(VOV) -Singer My Tam has become the first and only Vietnamese artist to receive the Best Asian Artist title at the Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) 2012.

(VOV) -The Vietnamese national football team lost 1-3 to archrival Thailand in its final match of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup qualifying round on November 31.

(VOV) - The National Danish Performance Team (NDPT) is currently on a tour of many cities and provinces across Vietnam. 

Hanoi will celebrate a night of head-to-toe fashion on the evening of November 30 in a show entitled Mix & Match, featuring collections by designers from ADesigner Hanoi and the Vietnam Leather and Footwear Association (Lefaso).

The Filipino film Shackled was presented with the Best Feature Film award at the second Hanoi International Film Festival at a ceremony held in Hanoi on November 29. 

(VOV) - The K-Pop Festival 2012-Concert was held at Hanoi’s My Dinh National Stadium on November 29, involving two Vietnamese singers and 17 famous bands of the Republic of Korea.

(VOV) - The lives of Vietnamese returnees from overseas will be illustrated at a photographic exhibition due to open in Hanoi on December 4.

(VOV) - As many as 47 players, including 23 males, began competitions in a national tournament in Ho Chi Minh City on November 29.

Vietnam martial artists won eight gold, nine silver and three bronze medals at the 15th Pencak Silat World Championships which ended in Chiang Rai, Thailand on November 28. 

(VOV) - Miss Vietnam World 2010 winner Luu Thi Diem Huong has posed in a photoshoot “I love Vietnam” in preparation for the Miss Universe 2012 contest scheduled for December in Las Vegas, USA. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese representative Thuy Trang finished 4th in the first episode of Asia’s Next Top Model competition, following contestants from Hong Kong, the Philippines and India.

A training course run by Achim Ecke from the German National Olympic Committee in a bid to meet international coaching standards is taking place at the National Sports Traning Centre in Hanoi until December 13.

Vietnam lost 0-1 to underdog rivals the Philippines in the second Group A match on November 27, leaving their chance to enter the semi-finals undecided.

(VOV) - The famous German pop-rock band FOTOS, natives of the city of Hamburg, will hold three concerts in Hanoi and Haiphong on December 1, 2, and 4. 

Vietnam will be among stopovers of the trans-national car rally, which kicked off in Yogyakarta city on Indonesia’s Java island on November 26 to mark two decades of the India-ASEAN Dialogue Partnership.

(VOV) -Vietnamese cinema needs to expand its cooperation on production and publishing with international organizations to access cutting-edge technology and quality art concepts, said foreign filmmakers.

(VOV) - The Vietnamese language, culture and cuisines were introduced at the 19th International Language Festival held in Tours city of France on November 24-25. 

(VOV) - Mai Thi Giang, a 21-year-old girl from Haiphong, outdid two other contestants to gain the championship title in Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2012 held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 25.

Vietnam’s representative at the Mr. World 2012 pageant, Truong Nam Thanh, won the Mr. Fashion title and entered the top ten contestants on the final night in the UK on November 24.

Vietnamese gymnasts won two gold medals and one silver at the 2012 Ostrava World Cup, also known as the Ostrava Grand prix, which wrapped up on November 24 in the Czech Republic.

More than 100 feature films and documentaries from 31 countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region are being shown at the Hanoi International Film Festival which opened on November 25.

(VOV) - Vietnam were held to a 1-1 draw by Myanmar in the opening game of the 2012 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup in Bangkok on November 24.

(VOV) -Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh was narrowly defeated by world No.1 Malaysian Lee Chong Wei in the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong Open Badminton Championships on November 23.

(VOV) -More than 50 famous artists from Vietnam and the Republic of Korea have registered to take part in a wide range of cultural and sports activities in Ho Chi Minh Chi City from November 29-December 12.

(VOV) - Vietnamese players are in good form and the goal of outperforming their Myanmar rivals in their opening game on November 24 is within reach, says midfielder Trong Hoang.

(VOV) -More than 900 athletes from 27 cities and provinces nationwide are gathering in Ho Chi Minh City for the 2012 National Disabled Sports Festival from November 22-25.

(VOV) -103 illustrative paintings by 100 Brazilian artists dubbed “IlustraBrazil!” are being exhibited at the Vietnam Women’s Museum in Hanoi from November 22-29.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s top badminton player successfully turned the table and defeated Taiwan’s Hsu Jen Hao to qualify for the finals of the Hong Kong Open Badminton Championships on November 22.

The US Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) has funded the restoration of part of a red-lacquered and gold-trimmed collection of wooden devotional items, including altars and other furniture at Thai Binh Provincial Museum.

Jazz saxophonist Sophie Alour of France will perform at the Institute for Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF) in Ho Chi Minh City on December 4.