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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.

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.