VOV.VN - Former Miss Vietnam titleholder Pham Huong turned model and university lecturer has reportedly spent the past few months immersed in a gruelling training regime to get into top physical shape.

VOV.VN - Actress Lan Phuong looks graceful in Ao Dai (Vietnamese traditional dress) when visiting a pagoda in Munakata city, Fukuoka prefecture as part of her cultural exchange tour of Japan.

Vietnam basketball Saigon Heat team has defeated Singapore Slingers 88-71 to officially earn a ticket to compete in the playoffs of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) in the OCBC Arena.

First runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2014 Nguyen Tran Huyen My has agreed with a media company in Myanmar to take a leading  role in the movie “Bridge over cloud.”

An exhibition featuring a “3D World” themed “Discovering 3D, Passion for Creativity” opened in Hanoi on March 18.

The central city of Da Nang will host “Sunshine of March”, the first installation of umbrellas and paintings on umbrella, from March 24-26.

The Vietnamese Embassy in India and Hyatt Regency Hotel co-organised an event in New Delhi on March 18 to promote Vietnamese cuisine. 

VOV.VN - Vietnam boasts a diverse, rich culture of 54 ethnic groups. As Vietnam integrates internationally, preservation of its cultural heritage should be part of its sustainable development strategy. 

Myriads of activities featuring the unique culture of ethnic minority groups will be included in the Khau Vai love market festival, which is scheduled in Khau Vai commune, Meo Vac district, the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang from March 25-27.

VOV.VN - Here’s a collection of photos of Lan Khue from the closing night of the Ao Dai Festival 2017 in Ho Chi Minh City on March 17.

VOV.VN - The Industrial Fine Arts University in Hanoi has announced an art appreciation workshop will open on March 21 and run through March 24 at its campus located on 360 La Thanh Street.

VOV.VN - After two weeks of fashion, glamour and glitz, Ao Dai Festival 2017 closed out in style on March 17 in Ho Chi Minh City with many of the country’s most prominent names in the fashion world in attendance.

VOV.VN - March is the month when Ban (Bhauhinia) flowers bloom in Vietnam’s northwest and Dien Bien province organizes its Ban Flower Festival to honor, preserve, and promote local culture and boost its tourism. 

Well-known American director Janet Grillo met with the local audience on the sidelines of the screening of her movie “Jack of the Red Hearts” in the central city of Da Nang on March 17.

A three-day exhibition on historical and legal evidence affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes opened on March 17 in Phu Quoc island district of Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.

The third Buddhist festival in Ban Flower season kicked off in the northwestern province of Dien Bien on March 17, attracting many visitors.

Water puppetry, a distinctive Vietnamese art and an intangible cultural heritage of Vietnamese people, has come closer to international friends thanks to efforts made by water puppet artist Phan Thanh Liem.

The seventh congress of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) chapter in the central province of Thua Thien - Hue took place in Hue city on March 15-16 with 1,200 delegates and dignitaries participating.

VOV.VN - Many actors and actresses on March 16 in Ho Chi Minh City joined a press conference on ‘Co Ba Saigon’-new film project honouring Ao Dai (Vietnam traditional dress) in Saigon during 1960-1970 period.

VOV.VN - More than 400 kid models will take part in fashion shows on March 24-26 along  Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street within the framework of the Vietnam Kid Fashion Week 2017.

VOV.VN - Many celebrities gathered at a party in Ho Chi Minh City on March 15.

The Hanoi Museum received a model of the Mong Phu village gate crafted by Japanese architect Ejima Akiyoshi at a ceremony on March 16.

The 2017 India Buddhism Cultural Days, the second of its kind, opened in Thien An Pagoda in Tam Dao district, the northern province of Vinh Phuc on March 16.

The Quan The Am (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) festival, one of the country’s largest festivals, officially opened in Quan The Am Pagoda in Ngu Hanh district, the central city of Danang, on March 16. 

A jazz concert by Belgian trio The Poets’ Souls featuring Vietnamese guest Hoa Dang will be held in Hanoi and HCM City on March 19 and 21.

The northern midland province of Phu Tho is aiming to hold a hugely successful Hung Kings Temple festival in 2017, heard a conference to review planning for the festival on March 15.

“Vo ba” (The Third Wife), a Vietnamese film by director Nguyen Phuong Anh and producer Tran Bich Ngoc, won the post-production and “Hong Kong to Cannes” awards at the 15th Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF), which took place in Hong Kong (China) from March 13-15.

Canadian model Coco Rocha, the ‘Queen of Pose’, will arrive in Ho Chi Minh City on March 21 to introduce a model management company in Vietnam.

VOV.VN -On March 15, a bevy of artists attended a ceremony announcing top 4 Vietnamese winners who contributed significantly to the Social Media Influence Industry across Asia.

VOV.VN - Special traditional dances and songs presented by Romanian Doina Oltului art troupe on the evening of March 15 gave delight to Hanoi audience.