam Fashion Week, currently underway in Hanoi. 

(VOV) - An art performance entitled “Underground Revolution” featuring a number of famous Vietnamese rappers, will take place at Hanoi’s West Lake Water Park at 2pm on December 16. 

(VOV) -V-League Champions SHB Danang will take on archrivals at the 2013 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup.

(VOV) -Top Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh has moved up two notches to rank 8th at the World Badminton Federation (WBF) December rankings.

The unique practice of worshipping Hung Kings in Phu Tho province, Vietnam has been recognised by UNESCO as part of the world’s intangible cultural heritage. 

(VOV) -As many as 163 athletes will attend the 16th Asian Petanque Championship, to be held for the first time in Hanoi from December 12-16.

(VOV) - The Ho Chi Minh City municipal People’s Committee has planned a host of activities for citizens and visitors to ring in the new year of 2013.

(VOV) - The central province of Ha Tinh will host the national young volleyball clubs tournament from December 8-17.  

The Vietnam Football Federation has accepted the resignation of national team head coach Phan Thanh Hung after its dismal performance at the ongoing ASEAN Football Federation Suzuki Cup.

Vietnamese fashion designer Le Thanh Phuong will produce 30 sets of Ao Dai (traditional Vietnamese long dress) for a fashion show in New York City on January 25-27.

Vietnam Fashion Week kicks off at the Hanoi Daewoo Hotel on December 6, with a taste of 19 collections (600 designs) by veterans and emerging designers to be shown during the week.

Vietnam missed out on a place in the Asian Football Federation U19 Women’s Football Championship finals despite a 3-1 win over Chinese Taipei in the last group match on December 5.

Vietnamese e-sports players competed outstandingly in the World Cyber Games 2012 in China, considered the equivalent of the Olympics Games for e-sports athletes.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem has moved up one notch to 40th place in the world, according to the World Chess Federation’s December standings.

(VOV) - A group of 12 artists from Vietnam, Japan and the US are gathering in Hanoi for a month-long multiplex project of contemporary art titled “Skylines with flying people” hosted by the Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam. 

(VOV) -An installation art exhibition featuring the meaningless and cruel of war themed ‘The Walls’ by Vietnamese artist Le Huy Hoang will open at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi from December 15-January 7.

(VOV) -Young Vietnamese pianist Nguyen Viet Trung will join the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) in the Pastoral Symphony Concert at Hanoi Opera House on December 6-7.

Landscape, portraits of daily life, and the beauty of Vietnamese women are the themes of a painting exhibition that has opened at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

A festival entitled Doraemon and Friends will be held in HCM City on December 9  by the Kim Dong Publishing House to celebrate 20 years since the Doraemon series was first published in Vietnam.

Different sides of life in Hanoi have been captured by young comic artist Nguyen Thanh Phong.

(VOV) - The national team smashed India 10-0 in the U19 Asian Women’s Championship held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 3.

(VOV) - The Australian Embassy will host a photographic exhibition in Hanoi from December 5-12 to highlight Australian volunteers’ contributions to Vietnam’s development.

(VOV) - The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Cultural Centre in Vietnam in co-ordination with Megastar Media Company has organized the Korean Film Festival in Danang (Dec. 3-4) and Hanoi (Dec. 6-8). 

The Ho Chi Minh City Symphony Opera and Ballet Theatre will hold a concert on December 9 to introduce a number of famous works by Tchaikovsky.

(VOV) - Miss Vietnam World 2010 Luu Thi Diem Huong departed Vietnam on December 3 to contest Miss Universe 2012 in Las Vegas, USA.

(VOV) - National athletes will compete at the 7th World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, in Tujia, Colombia, from December 6–9.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s 2019 Asian Games hosting campaign will target multiple objectives, including the major priority of raising the country’s profile in the international arena.

(VOV) - Sally Pinkas and Evan Hirsch, two American pianists, will give a performance at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music on December 3. 

(VOV) - Popular Vietnamese musicians will perform around 16 jazz pieces at “Jazz-Viet 2012”, a concert night held at the Hanoi Opera House on December 2.