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The first runner-up of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2012 contest Kha My Van will appear on the Italian Vogue- a world’s leading fashion magazine. She has begun her career as a professional model in Milan, Italy.

Vietnamese literature is about patriotism and humanity, Chinese translator Zhu Yang-xiu said at an international conference held yesterday in Hanoi.

Australian painter George Burchett loves Vietnam. After many years working and living in Vietnam, Burchett even calls himself Vietnamese.

Model and artist Trang Tran was arrested on Thursday night after an altercation with police when her taxi was stopped for a traffic violation.

As many as 40 enterprises and designers will gather at the second annual Ao Dai Festival, scheduled to be held in Dam Sen Cultural Park in Ho Chi Minh City on March 7-8.

Rising violence at some traditional festivals may be related to the revival of inappropriate cultural values, a researcher from the Vietnam Institute of Culture and Arts Studies has suggested.

It seemed that all roads led to the Huong (Perfume) Pagoda on February 24, the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

The Vietnam Writers’ Association has announced that 550 local and 200 foreign poets from 40 countries around the globe have registered to participate in the Asia Pacific Poetry Festival set for March 2-6 in Hanoi.

Winner of Vietnam’s Next Top Model Hoang Thuy has left deep impression on international audience at a show of famous designer Jeremy Scott in the framework of the ongoing New York Fashion Week.

The first-ever Vietnamese music and fashion show will be organised at Tempodrom Theatre in Berlin on April 4.

Photographers are invited to send photos featuring Viet Nam's ethnic groups for an exhibition to be held towards the end of March.

The northern province of Tuyen Quang is taking steps to have the traditional Then singing of the Tay ethnic group be included on the list of the world intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

An original art performance entitled, "Về Miền Quan Họ" (Coming Back to Quan họ land) will be staged at the Kinh Bắc cultural centre in northern Bắc Ninh city on March 7.

Circus artists from Vietnam, Russia and Belarus will entertain audiences in HCM City with extravagant performances to usher in the Lunar New Year.

Diverse activities including a calligraphy writing festival have been held in Hanoi to introduce cultural characteristics of Hanoi ancient streets and celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival (Tet).

Vietnam Project Runway 2014 winner Ly Giam Tien will unveil his latest collection Dark Raven on February 15 at Crowne Plaza Times Square in New York City as part of the ongoing New York Couture Fashion Week.

Late musician Trinh Cong Son topped the nation's musicians in copyright fees in 2014, earning more than VND100m for his music, the Vietnam Centre for Protection of Music Copyright said.

Zodiac animals look playful and lively at a joint exhibition by two eclectic artists that opened in Hanoi recently to celebrate the Year of the Goat.