(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.

It seemed that all roads led to the Huong (Perfume) Pagoda on February 24, the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

Only a few days into the Lunar New Year, Vietnamese badminton player Vu Thi Trang received some good news.

(VOV) - Tens of thousands of monks, nuns and Buddhist followers from across the nation have begun the annual spring pilgrimage to the Bai Dinh pagoda at Gia Sinh commune, Gia Vien district in the northern province of Ninh Binh.

Several artists will perform traditional music in three French cities - Paris, Marseilles and Bordeaux - to celebrate the overseas Vietnamese community and the French during the Lunar New Year festival.

(VOV) - The Vietnam Writers’ Association has announced that 550 local and 200 foreign poets from 40 countries around the globe have registered to participate in the Asia Pacific Poetry Festival set for March 2-6 in Hanoi.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s Olympic football team reported to training camp in Hanoi on February 24 to begin preparations for the upcoming 2016 Asian U23 Football Championship qualifiers.

(VOV) - Tens of thousands from throughout the nation gathered for the Dong Da festival in Hanoi on February 23 to commemorate the 226th anniversary of the historic Ngoc Hoi-Dong Da victory.

Tet dishes have special significance as they reflect the Vietnamese tradition of each family member expressing their personal progress, happiness and professional prosperity through the tray of dishes.

Van Thuy Tu temple in Phan Thiet city, southern central Binh Thuan province, is considered the largest museum for whale skeletons in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

Thousands of visitors flocked to the Phat Tich pagoda in the northern province of Bac Ninh for its annual peony festival, held on February 22 (the fourth day of the first lunar month). 

Cultural activities of northern ethnic minority groups were demonstrated at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi on February 22.

The national beach football team will gather in Nha Trang in central Khanh Hoa province from February 25 to March 29 to prepare for the Asian elimination round of the upcoming 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

(VOV) - A boat racing festival was launched on Ly Son island in the central province of Quang Ngai on February 22 to mark  the 2015 lunar New Year Festival (TET) - the Year of the Goat.

(VOV) -Nick Ut, whose “Napalm girl” picture shocked the whole world, has been listed in a photo book “Behind Photographs” of Tim Mantoani.

(VOV) - Winner of Vietnam’s Next Top Model Hoang Thuy has left deep impression on international audience at a show of famous designer Jeremy Scott in the framework of the ongoing New York Fashion Week.

An exhibition at Hanoi's Heritage Space presents the essence of Vietnamese contemporary ceramics.

The Yakasa-Saigon-Nha Trang Hotel in Nha Trang city, the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, has set a new record for its giant-sized traditional Tet cake, which is 40 metres in length, as part of the activities to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

(VOV) - Fishermen in the central coastal province of Quang Ngai on February 22 held their annual fish catching ceremony on opening day of the new fishing season at Sa Huynh fishing village to pray for their safety and luck.

(VOV) - Television screens across Hungary have been alit with an array of images and special galas celebrating the Vietnamese Lunar New Year (TET) festival, which started on February 19.

(VOV) - In a bid to gain a higher placing, the Vietnam National Sports Training Centre has started sending athletes to various training facilities in preparation for the 28th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) set for June in Singapore.

The northern province of Tuyen Quang is taking steps to have the traditional Then singing of the Tay ethnic group be included on the list of the world intangible cultural heritage of humanity. 

Banh Tet (round glutinous rice cake) is a traditional cake enjoyed by southern Vietnamese people on the occasion of the lunar New Year. It is considered a variant of Banh Chung (square glutinous rice cake), which is more popular in the northern region. 

(VOV) - The Hmong are one of the largest ethnic minorities (roughly 900,000 people) in Vietnam and are principally concentrated in the mountainous areas of the northern part of the country.

(VOV) -Pham Ngoc Vien,general director of the Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF) hopes this year's season, which kicked off on January 4,will be one for the record books for both the team and fans.

(VOV) - January and February are the most exciting months of the year in Vietnam with a variety of festivals organized throughout the nation on the occasion paying homage to Buddha, ancestors and praying for good fortune.

(VOV) -Nguyen Van Quyet, Tran Buu Ngoc and Duong Thanh Hao are three phenomenal Vietnamese football players who were born in the year of the Goat.

(VOV) -Tet, the Lunar New Year festival, is the most important holiday in Vietnam. As people believe Tet refreshes everything in their lives, they treasure the tradition of seeing off the old year and welcoming the new year.

(VOV) -At the age of eight, Thuy Vi began to study martial arts under the instruction of master Nguyen Tung Lam in Gia Lam District, Hanoi, who immediately recognized her innate talent.