The first Mong (H’mong) Ethnic Culture Festival was kicked off in Meo Vac district, the northernmost province of Ha Giang on February 28.

Vietnamese chess players are expected to shine in the Zone 3.3 Championships 2015 for Open and Women on March 6 in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOV) - “Huong sac Tra Xuan” (Colour of Spring Tea) Festival kicked off on March 1 in the northern province of Thai Nguyen - the largest area under green tea trees.

(VOV) - Vietnam Art Kite Festival 2015 is held in the southern coastal city of Vung Tau on February 28 and March 1, attracting a large number of visitors and local residents. 

(VOV) - Thousands of people flocked to Lao Cai on February 28 to attend a buffalo fighting festival – the first of its kind in the northern mountainous province.

The Year of Vietnamese Culture 2015 programme in the Czech Republic has helped bring Vietnamese culture closer to the Czech, according to the preliminary report on the early implementation of the programme. 

The Yen Tu Festival, one of the country's most famous spring festivals, opened on February 28 in Thuong Yen Cong commune, Uong Bi city, northern Quang Ninh province.

(VOV) - The reverberating sounds of Central Highland gongs were a cherished highlight at the 2015 Chingay Parade that got underway on the evening of February 27 in Singapore with more than 100,000 visitors lining the city streets.

As many as 40 enterprises and designers will gather at the second annual Ao Dai Festival, scheduled to be held in Dam Sen Cultural Park in Ho Chi Minh City on March 7-8.

(VOV) - A photo of Vietnamese war veterans taken by Spanish photographer Sergio Diaz had its name on the shortlist of the Sony World Photography Awards 2015.

(VOV) - The ASEAN traditional music festival will be held in central Thanh Hoa City from August 1 – 6 with the participation of 12 art troupes from ASEAN nations and partners.

(VOV) -World’s well-known Italian DJ Marco Effe will enthral music-lovers at HeartBeat 11 programme which is scheduled to take place at The Observatory stage in Ho Chi Minh City on March 20.

(VOV) -The Vietnam U19 football team is set to compete at the 2015 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U19 Youth Championship that runs August 22 to September 4.

Vietnamese, Russian and Belarusian artists will entertain spectators at a circus to tour Vietnam this March 1 in Hanoi.

Vietnam made its inaugural presence at Egypt’s Sakia Sawi, an international cultural week, which turned to the 12th edition this year, on February 26.

Twenty-four teams from across Vietnam will compete at the National U15 Football Championships to be held from March 21 to April 12, announced the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) on February 26.

(VOV) -The largest Buddhist flag of record, which is 25.58x20metres and weighs 60 kilograms,will be exhibited at the 2015 Yen Tu spring festival.

(VOV) - Thi Cam villagers in Xuan Phuong commune of Hanoi’s Tu Liem district gathered at the communal house on the 8th day of the first lunar month to take part in the traditional rice cooking contest.

(VOV) - Seventy of the top professional cyclists from Vietnam and three foreign teams will be on the start line on February 28 for the fifth International Women’s Cycling Tournament (Biwase Cup 2015) in Binh Duong province.

The Vietnam Tennis Federation has called players to prepare for the coming international events.

A traditional ceremony to remove “cay neu” (Tet pole) and open the royal seal was re-enacted in the Imperial Citadel of Hue, central Thua Thien-Hue province on February 25, the seventh day of the first lunar month and the last day of the Tet celebration.

Vietnam’s signature red-and-golden-star flag, traditional long dress (ao dai) and folk music were featured in the Grand Parade of the Limassol Carnival in the Republic of Cyprus on February 22.

Land Saigon's 12-member cycling team will begin its seven-day and 1,000km-long journey from HCM City to Bangkok, Thailand on March 6.

The Vietnamese Olympic, or under-23 (U23), football team’s head coach Toshiya Miura set his sights on securing a seat in the finals of the second Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s U23 Football Championship 2015.

The northern midland province of Phu Tho launched a festival paying homage to Vietnam’s legendary mother Au Co at her temple in Ha Hoa district on February 25, the seventh day of the first lunar month.

(VOV) - Le Tich Dien or the Ceremonial Ploughing Festival took place in the northern province of Ha Nam on February 25.

(VOV) -American film Boyhood, which has been nominated The Academy Awards or The Oscars, will make its debut in Vietnam on March 6.

(VOV) - After the hectic schedule of New York Fashion Week, Vietnamese models Mau Thanh Thuy and Quynh Chau took some time out to relax and stroll through the streets of the city that never sleeps.

(VOV) - Depression can be debilitating and in some cases, deadly. But photographer Michael Loffer, 26, fought his depression in part by traveling around the globe for three years and taking stunningly magnificent photos.

(VOV) - A spiritual offering of a pair of banh chung cakes weighing in excess of 350kg each was made on February 24 to Hoang Thi Loan – mother of President Ho Chi Minh – on the occasion of the arrival of Lunar New Year spring.