Takashi named coach Vietnam women’s team
Takashi named coach Vietnam women’s team

Norimatsu Takashi has officially become the head coach of the Vietnam national women’s football team after a signing ceremony was held in Hanoi on March 4.

Takashi named coach Vietnam women’s team
French artist puts on photo exhibition
French artist puts on photo exhibition

French artist Rehahn, who ranks 4th among the top travel photographers in the world, will launch his first exhibition “Precious Heritage” featuring Vietnam’s landscapes and people at VinGallery in HCMC’s District 2 from now until March 21.

French artist puts on photo exhibition
Thousands flock to Tran Temple in Nam Dinh
Thousands flock to Tran Temple in Nam Dinh

(VOV) - Thousands of people flocked to the Tran Temple in the northern Nam Dinh province on March 4 to wait for the opening ceremony for distributing papers stamped with the holy royal seals. 

Thousands flock to Tran Temple in Nam Dinh
Second Asian-Pacific Poetry Festival gathers crowd
Second Asian-Pacific Poetry Festival gathers crowd

The second Asian-Pacific Poetry Festival took place at the Kinh Bac Culture Centre in the River Delta province of Bac Ninh on March 4 with the participation of more than 200 authors from 43 countries.

Second Asian-Pacific Poetry Festival gathers crowd
Vietnam win Asian taekwondo medals
Vietnam win Asian taekwondo medals

Vietnam’s women’s taekwondo team won one gold medal and two bronzes at the Asia-Pacific Taekwondo Invitational Championships, which has recently wrapped up in the SM Iloilo city, the Philippines. 

Vietnam win Asian taekwondo medals
Int’l experience in promoting Vietnamese literature
Int’l experience in promoting Vietnamese literature

Foreign writers have suggested that the Vietnamese Government promote cooperation with other countries to spread Vietnamese literature around the world.

Int’l experience in promoting Vietnamese literature
Celebrating national identity through poetry
Celebrating national identity through poetry

(VOV) - National Poetry Day, held on the 15th day of the first lunar month each year, is the nation’s biggest celebration of poetry and a timely reminder for us all to pause and reflect on the importance of literature to our national identity.

Celebrating national identity through poetry
Vietnam Pavilion in Italy named top 15 world architectures
Vietnam Pavilion in Italy named top 15 world architectures

Vietnam Pavilion in Italy, designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects, has been selected as one of the top 15 world buildings to look forward to in 2015 by the DEZEEN architecture and design magazine. 

Vietnam Pavilion in Italy named top 15 world architectures
Vietnamese stars invited to David Beckham’s party
Vietnamese stars invited to David Beckham’s party

(VOV) - Former Manchester United (MU) midfielder David Beckham has invited two Vietnamese singers, Ho Ngoc Ha and Toc Tien to participate in his party in London, UK. 

Vietnamese stars invited to David Beckham’s party
Traditional Lim festival lures thousands to Bac Ninh
Traditional Lim festival lures thousands to Bac Ninh

(VOV) -The annual Lim Festival of folk songs was held in Tien Du district in the northern province of Bac Ninh on March 2 and 3.

Traditional Lim festival lures thousands to Bac Ninh
Binh Duong outplayed 1-5 by Japanese hosts
Binh Duong outplayed 1-5 by Japanese hosts

Becamex Binh Duong languishes at the bottom of Group E after being trounced 1-5 by hosts Kashiwa Reysol in a second round match of the Asian Football Federation (AFC) Champions League in Kashiwa, Japan, on March 3.

Binh Duong outplayed 1-5 by Japanese hosts
Thai Binh Tran Temple festival opens
Thai Binh Tran Temple festival opens

The Tran Temple Festival 2015 kicked off on March 3 in Tam Duong hamlet, Tien Duc commune, Hung Ha district in the Red River province of Thai Binh. 

Thai Binh Tran Temple festival opens
Foreign beauties charming in Vietnamese Ao Dai
Foreign beauties charming in Vietnamese Ao Dai

(VOV) - Nozomi Sasaki, Jang Na Ra and Zi Lin Zhang become more graceful and feminine in Ao Dai (Vietnamese traditional dress). 

Foreign beauties charming in Vietnamese Ao Dai
Don Ca Tai Tu gets an unforgettable year
Don Ca Tai Tu gets an unforgettable year

2014 was an unforgettable year for Don Ca Tai Tu Nam Bo as it was officially recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Don Ca Tai Tu gets an unforgettable year
Poets highlight Vietnamese literature landmarks
Poets highlight Vietnamese literature landmarks

Vietnamese poetry over the course of history and its role in the spiritual life of Vietnamese nationals were highlighted in a workshop entitled “Vietnamese poetry retains the Vietnamese spirit”, held in Hanoi on March 3. 

