Junior Nguyen Ngoc Linh was awarded first prize for her story Perfect Triangle on November 15 at a writing contest launched in 2011-12 by the Danish embassy and Kim Dong Publishing House for children from three to 14 years of age.

(VOV) - The second sculpture exhibition titled “Connecting Saigon-Hanoi” opened at the Hanoi University of Culture at 418 La Thanh street on November 15. 

(VOV) - Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will host the European Music Festival 2012 from November 22 to December 2. 

(VOV) - Vietnam has bagged five gold medals after three days of competition of the ongoing Southeast Asian Fencing Championships, topping the medal tally.

(VOV) -Chess Grandmaster Le Quang Liem was shockingly defeated by underdogs Ukrainian Andrey Sumets in the second match of the 2012 Furajha International Chess Championships in UAE on November 15.

(VOV) -Super Model Tran Ngoc Lan Khue will represent Vietnam at the 24th Miss Model of the World in Shenzhen (China) from November 14-December 12.

(VOV) -Young weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan has brought home three gold medals for Vietnam in the men’s U56kg event of the 2012 Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships.

(VOV) -A large K-Pop concert themed “M-Live Most Amazing in Vietnam” will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 24 as part of the 20th anniversary of Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) diplomatic ties.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s representative Truong Nam Thanh is the final in group C to compete in this event being held in the UK.

Super Grandmaster Le Quang Liem will take part in the Fujariah International Chess Championship, which kicked off in the UAE on November 13.

Vietnamese fencers continued their domination by winning two more gold medals on the second day of the Southeast Asian Fencing Championship in HCM City on November 13.

Life and people are the themes of works by painter Shyevin S’ ng that are now on display at the Fine Arts Museum in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOV) - Phan Thi Ha Thanh on November 13 won Vietnam’s first-ever Asian vault gold with 14,700 points in the fifth Asian artistic gymnastics championships held in China. 

(VOV) - More than 100 photos depicting snapshots of the country’s natural landscape and heritage are displayed at an exhibition that opened in Hanoi on November 13.  

(VOV) -The 2012 European Music Festival will be held in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from November 22 to December 2.

(VOV) -The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has approved Luu Thi Diem Huong to represent Vietnam at the 2012 Miss Universe beauty pageant in Las Vegas.

(VOV) - Seven contestants of Vietnam Next Top Model 2012 have posed for a photograph collection titled “Wind” in New York. 

(VOV) - Hosting the 2019 Asian Games (ASIAD) will help promote Vietnam’s image across Asia and the world, but may also pose challenges for the host country.

(VOV) -A charity gala night was held by the Vietnam Association for Children Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin in France (VNED) and the Vietnam-Belgium Friendship Association in Brussels on November 12.

(VOV) - Vietnamese representative to the Mr. World 2012 Truong Nam Thanh has entered the Top 12 Talent Challenge.

(VOV) -A fashion show featuring Italian architecture is scheduled to open in Hanoi on November 16, as part of activities to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Vietnam – Italy diplomatic ties in 2013.

A delegation from the Museum of History of the Lao People’s Army led by its Deputy Director, Lt. Col. Bou Thasaysanith visited the Tank and Armour Museum in Hanoi on November 11.

(VOV) - Vietnamese and Japanese experts have gathered for a workshop on traditional wooden architecture in the preservation of architectural relics in the former imperial city of Hue.

(VOV) -A wide range of activities comprising the second phase of the Vietnamese-Danish project to help enhance the creativity of Vietnamese authors and artists and provide children access to new books will be held nationwide from November 13-17.

(VOV) -Hanoi’s famous One Pillar Pagoda received the Asian Records Organisation’s (ARC) recognition as having the most unique architecture on the continent on November 12.

(VOV) - The 4th International Circus Festival will be held in Hanoi from November 15-21.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s No.1 badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has left for Shanghai to participate in the China Open Badminton Championship from November 13-18.

(VOV) -“Time-honoured friendship” programme will be live broadcast on VTV1 channel on November 13.

(VOV) -A show of Vietnamese traditional music and martial arts entitled Me va Bien Ca (Mother and Sea) was held in Orsay, France, on November 11.

(VOV) -Vietnam secured third place in the medal tally at the ASEAN Badminton Tournament in Cairo after losing to Malaysia on November 10.