(VOV) - The Embassy of Canada launched the Canadian Food Festival the Hemisphere Steak & Seafood Grill restaurant at Sheraton Hanoi Hotel on December 16.

(VOV) - A photo collection of the best images from the 2014 Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards contest has embarked on a tour of the country and is now on display at the memorial complex for President Ton Duc Thang in Long Xuyen city, An Giang province.

Vietnamese students earned six gold and two silver medals on December 16 at the ongoing 17th ASEAN University Games (AUG 17) in Palembang, Indonesia.

Noted HCM City-based photographer Ly Hoang Long won a runner-up prize in the One Shot-One Moment category in the 2014 edition of the Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY).

(VOV) - Dang Thi Ngoc Han, former Miss Vietnam 2010, and Nguyen Tran Huyen My, first runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2014, recently made appearances at a programme celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) at the Hanoi Opera House.

(VOV) -After parading in national costume, evening gown and showing off her dance moves on the final night of the Miss World 2014 pageant at the Excel Centre in London,Miss World Vietnam Nguyen Thi Loan made it into the top 25.

(VOV) -Super models Lam Thu Hang and her ‘twin’ Mau Thanh Thuy are making their mark in dramatic and dynamic style in the fashion industry, launching a new autumn/winter fashion line for Do Manh Cuong.

The 36th International Theatre Institute (ITI) World Congress will be held in Vietnam in 2018.

(VOV) - Five hundred athletes from 20 military units and educational institutions are competing in the Unarmed Martial Arts Festival 2014 at Mieu Mon National Training Centre in Hanoi on December 12-18.

(VOV) -Vietnamese travel operations along with foreign partners participated in the third Sea Festival in Phnom Penh,Cambodia on December 12-14 with a view to developing the local marine tourism.

(VOV) - First runner-up of the 2014 Miss Vietnam pageant, Huyen My offered gifts for poor patients in Hanoi Oncology Hospital on December 13.

(VOV) - After eight years away from the silver screen, actress Truong Ngoc Anh is back looking as chic and elegant as the day she first stepped foot in the studios to shoot the feature film Ao Lua Ha Dong (The White Silk Dress).

(VOV) - Organizers of this year’s Christmas Festival, set for December 23-24 at the Westlake Water Park in Hanoi, are boasting it will be the largest in Vietnam.

(VOV) -An awards ceremony of a photo contest themed “Savour Vietnam” was held at Rex Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City on December 11.

(VOV) - The 4th Coconut Festival, set for April 7-13 next year, has been stepped up to a national event and will be bigger and better than ever, Tran Ngoc Tam, head of the organizing board has announced.

An exhibition entitled Martine, a Friend from Europe opens in Hanoi on December 12, on the occasion of publishing the comic series Martin (20 episodes) in Vietnamese.

Vietnam failed to build on the 2-1 victory in the first-leg match and missed out the final match after losing 2-4 to the Malaysians in the second-leg game in the 2014 Southeast Asian Football Championship - AFF Suzuki Cup at the My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi on December 11.

Karate artists earned the first gold medal for Vietnam on December 11 at the ongoing 17th ASEAN University Games (AUG 17) in Palembang, Indonesia.

A recent excavation at the Lo Gach archaeological site in the vicinity of Kom Pong Thmo Pagoda, the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh, has revealed intact large-scale earthen ramparts believed to be the largest found so far in the southwestern region.

(VOV) - Nguyen Thi Loan dominated the Christmas party of the top 32 finalists at the 2014 Miss World pageant ongoing in the UK on December 10 after she slipped into a new style Ao Dai dress by designer Vo Viet Chung.

Chefs from Caravelle Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City won the first prize at the Golden Spoon Contest 2014, which ended in the southern province of Binh Duong on December 10.

(VOV) -Kristen Evelyn Rossi, Bangkok’s Broadway Babe, is taking Hanoi audiences by storm as the new resident singer at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi entertaining audiences each evening on Tuesdays through Sundays.

Hosting the second leg match of the ASEAN Football Federation-Suzuki Cup's semi-finals will give Vietnam a huge advantage, but Coach Toshiya Miura insists on taking precautionary measures to guarantee victory.

Vietnam came away with two gold medals in the sixth World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Competition at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, NESCO in Mumbai, India on December 10.

Vietnam’s National Tourism Year 2015 will take the theme of “Connecting world heritage” with a series of activities taking place in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa, the designated main venue, local officials announced in Hanoi on December 9.

(VOV) -Vietnamese-American girl Hoang Kim Cung has triumphed at the Miss Nebraska USA 2015.

(VOV) -Vietnamese artist and curator Tran Luong has received a prestigious Prince Claus Award for his outstanding art works, contribution to developing video arts in Vietnam and enriching the community and nurturing younger generations.

(VOV) - Last year’s winning Project Runway designers Ly Giam Tien and Hoang Minh Ha have introduced their latest collections at ongoing Vietnam International Fashion Week 2014 in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOV) - French pianist Célimène Daudet is returning to Ho Chi Minh City for a classical music recital at 8pm on December 11 at the Institute for Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF).

Vietnam's 2015 football season will kick off with the National Super Cup match between Hai Phong and hosts Becamex Binh Duong at Go Dau Stadium on December 27.