Poets highlight Vietnamese literature landmarks
Exhibition opens to mark Vietnam-Slovakia diplomatic ties
Exhibition opens to mark Vietnam-Slovakia diplomatic ties

An exhibition of Slovak paintings dedicated to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Vietnam-Slovakia diplomatic relations opened in Hanoi on March 3. 

Exhibition opens to mark Vietnam-Slovakia diplomatic ties
Royal seals bring good luck at temple's festival
Royal seals bring good luck at temple's festival

A palanquin parade kicked off the long-awaited Tran Temple Festival on March 1 in northern Nam Dinh province.

Royal seals bring good luck at temple's festival
Vietnam to compete at Mister Global Pageant
Vietnam to compete at Mister Global Pageant

(VOV) -Male model Nguyen Van Son, 21,will represent Vietnam at the Mister Global 2015 pageant set to kick off on March 7 in Thailand.

Vietnam to compete at Mister Global Pageant
Vietnamese prose’s integration spotlighted at seminar
Vietnamese prose’s integration spotlighted at seminar

A seminar themed “Vietnamese prose – Integration and Development” was held in Hanoi on March 3, attracting writers, poets, and translators from Vietnam and more than 40 other countries and territories.

Vietnamese prose’s integration spotlighted at seminar
Concert to mark musical geniuses’ 330th birthday
Concert to mark musical geniuses’ 330th birthday

A concert will be held at the Saigon Opera Theatre in Ho Chi Minh City on March 9 to commemorate the 330th birthdays of two of the world’s musical geniuses, Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. 

Concert to mark musical geniuses’ 330th birthday
First Vietnamese model to appear on Vogue Italy
First Vietnamese model to appear on Vogue Italy

(VOV) -The first runner-up of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2012 contest Kha My Van will appear on the Italian Vogue- a world’s leading fashion magazine.

First Vietnamese model to appear on Vogue Italy
Vietnam movie day promises to be eventful
Vietnam movie day promises to be eventful

The Vietnam Movie Day 2015 in HCM City will be an eventful event with a wide range of activities, according to Nguyen Thi Hong Ngat, Deputy Head of the Vietnam Cinematography Association.

Vietnam movie day promises to be eventful
13 foreign films on local screens in March
13 foreign films on local screens in March

"Boyhood", "The Theory of Everything" and "Cinderella" are the top Hollywood films to be screened in Vietnam this month.

13 foreign films on local screens in March
Authors learn about Vietnamese literature
Authors learn about Vietnamese literature

More than 650 Vietnamese and international writers, poets, and translators attended an exhibition entitled “Vietnamese literature with international readers” held at the Vietnamese Literature Museum on February 2 in Hanoi.

Authors learn about Vietnamese literature
Japanese dance performances: Dance Dance Asia
Japanese dance performances: Dance Dance Asia

Japanese dance performances which are based on street dance by three groups, “Moreno Funk Sixers”, “Memorable Moment” and “90’s” will serve fans in Hanoi.

Japanese dance performances: Dance Dance Asia
The slaughter continues
The slaughter continues

Despite accusations of barbarism, the Pig Slaughter Festival went ahead in Bac Ninh province’s Nem Thuong village, Van Nguyen writes.

The slaughter continues
World famous robot films
World famous robot films

(VOV) - Robot films such as “Blade Runner”, “Terminator” or “Wall-E” are considered the masterpieces of the world, which are most favourite all time. 

World famous robot films
Tuy Loan communal house festival
Tuy Loan communal house festival

(VOV) - Tuy Loan communal house festival is held on the 9th and the 10th day of the first lunar month in central Danang city’s Hoa Vang district.

Tuy Loan communal house festival
 Passion for photographic birds and butterflies
Passion for photographic birds and butterflies

(VOV) -A 72-year-old Japanese photographer Ohsaku Eiichirou has taken 394 photos of birds and butterflies during his two-week visit to Vietnam.

 Passion for photographic birds and butterflies
VN women on course to semi-finals
VN women on course to semi-finals

Vietnam has a chance to enter the semi-final round of the ASEAN Football Federation Women's Championship, after gaining a draw on February 28.

VN women on course to semi-finals
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