Vietnam’s seas, islands highlighted at Poland exhibition
Vietnam’s seas, islands highlighted at Poland exhibition

A photo exhibition on Vietnam’s seas and archipelagoes is underway in the Polish city of Lodz, providing local visitors an in-depth look at the country’s marine sovereignty. 

Vietnam’s seas, islands highlighted at Poland exhibition
First day of casting Vietnam Int’l Fashion Week
First day of casting Vietnam Int’l Fashion Week

VOV.VN -On April 10, hundreds of local and foreign contestants gathered in Hanoi for the first day of casting for Vietnam International Fashion Week 2016.

First day of casting Vietnam Int’l Fashion Week
Actress Chi Pu appears in edgy asymmetrical hairstyle
Actress Chi Pu appears in edgy asymmetrical hairstyle

VOV.VN - Actress Chi Pu appeared at the HTV Awards sporting a not so stylish but casual uneven bob.

Actress Chi Pu appears in edgy asymmetrical hairstyle
Pham Huong shows off her long sexy legs
Pham Huong shows off her long sexy legs

VOV.VN - Supermodel Pham Huong looked effortlessly cool at a social event on April 10 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Pham Huong shows off her long sexy legs
Beauty of Vietnam’s landscapes revealed in “Kong: Skull Island”
Beauty of Vietnam’s landscapes revealed in “Kong: Skull Island”

VOV.VN -A backstage video of Hollywood movie "Kong: Skull Island” has been revealed at the MTV Movie Awards 2016. Accordingly, all of the scenes in the video were filmed in Vietnam.

Beauty of Vietnam’s landscapes revealed in “Kong: Skull Island”
Huyen My, Elly Tran on catwalk together for first time
Huyen My, Elly Tran on catwalk together for first time

VOV.VN - Nguyen Tran Huyen My, former beauty pageant titleholder, and actress Elly Tran took to the catwalk together for the first time in a fashion show themed ‘Love Paradise’ by designer Pham Dang Anh Thu held in Ho Chi Minh City recently.

Huyen My, Elly Tran on catwalk together for first time
Local girl wins ‘congeniality award’ in Russia
Local girl wins ‘congeniality award’ in Russia

VOV.VN - In early April, some 300 singers from Russia and neighbouring countries like Moldova and Armenia descended upon Ekaterinburg, Russia for a prestigious international vocal competition.

Local girl wins ‘congeniality award’ in Russia
Vietnamese cultural week wraps up in Argentina
Vietnamese cultural week wraps up in Argentina

The Vietnamese Cultural Week in Argentina has wrapped up in the capital city of Buenos Aires with a string of attractive activities.

Vietnamese cultural week wraps up in Argentina
Art performance honours naval soldiers
Art performance honours naval soldiers

A music and dance performance encouraging naval soldiers who live far from home took place in Hanoi on April 9.

Art performance honours naval soldiers
Japanese cultural event held in Bac Giang
Japanese cultural event held in Bac Giang

A Japanese cultural event was held in the northern province of Bac Giang on April 9 by Japanese enterprises in collaboration with the provincial People’s Committee. 

Japanese cultural event held in Bac Giang
Chu Dau pottery revival
Chu Dau pottery revival

VOV.VN - The 500-year-old pottery village of Chu Dau in Hai Duong province is reviving, as a popular tourist destination.  

Chu Dau pottery revival
Silver craft of Hang Bac street
Silver craft of Hang Bac street

VOV.VN - Hanoi’s old quarter has 36 streets and each street is generally associated with a handicraft.

Silver craft of Hang Bac street
Music show raises funds for people in drought-hit areas in Vietnam
Music show raises funds for people in drought-hit areas in Vietnam

A Tuoi Tre-backed fundraising music show was held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 8, raising a total of VND14 billion (US$625,000) to help people living in Vietnam’s drought-hit regions.

Music show raises funds for people in drought-hit areas in Vietnam
Photographers win big in int’l contest
Photographers win big in int’l contest

Vietnamese photographers have won top prizes at the second International Salon of Photography Donegal 2016 in Ireland.

Photographers win big in int’l contest
Vietnam celebrates Cold Food Tet
Vietnam celebrates Cold Food Tet

VOV.VN -Apart from the annual Lunar New Year Tet Festival, the Vietnamese people also celebrate several other smaller Tets throughout the year.

Vietnam celebrates Cold Food Tet
Model Do Ha goes for street style look
Model Do Ha goes for street style look

VOV.VN -Vietnamese model Do Ha has just returned to Hanoi after joining a modelling agency in Milan two months ago, sporting a peculiar new street style look.

