A special concert will be held at the Hanoi Opera House to celebrate the 40-year diplomatic relationship between Vietnam and Norway on November 25-26, attracting outstanding young violists from both countries.

The national e-Sports squad left Hanoi on November 22 for Malaysia for the final round of One Asia Cup 2011, which will take place from December 2- 4.

Tuyet Lan, runner-up in Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2011 contest, will attend the Elite Model Look World contest in Shanghai, China from November 24 to December 12.

The Gongs festival themed “Integration and development” opened at the Kon Klor cultural communal house in the Central Highland province of Kon Tum on November 22.

The curtain was down at the 26th SEA Games in Indonesia on November 22 at the Palembang City’s Jakabaring Sports Complex which saw thousands of athletes competing for glory in a variety of sporting events over the past 10 days.

On November 22, the Danish embassy in Hanoi held a press briefing introducing cultural activities scheduled to be held in Hanoi and HCM City in the near future to celebrate the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Denmark.

Twelve art troupes will attend the 5th Southern Khmer Ethnic Minority Cultural Festival from December 1-5.

The 7th Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day was launched at the Vietnam Culture and Arts Exhibition Center in Hanoi on November 21 as part of the tourism culture week on the northcentral region’s heritage.  

Vietnam completed competitions at the 26th SEA Games in Indonesia on November 22 with 96 gold, 90 silver and 101 bronze medals, ranking third after the hosts and Thailand.  

The Tre (Young) Publishers has recently launched four books about Vietnam’s legal foundation for its sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos.

Vietnam failed to secure a bronze medal after being defeated 4-1 by Myanmar in Indonesia on November 21.  

Wushu martial artists won three gold medals for the Vietnamese team on the 10th day of competition at the 26th SEA Games, bringing the country’s total golds to 92.  

Four more gold medals were obtained at the ongoing 26th Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia on November 20.

The Vietnamese language, culture and cuisines were introduced at the 37th International Language Festival that took place in Tours city of France on November 19-20.

The Vietnamese sports delegation gained more three gold medals in chess and the Japanese style martial art kempo on the tenth day of the ongoing SEA Games in Indonesia on November 20, raising the country's total number of golds so far to 83.

A Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) idol music gala was held at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi on November 19, as part of the activities to commemorate the 19th anniversary of Vietnam-RoK diplomatic ties.

A book of photographs entitled General and Commander-in-Chief Vo Nguyen Giap, compiled by photographer Tran Manh Thuong, has been published by the Culture and Information Publishing House.

Gaining 9 more gold medals on the 8th day of competition, Vietnam was in the third position as of November 19, ranking behind Thailand and the host, Indonesia, in the 26th SEA Games.

Seven needles made of animal bones dating back 6,000 years were recently unearthed from Tham Trong cave in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang.

The Vietnamese sports teams competing in the ongoing 26th SEA Games in Indonesia have so far won an astonishing 74 gold medals, 70 silvers and 73 bronzes in a variety of events.

A Vietnam-Korea cultural and culinary festival will be held in Hanoi from November 26-27 to promote cultural exchanges between the two nations.

Vietnamese wushu artist Nguyen Mai Phuong won a gold medal on the eighth day of the ongoing 26th SEA Games in Indonesia, November 19, bringing the total number of golds for Vietnam so far to 72. 

Music group Trinity will fuse traditional Japanese folk tunes with contemporary music in a performance in Hanoi this weekend.

A Vietnam Week is taking place in Vladivostok city, Russia, from November 18-25 as part of activities to mark the 40th establishment of the Primorie chapter of the Russia-Vietnam Friendship Association (1971-2011).

Female fencers took a gold medal in the foil team event on November 18, bringing the total number of gold medals for Vietnam to 70.

Tran Le Quoc Toan brought home the first gold medal for Vietnam on November 18 – the seventh day of the Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia.

Eighty Vietnamese and foreign athletes are expected to take part in the Fansipan Mountain Climbing tournament 2011 scheduled for December 17-19.

Three more golds were won by the Vietnamese wrestling team in the last round of competition on November 17, bringing its total number of gold medals to eight at the ongoing SEA Games in Indonesia.

Works by Vietnam’s pioneer artist Le Pho are among the highest priced items listed at an autumn sale in Hong Kong by the Larasati Auctioneers showing on November 26.

As part of the European Music Festival, the Ma'a lot Quintet from Germany will play at a concert in HCM City on November 18.