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The 18th Miss Tourism International 2014 World Final came to its climactic conclusion on December 31 as Dieu Linh of Vietnam took home the titles for Miss South East Asia 2014 and Best in National Costume.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced the 10 most outstanding events in 2014.

An exhibition featuring well-known Vietnamese generals, including Vo Nguyen Giap and Nguyen Chi Thanh, was opened in Hanoi on December 29.

Thien Quang Lake in Hanoi will turn into a giant floating stage for a performance on New Year's Eve featuring famous singers Ho Ngoc Ha, Tuan Hung, Bui Anh Tuan, Hoang Thuy Linh and Kimmese as well as leading

The Vietnam-ASEAN Silk Festival was opened at the Hoi An Silk Village in the central province of Quang Nam, bringing together over 30 artisans from well-known silk village across the country.

A ceremony to honour the Nghe Tinh Vi-Giam folk singing of Vietnam as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity is set to take place on January 31, 2015 in Vinh City.

Former Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh has donated more than 800 objects, mostly photographs, to the Vietnamese Women's Museum.

Young women are continuing to enter beauty contests overseas despite moves by Vietnam authorities to limit their participation by imposing fines.

An exhibition on President Ho Chi Minh’s daily life and work from 1954-1969 at the President Palace is underway in Hanoi from December 19-January 5.

Miss World 2011 Ivan Sarcos (Venezuela) is coming to Vietnam in January 2015 to serve on the jury panel at the finals of the 2014 Miss Ao Dai Vietnam pageant.

Various cultural and sports activities, featuring the Thai ethnic group's traditional identities, will be held for the first time in the northern province of Lai Chau from December 27 to 29.

A government publishing house has been fined for using disrespectful images of historic Vietnamese generals.

Choreographers and dance troupes from eight countries around the globe performed December 7-16 at the second annual International Dance Festival in Ho Chi Minh City.

Noted HCM City-based photographer Ly Hoang Long won a runner-up prize in the One Shot-One Moment category in the 2014 edition of the Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY).

The Da Nang Heritage Centre displayed around 80 paintings by 30 artists in the central and Central Highlands regions for its exhibition on 3D printing.

Miss South Africa, 22-year-old Rolene Strauss, was crowned Miss World 2014 at the contest's glitzy final in London on Sunday.

Some 121 contestants from Albania to Zimbabwe are taking part in the pageant, but there will be no representative from Honduras following the fatal shooting of finalist Maria Jose Alvarado.

Vietnam suffered a nightmare yesterday at My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi as they were knocked out of the ASEAN Football Federation-Suzuki Cup.

Vietnam Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2015 proved high potentials of local young designers, said a representative from a major investor of the event.