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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.

The Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam directed all agencies at localities throughout the country to enhance the party's ability to guide management and organisation of spring festivals.

The information and telecommunication ministry today announced the withdrawal of licence of the Nguoi Cao Tuoi (The Elderly) online newspaper's website, www.nguoicaotuoi.org.vn, and its editor-in-chief's journalist card.

The Italy-Vietnam Friendship Association has launched an Italian language publication themed “Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos: integral part of Vietnam’s territory” on the occasion of the 20 th publishing anniversary of its Mekong Magazine.

An exhibition is highlighting daily life of the past in Hanoi's Old Quarter.

Phan Ha Phuong, representing Vietnam at the 2014 Supermodel International modelling contest, placed second on January 31 at the competition’s finale in Seoul, the Republic of Korea.

Twelve calligraphers have survived a tough test ahead of Tet to reach the shortlist in a competition to find the nation's best.

The crème de la crème of traditional culture of ethnic minority groups as well as the unique features of spring from every corner of the country will be gathered together in a festival to be held in Hanoi.

Ten painters and sculptors are displaying their artworks at an exhibition to feature the image of the Goat in celebration of the upcoming lunar New Year Festival 2015 - (Tet Ky Mui - the Year of the Goat).

Warm tones and distinctive techniques mark the abstract oil paintings by French-Vietnamese artist Robert Mihagui that are displayed at an exhibition in HCM City.

Around 1,000 Overseas Vietnamese will join the programme 'Xuan Que Huong' (Homeland Spring) 2015 which is scheduled to take place in Ho Chi Minh City on February 7-8.

The city of Danang will be hosting a light festival, which is free to everyone, as a way of providing a cultural experience and an opportunity to connect with the culture and heritage of the region.

The Foreign Ministry and 30 foreign embassies in Hanoi hosted a food festival on January 24 in a bid to promote cultural exchange among nations and raise funds for orphans and the disabled.

A photo exhibition entitled – Wild Birds in Mating Season – by photographer Tang A Pau will be held on January 24th - 28th at the city Youth Cultural House in HCM City aiming to promote wild bird conservation.