President of the Institute of Vietnamese Culture and Education Tran Thang has presented six Yoshino cherry trees to the central highlands city of Da Lat.

Danang will host a virtual fireworks competition next year as a biennial event, which will alternate with the Danang International Fireworks Competition.

A special jazz concert by Vietnamese and Thai artists will be held in downtown Hanoi to celebrate the birthday of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej (December 5).

(VOV) - Thirty-eight Haute Couture elegant dresses by French fashion designer Alexis Mabille were on show at the 2015 Lynk Fashion Show, garnering a great deal of attention in the world of fashion.

Leaders of the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang had a working session on November 12 with a delegation from the Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts (MCFA) headed by Secretary of State Menh Kossony.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s representative Le Thi Ha Thu recently had a media meeting before participating in Miss Intercontinental 2015 slated to take place at the Maritim Hotel and Congress in Magdeburg, Germany.

A photo competition themed "Landscape and people of the northern mountainous region" is exhibiting in Cao Bang Province the 173 best photos chosen from 2,290 entries.

(VOV) -Hoang Tran Kim Thao, more commonly known as Kim MC, has become the first Vietnamese master of ceremonies (MC) to work for the Star Movie Channel in Vietnam.

(VOV) -To help determine which Miss World 2015 pageant contestant should be crowned winner, each gal has personally submitted a 120 second video or less explaining why she deserves to be the choice.

(VOV) - Festivalgoers in Ho Chi Minh City will have the opportunity to explore and experience the cultural roots and contemporary influences of Japan on November 14-15 at a cultural festival at the Park 23/9.

(VOV) - The ever flamboyant actress Charmaine Sheh was a bit of a sensation on the morning of November 11 when she arrived at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. 

(VOV) - The Vietnam Cultural Heritage Week 2015 is set to get underway on November 15-23 at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Son Tay town’s Dong Mo district, Hanoi. 

Pictures and sculptural works featuring Cambodia’s culture and art are on display in Ho Chi Minh City as part of the ongoing 2015 Cambodia Culture Week in Vietnam.

Luala street concert, which is popular with Hanoi music lovers, will make its comeback every Sunday from November 15 – December 13 at 61 Ly Thai To street after a one-year hiatus. 

(VOV) - Ly Nha Ky and French fashion designer Alexis Mabille  held the pre-show press conference on November 9 for the upcoming 2015 Lynk Fashion Show set for November 11 at the GEM Center in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOV) - Ho Chi Minh City is the next destination of German filmmaker and video artist Michael Brynntrup. The information was revealed by the Saigon International Film School (SIFS).

The Vietnam Book of Records (Vietkings) proposed the Guinness world record to Truyen Kieu (The Tale of Kieu) in terms of a literature work with the maximum national records.

The Vietnam Record Book Centre has presented the Vietnam record certification for a Vietnamese ao dai decorated with the largest gold phoenix, which was worn by supermodel Thanh Hang at the closing ceremony of the Vietnam International Fashion Week 2015 in late October in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOV) -Shortly after landing at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Lyons born French fashion designer Alexis Mabille got right to work selecting models for the upcoming Lynk Fashion Show 2015.

(VOV) -Chinese actor, singer and model Huang Xiao Ming looked dashing on his 38th birthday wearing a non la (conical hat), which was given to him by his Vietnamese fan club. 

(VOV) - Huyen My will jet off to Myanmar in early December for the launch of a movie co-starring Moe Set Wine from Myanmar, the winner of the Miss Universe Myanmar 2013 title.

Leading artists of the Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) and France's La Fabrique Opera performed the popular French opera Carmen on November 8.

(VOV) - Pham Hong Thuy Van has won the third runner-up title at the 55th edition of Miss International pageant held recently in Japan. In previous years, other Vietnamese representatives- Thuy Lam, Nguyen Thi Huyen and Truc Diem were in the list of the top 15 of world pageants.

German director Dominik Gunther will collaborate with the Youth Theatre in Hanoi to introduce the play “Fisherman and a Golden Fish” to Vietnamese and German theatre-goers, the theatre announced recently.

With a blend of electronic and eclectic genres, Quest musical festival brought the wilderness alive in Ba Vi National Park, located about 50km west of central Hanoi.

(VOV) - The San Chi have developed a rich cultural tradition with various types of folk arts. “Sinh ca” is a type of call and response singing that has been preserved and promoted in their everyday life for generations. 

Teddy Bear lovers in Ho Chi Minh City will have the chance to meet their favorite toy in enormous sizes at a month-long festival slated for the middle of this month.

(VOV) -Sotheby's first selling exhibition in Singapore featuring Southeast Asian artists entitled ‘Southeast Asian Abstraction: A new dialogue’ was tremendously successful, reports the auction house.

(VOV) -The star of the box office smash hits Pee Mak and Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Mario Maurer, has now landed in Vietnam.

The “ASEAN Roadshow” is taking place in the Republic of Korea (RoK) from November 5-11 to increase Koreans’ understanding of ASEAN member countries’ culture and tourism.