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Vietnam won the third prize and had three other photos chosen into the 10 finalists of the APEC Photo Contest 2013.

Almost 200 foreign racers from 29 Hanoi-based embassies and international organisations will participate in the Hanoi Moi (New Hanoi) newspaper’s annual run.

Filmmakers have been sticking to culturally and financially safe ground recently, as the peak film season approaches.

Vietnam continues to support reform efforts by Irina Bokova, General Director of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to help the organisation through a difficult time and gradually improve its performance efficiency.

Miss Philippines was crowned Miss World 2013 in a glittering finale Saturday on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, amid tight security following weeks of hardline Muslim protests.

The Miss World final takes place on the Indonesian island of Bali Saturday with Muslim hardliners threatening to stage fresh protests and even break through heavy security to rally at the venue.

The Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists’ seventh international photo contest received around 15,360 entries from 1,430 artists representing 51 countries and territories across the world.

A youth street arts festival on September 28 is expected to attract hundreds of young people, said a Hanoi Youth Union official.

An exhibition being held in Hanoi displays photos showing that many old temples in the city have been turned into hotels and shops.

Hanoi will hold the first festival of Chau Van singing from late September to early October, the municipal Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism said on September 23.

The British contemporary dance company Candoco will make its debut performance in Hanoi on Sunday night to kick off the Great Week – which aims to showcase the best of the UK in Vietnam.

Nhạc vàng, or “Soft music”, a popular music during the 1960s and 1970s in southern Vietnam, is now being revived by modern artists.

Nearly 2,000 youngsters in Ho Chi Minh City gathered at a festival on September 22 held to raise public awareness of the country’s specific sea and island sovereignty.

The theme of next year’s Hue festival would be named “Cultural heritage with integration and development”, said the Festival Organising Committee.

An American veteran has brought his play about obsessions of the American war in Vietnam to a Hanoi stage on his return to the country after 40 years.

Stone tools dating back as far as 20,000 years have been found in three caves in the northern province of Thai Nguyen.

Some streets in Hanoi get crowded with young people wearing masks and having fun when the Full Moon Festival is near.

A mass performance of xoe folk dance with more than 2,000 participants will take place on September 29 in Nghia Lo Town in the northwestern mountainous province of Yen Bai.