50 lacquer, oil and acrylic paintings are being displayed at the exhibition of artist Van Duong Thanh to welcome the lunar year of rooster.

 The Communist Party Central Secretariat has just asked localities not to organise firework displays for the Tet Lunar New Year.

Global Entertainment Operations Vietnam (GEO) and Playboy Enterprises, Inc. have announced the opening of Playboy Establishment, an epoch-making luxury entertainment establishment in the centre of Hoan Kiem district in Hanoi. 

 An archeological excavation at the relic site Pu Luon Xe in hamlet 7, Tan Linh commune, Luc Yen district in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai led to the discovery of a kiln making building materials said to belong to the Tran Dynasty.

K-pop band sensation – T-ara – is set to liven up the Quan Khu 7 Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City this coming January 17.

 The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will present a concert themed “Dancing with classical” to music lovers at the municipal Opera House on December 29.

 Students of the HCM City Open University are performing 19 English plays adapted from American novels and short stories, most of them award winning and made into films, at the university’s Go Vap District campus.

 Hoang Thu Thao won the best national costume award and was among the top 10 at Miss Tourism International 2016, which was held on December 18 in Shanghai, China.

The Christmas Concert in Hanoi on December 19 got heated by the highly impressive performances of world pop star Richard Marx and Vietnamese singers Thanh Lam and Ha Tran.

 As many as 37 professional troupes are competing in the HCM City Open Unicorn-Lion-Dragon Dance Championship being held during weekends at Dam Sen Park in District 11.

Five-year-old piano prodigy Evan Le has thrilled Vietnamese audiences with his outstanding performance at ‘Soul Christmas Charity Concert’ held recently in Ho Chi Minh City.

 The Da Nang fine arts museum, the third fine arts museum in the country, opened to the public on December 19. 

 The first-ever balloon flights will take to the skies from Hoi An ancient town to the nearby My Son Sanctuary during the upcoming Tet Festival, according to the Quang Nam's Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

 A celebration of 110th birthday anniversary of To Ngoc Van (1906-1954), one of Viet Nam’s most influential painters in the first half of the 20th century, has just been organised by the Vietnam Fine Arts Association.

Tran Ngoc Ha from HCM City’s District 3 says she drinks hot tea every day, but still doesn’t know how to make it properly.

VietNamNet Bridge – For more than 25 years, Phung Quang Oanh, 46, from District 7, HCM City has created tens of thousands of puppets for water puppet troupes throughout the country. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Miss France Iris Mittenaere wore six evening gowns by Vietnamese designer Hoang Hai in a photo shoot for the Miss Universe 2016 pageant.

 An exhibition on archeological excavations at the Ho Dynasty Citadel in the past five years opened in the central province of Thanh Hoa on December 15.

 An exhibition named “Life is a game” inspired from traditional folk games of children by Vietnamese artist Nguyen Da Quyen and Danish photographer Christopher Skouenborg takes place at an ancient house in HCM City’s Binh Thanh District.

Revellers in Hanoi are to be treated to Lunar New Year’s Eve fireworks displays at 30 venues in the city’s centre and rural neighbourhoods, the municipal government has announced.