The 2015 Ban Flower Festival kicked off in the northwestern province of Dien Bien on March 13. 

(VOV) - Miss Ngoc Han has launched her new minimalist styled Fall/Winter collection.

Vietnam’s Doi Moi (renovation) painting period in the 90s marked great success in both arts and business. But during that time, no one from the art world thought that there could be a real art market in the country as there were few clients.

Hanoi will host a vertical run at the Landmark 72 Tower, the tallest building in Vietnam, located on Pham Hung Avenue in Cau Giay District, on April 18 as part of the 2015 Vertical World Circuit (VWC).

Thousands of people in Saigon and tourists have flocked to District 5 in HCM City to participate in the Tet Nguyen Tieu Festival of the Chinese community in Cho Lon.

More than 100 cyclists from 40 teams, including 32 foreign teams, will compete in the first Vietnam Victory Challenge mountain bike stage race to be held in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong. 

The central coastal city of Nha Trang will organise a string of exciting cultural and sports activities for the Nha Trang Sea Festival, scheduled to take place from July 11 to 14.

(VOV) -Well-known Korean actor and singer Kang Tae Oh has embarked on a promotional tour to Vietnam for his latest film entitled “Forever Young” and participate in charity events at Samsung.

(VOV) - Italian photographer and architect Gianpaolo Arena has completed a photo album titled “My Vietnam” featuring daily life of local residents in the country during one-month stay in Vietnam. 

(VOV) -Vietnam’s national football team has climbed two notches to 130th in the latest International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) ranking.

Huong Ga (Rise), a movie based on the life of a female gang leader, won the three top prizes at the annual 2014 Golden Kite awards on March 12.

Foreigners and locals of all ages are welcome to join a competition meant to find handicraft souvenirs that will become the symbol of Ho Chi Minh City’s culture.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has leapt 29 notches to the 49th spot in the International Tennis Federation (ITF)'s latest junior rankings.

(VOV) - Novel Jannusi, who achieved world fame as a writer and producer for the Backstreet Boys,  is coming to Vietnam in mid-July to serve as a jury member on Vietnam Idol.

(VOV) -The 2015 Tribeca Film Festival, featuring fresh international and American talent, has unveiled that Vietnamese-American director Viet Bao Nguyen has been chosen to be on its first half line-up.

Vietnam’s Under-16 tennis team have earned a ticket to the Asia/Oceania final qualifying round of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Junior Tennis.

(VOV) - Vietnamese and American artists have performed at a concert in Hanoi as part of celebrations of the 20th anniversary of normalized Vietnam-US diplomatic ties, sending a message of peace to young generations.

(VOV) - The Vietnam Embassy to Japan has hosted spring cultural event in Tokyo, attended by more than 150 delegates, including diplomats and their wives and Sachiei Doll Association representatives.

(VOV) -Well-known singer Alif Naaba is to perform in Hanoi on March 20 at the invitation of the Institute for Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF) in the lead up to International Francophone Day.

Seventeen chefs from Vietnam will join more than 1,000 chefs from all over the world for the first-ever "Gout de France" (Taste of France) to celebrate French gastronomy on March 19.

Exhibition "The Cabinet" opened on March 11 at the University of Fine Arts in Hanoi, telling more than 80 stories of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) people in Vietnam.

Gong performances are popular at spring festivals in the Central Highlands and become part of their lives. In recent years, local gong artists have organized classes to teach gong playing to the younger generation. 

Singaporean conductor Kah Chun Wong will perform at concerts held by the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra in Hanoi on the nights of March 20 and 21. 

Vietnamese teams have won three gold, four silver and three bronze medals at five international sporting events organised in early March this year, according to the National Sport Administration. 

The Vietnam Fall-Winter 2015 Fashion Week is scheduled to take place this week in Hanoi, featuring 18 designers in evening shows from March 12-15. 

The ASEAN Folk Music Festival will be organised in Vietnam for the first time from August 1-6, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

(VOV) -The Vietnam Olympic football squad has arrived in HCM City to begin preparing for a March 14 friendly match against Uzbekistan’s U22 team.

MIG-21 aircraft No 4324 and a strategic map used in the “Ho Chi Minh campaign” were announced as national precious objects at a ceremony jointly held by General Political Department of the Vietnam People’s Army and the Vietnam Military Museum in Hanoi on March 10.

Nguyen Van Son, a Vietnamese professional Taekwondo athlete who won the Mister Global 2015 male beauty pageant in Thailand now faces trouble at home because he failed to get permission from Vietnam authorities to compete.

Firebeatz, a DJ duo from the Netherlands, will perform in Vietnam for the first time on March 11 night during their Asian tour.