Model Do Ha goes for street style look
Lao New Year celebrated in Thai Nguyen
Lao New Year celebrated in Thai Nguyen

The Thai Nguyen College of Economics and Finance in the northern province of Vietnam held a get-together on April 8 to celebrate Lao traditional New Year Bun Pi May.

Lao New Year celebrated in Thai Nguyen
Southern Khmer groups enjoy traditional Chol Chnam Thmay
Southern Khmer groups enjoy traditional Chol Chnam Thmay

 A host of events have been arranged in the southern provinces of Soc Trang, Tra Vinh and An Giang to celebrate the traditional Chol Chnam Thmay New Year festival of the Khmer people.

Southern Khmer groups enjoy traditional Chol Chnam Thmay
Lao New Year festival comes to Da Nang
Lao New Year festival comes to Da Nang

A Laos-Vietnam cuisine and cultural performance exchange will be held at the Laos General Consul in Da Nang in celebration of Lao New Year, Boun Pimai (Pi Mai Lao).

Lao New Year festival comes to Da Nang
Tay Ninh: Trang Bang rice paper gets heritage status
Tay Ninh: Trang Bang rice paper gets heritage status

The traditional craft of making banh trang phoi suong (dew-wetted rice paper) in Trang Bang district, Tay Ninh province, has been recognised as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage. 

Tay Ninh: Trang Bang rice paper gets heritage status
Fashion Designer Diego Chula on Vietnam’s traditional Ao Dai
Fashion Designer Diego Chula on Vietnam’s traditional Ao Dai

VOV.VN -  Vietnam’s traditional long dress, known as Ao Dai, has become the symbol of the Vietnamese feminine beauty.  Diego Chula, a Spanish fashion designer, shares his passion to combine the Vietnam’s signature costumes with the modern global taste.

Fashion Designer Diego Chula on Vietnam’s traditional Ao Dai
Kelly Bui attends Shanghai Fashion Week
Kelly Bui attends Shanghai Fashion Week

VOV.VN - Fashion designer Kelly Bui has announced she will attend the next instalment of Shanghai Fashion Week, Southern China. 

Kelly Bui attends Shanghai Fashion Week
80 photos that will transport you back to the 80s
80 photos that will transport you back to the 80s

VOV.VN - For many of us, the 1980s doesn’t seem that far in the past— certainly given many of the historic images of Vietnam we have run from over 100 years ago.

80 photos that will transport you back to the 80s
Phu Tho preserves Hung King worship rituals
Phu Tho preserves Hung King worship rituals

The northern mountainous province of Phu Tho aims to work closely with relevant ministries and sectors to accelerate the national programme on preserving and promoting the Hung Kings’ worship-related culture, according to the Provincial People’s Committee Vice Chairman Ha Ke San. 

Phu Tho preserves Hung King worship rituals
Miss Thu Thao looks red hot in sexy thigh-split dress
Miss Thu Thao looks red hot in sexy thigh-split dress

VOV.VN - Thu Thao looks sensational as she poses dressed in a daring thigh-split black dress in pictures shared with followers on social media taken at a recent event in Ho Chi Minh City.

Miss Thu Thao looks red hot in sexy thigh-split dress
Traditional music enters curriculum in HCM City
Traditional music enters curriculum in HCM City

Students of Tran Hung Dao Primary School’s class 5/5 in Ho Chi Minh City are happily singing Ly Cay Cong, a traditional song of southern Vietnam with memorable and meaningful lyrics, in a music class. 

Traditional music enters curriculum in HCM City
Photos feature Vietnamese expats in France over decades
Photos feature Vietnamese expats in France over decades

Vietnamese people in France are the main characters in 130 photos featured in an exhibition opened on Ho Chi Minh City’s Book Street (Nguyen Van Binh street) on April 6. 

Photos feature Vietnamese expats in France over decades
Art contest calls for ASEAN talent
Art contest calls for ASEAN talent

A competition for promoting understanding among member countries of ASEAN has been launched in Hanoi. 

Art contest calls for ASEAN talent
Traditional boat racing returns to Dong Hoi
Traditional boat racing returns to Dong Hoi

VOV.VN - The annual traditional boat races on the Nhat Le River sponsored by the central province of Quang Binh will take place during the week of April 26-May 2 as part of the Dong Hoi Culture and Tourism Week.

Traditional boat racing returns to Dong Hoi
Thi May and Dieu Linh strut their stuff on the catwalk
Thi May and Dieu Linh strut their stuff on the catwalk

VOV.VN - Supermodels Truong Thi May and Dieu Linh strutted impressively down the catwalk on April 5 in a prominent show at Ho Chi Minh City that attracted fashionistas from around the globe. 

Thi May and Dieu Linh strut their stuff on the catwalk
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