(VOV) - Outstanding swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien has won the title “Best Athlete of the Year”, successfully defending her top list for the second time.

A poetry collection was released in Hanoi on December 31 featuring hundreds of works on Russia by more than 150 authors.

(VOV) - We’ve scoured Hanoi and HCM city to compile this bucket list of the best places to ring in the New Year. The New Year holidays come but once a year, so it’s worth it to make them memorable.

(VOV) - Ho Chi Minh City will usher in the New-Year with a spectacular fireworks display and 3D laser light show to blast off at the stroke of midnight January 1, 2015 at the Bitexco Financial Tower (BFT).

(VOV) - Boyband NOM from the Republic of Korea (RoK) won the hearts of many Vietnamese young audiences on their recent first tour to Vietnam to participate in the Taekwon-Pop programme staged in Hanoi.

(VOV) - The final night of the 2014 Miss Ao Dai Vietnam pageant is set for live broadcast at 21:00 on January 5, 2015 on Vietnam Television’s VTV3 and VTV6.

(VOV) - Miss Vietnam 2010 Ngoc Han and Miss Vietnam 2012 Thu Thao have been chosen by the Vietnam Youth Union Central Committee as goodwill ambassadors to represent the organization in upcoming social community activities.

(VOV) - The City of Hanoi has unveiled the winners of a contest testing resident’s knowledge about the city’s UNESCO World Heritage properties. 

(VOV) -The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has extended its partnership with major sponsor Toyota Vietnam for the upcoming 2015 season.

The Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced Vietnam’s top 10 fine art and photography events in 2014. 

Swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien is expected to defend her title at the Best Athletes and Coaches of 2014, which is being held on December 30 in three cities across the nation.

“Gia ra” is the biggest festival in a year for the Cor ethnic minority group, who live mainly in the central province of Quang Ngai’s Tay Tra and Tra Bong districts as they mark the end of a rice crop, traditionally lasting one year.

(VOV) -A traditional granite flour mill has been recognised as the largest of its kind in Vietnam by the Vietnam Record Book Centre (Vietkings).

(VOV) -A number of famous Korean stars enthralled Hanoi audience with their interesting performances at Taekwon-Pop programme which was held in Indochina Plaza shopping centre in Hanoi on December 28.

Vietnam Film Studio and its Japanese partner Agro Picture next week wrap up shooting of a feature film based on the biography of a Japanese woman living in Vietnam.

(VOV) - Sport is a passion for tens of millions of Vietnamese and when an international sports story breaks, they follow it with the utmost of enthusiasm. Here we, Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV), have recapped our top ten biggest sports stories for the year.

Becamex Binh Duong has lifted their third Super Cup trophy after winning 1-0 over Hai Phong on their home turf at Go Dau Stadium.

Vietnam will take part in four international volleyball tournaments in 2015.

(VOV) -A host of diverse activities are to be held throughout Ho Chi Minh City to welcome the New Year with main streets being decorated with colourful lights and crowded with visitors. 

A night of Vietnamese folk music featuring ca tru (ceremonial singing), cheo (popular theatre), chau van (spiritual singing) and xam (blind buskers' singing) will take place in Hanoi on January 6.

(VOV) - The opening ceremony of the first Thai ethnic cultural festival was held in the northern province of Lai Chau on December 27, featuring a stunning performance of the roots and legendary about Thai ethnic group.

Independent filmmaker Siu Pham has showcased her latest two films Fog Over The Summit and Mother's Room at the 5th Experimental Media Art Festival in Taipei. 

(VOV) - The sixth Hue Traditional Craft Festival, aiming to develop craft villages and expand tourism is set for April 29-May 3, 2015.

(VOV) - The Hoi An Silk village in Quang Nam is justifiably famous as a hub for silk making and trading in the region.

(VOV) - Mrs. Asia USA International 2014 Sonya Suong Dang is in Hoi An preparing to welcome the New Year in style.  

(VOV) - A special exhibition will be held at No.45 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi, on December 29 to display artistic works on famous Vietnamese army generals as part of the celebration of the 70th founding anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army, December 22.

(VOV) - The General Department of Geology and Minerals and the Japan Caving Association on December 26 held a press conference to announce the finding of a volcanic cavern system in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong.

(VOV) -The organising broad of Miss Ao Dai Vietnam 2014 has announced the image of the crown which costs VND1 billion.

(VOV) -Prepare for a night of glitz, glamour and fun as –Heineken Countdown Party 2015 – has lined up a kaleidoscope of activities set to detonate at Thien Quang lake in Hanoi at 8pm on December 31 to ring in the New Year. 

Cultural activities and art performances to celebrate the New Year will take place next week in downtown Hoi An in the south-central province of Quang Nam.