The two Vietnamese teams, Lienviet Post Bank and Vietinbank, had a chance to proceed to the sixth International Women’s Volleyball Tournament (VTV Cup-Binh Dien) after claiming victories on February 21.

A monochrome photo of a young girl enjoying a cup of coffee entitled Huong Vi Hang Ngay (Daily Taste) has won the top prize at a contest dubbed Coffee on a Winter’s Morning.

‘Ngoi nha trong hem’ (The House in The Alley), a Vietnamese horror film directed by Le Van Kiet, has earned nearly VND10 billion after being screened for more than one week.

Thirty-three paintings by a Polish painter featuring the Vietnamese landscape will be displayed in the exhibition hall at 29 Hang Bai Street, Hanoi from March 6-10.

The two Vietnamese teams continued to defeat foreign teams in their second matches at the sixth international women’s volleyball tournament-VTV Cup-Binh Dien on February 20.  

37 paintings by French painter Dominique De Miscault, depicting popular poems by Vietnamese poet Tran Dang Khoa, have been exhibitited in Choisy-le Roi city near Paris.

Well-known Finnish mixed choir ‘Dominante’ will give a one-night performance at the Tuoi Tre (Youth) Theater in Hanoi on March 6.

The Australian jazz band Visions of a Nomad will hold two performances in Hanoi on February 23 and 24.  

Nearly 100 professional and amateur kitesurfers from 39 countries competed at the second round of the 2012 Kiteboard Tour of Asia (KTA), which wrapped up in the central province of Binh Thuan on February 19. 

A website on the 2012 National Tourism Year for the North Central Coastal region in Vietnamese, English and French has been launched at www.dulich.thuathienhue.gov.vn.

Dak Me village of the Brâu ethnic minority people now looks like a small street in the green forest, with hunger, poverty and backwardness almost non-existent.

Vietnamese track-and-field athletes have been disqualified for the 2012 London Olympics despite winning one silver and one bronze at the Asian Indoor Athletics Champs in China from February 16-19.

The Hue Relics Preservation Centre and its partners have completed a project to produce 3D images that feature historic architecture of the former imperial city.

Nguyen Thao Huong, who won the Miss Tourism title in Miss Viet Nam 2004 and Miss Photogenic in Miss ASEAN 2005, has begun her new career as a fashion designer.  

The sixth international women’s volleyball tournament began in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on February 18.

Twelve groups and 59 individuals who have contributed to the preservation of hat Xoan (Xoan singing) were honoured at a ceremony in the northern province of Phu Tho on February 18.  

Vietnam’s Tran Thi Dieu Ninh bagged a silver medal in the 55kg freestyle wrestling event in Hgumi, the Republic of Korea on February 17 at the 2012 Asian Wrestling Championships.

The Hanoi Cai Luong Theatre will launch a new show featuring Vietnamese traditional art entertaining foreigners with English interpretation through headphones.

Vietnamese writer Nguyen Chi Trung has won the 2011 Southeast Asian Writers Award.

The Australian Embassy in Hanoi will organize an education and culture week from February 17-25 to introduce Australian culture and education to Vietnamese audiences.

Young Vietnamese boxers will take a one-month course organized by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) in the UK.

Hoang Thuy and Tuyet Lan, the winners of Vietnam’s Next Top Model, joined a fashion show at Broad Street Ballroom in New York on February 14.  

A team from the central city of Danang will take part in the 22nd Celebration of Light Fireworks Vancouver, Canada from July 28-August 4.  

An installation art exhibition by Paramodel, a Japanese group of artists, will be held at the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Hanoi from February 16-March 11.

As many as 24 businesses have committed more than VND27.5 billion to the 2012 Danang International Fireworks Competition (DIFC).  

Vietnamese movie ”Pearls Of The Far East” has won two prizes at the 14th California Independent Film Festival in San Francisco city, USA.

Vietnamese swimming talent Hoang Quy Phuoc has won two silvers at the BSS TYR February Meet, which took place in the US from February 10-12.

Young coaches from Chelsea Soccer School will run a training course for 180 junior footballers in Ho Chi Minh City.

A Vietnam film week kicked off in Colombo city, Sri Lanka, on February 15.

The Ministry of Justice has affirmed that the contract between the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and the Audio Vision Global Company (AVG) is valid.