(VOV) -The Vietnam national football team has received the Fair Play Award at the 2014 Southeast Asian Football Championship - AFF Suzuki Cup, announced the organising board on December 20.

Vietnam won one gold, six silver and two bronze medals at the ongoing 17th ASEAN University Games (AUG 17) in Palembang, Indonesia on December 20, raising its total number of medals to 32.

The Italian Embassy in Vietnam will offer Vietnamese people an experience of Italian Christmas at Casa Italia (18 Le Phung Hieu Street, Hanoi) at 6pm on December 20. 

(VOV) -The national women’s football team has retained its 34th position in the world with 1.630 points, according to the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) latest ratings.

(VOV) -A traditional Vietnamese-Republic of Korean (RoK) music programme was held in the northern Thai Nguyen province on December 19, attracting large numbers of artists and singers of the two countries.

(VOV) -An exhibition on the evening of December 19 in Vientiane featured the works of 109 Vietnamese, Lao, and Thai artists – offering a spectacular insight into the cultures, traditions and ecosystems of the Mekong basin and the daily life of its peoples.

Vietnam won a gold medal at the xiangqi (Chinese chess) event at the World Mind Games in Beijing, China.

(VOV) -Vietnamese students added to their medal tally on day three of competition at the ongoing 17th ASEAN University Games (AUG 17) in Palembang, Indonesia with one silver and six gold medals.

(VOV) - Top Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh has returned to the world top 20 in the latest Badminton World Federation rankings.

(VOV) -Vietnam has climbed one place to 137th in the International Federation of Football Association's (FIFA) rankings for December, despite losing to Malaysia in the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup’s semi-final round.

(VOV) - Miss Vietnam 2014 Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen, 18, has an innocent and naive personality with a beautiful face. 

(VOV) -An innovative Vietnamese long tunic collection by designer Thuy Nguyen has been shown by top 12 contestants on the ‘Miss World Vietnam - Road to the Crown’ live reality television show currently in its 9th episode.

(VOV) - Miss World 2011 Ivan Sarcos (Venezuela) is coming to Vietnam in January 2015 to serve on the jury panel at the finals of the 2014 Miss Ao Dai Vietnam pageant.

(VOV) - The New Zealand Embassy in Hanoi and Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City have announced the official logo to brand the ‘New Zealand – Open to the New’ season of events to celebrate 40 years of diplomatic relations between New Zealand and Vietnam.

(VOV) - A photo exhibition showcasing 100 images of the beauty and nature of Hanoians opened on December 18 at the Kim Dong Culture Centre on No.19 Hang Bai street.

A series of festive activities will be held across Ho Chi Minh City from December 20 to welcome the New Year 2015, said Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Culture and Sports Le Ton Thanh at a press briefing on December 17.

Though many people don't understand what the Arabic words mean, they can still find the Arabic calligraphy in a new Hanoi University of Languages and International Studies (ULIS) exhibition beautiful.

Vietnamese students earned four gold, three silver and two bronze medals on December 17 at the ongoing 17th ASEAN University Games (AUG 17) in Palembang, Indonesia.

Some of the most beautiful and delicate melodies written by the most prominent classical and romantic composers like Chopin, Schumann, Donizetti, Wieniavsky, and Erno Dohnanyi will be performed at a concert at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on December 19. 

(VOV) -Vietnamese slimline residences are featured as the best examples of so called ‘tube houses’ on the pages of two highly acclaimed architecture magazines – Dezeen and Archdaily – thanks to their innovative design.

Some 300 porcelains made by the Luy Lau Pottery Cooperative will be put on display in France on January 13-15 next year, said Director Nguyen Dang Vong.

Various cultural and sports activities, featuring the Thai ethnic group's traditional identities, will be held for the first time in the northern Lai Chau province from December 27 to 29.

(VOV) - Local marksmen clinched four gold, six silver and six bronze medals at the 38th Southeast Asian Shooting Championships (SEASA 2014), which concluded in Singapore on December 17.

(VOV) - More than 300 chefs will gather in The Biggest Hot Pot in Vietnam scheduled to take place in Giang Vo Exhibition Centre in Hanoi on December 18.

(VOV) - Former football player Robbie Fowler arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on December 16 at the invitation of milk brand Love’in Farm Kun.

(VOV) -Travel guide book Saigon Zoom In, designed by painter Nguyen Tri Phuong Dong and his young associates from Dai Viet Hoan Cau Company, has become the first Vietnamese book to win America Graphic Design 2014 award.

(VOV) - Tran Tuan An, a young aspiring Vietnamese guitarist, is passionate about music and he attributes his success to a scholarship he received to attend the University of North Park in Chicago (USA) and Professors Julie Goldberg and Tom Zelle.

A series of traces revealing the most sufficient evidence of cultural layers dating from the 11th century to 20th century have been detected in the Kinh Thien Palace of the Thang Long Imperial Citadel’s central section.

(VOV) - The newly crowned 2014 Miss Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen has joined with more than 120 celebrities in making a Lunar New Year holiday season special – Huong Tet Viet.

(VOV) - Choreographers and dance troupes from eight countries around the globe performed December 7-16 at the second annual International Dance Festival in Ho Chi Minh City.