Though many people don't understand what the Arabic words mean, they can still find the Arabic calligraphy in a new Hanoi University of Languages and International Studies (ULIS) exhibition beautiful.

(VOV) - 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.

(VOV) - A photo collection of the best images from the 2014 Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards contest has embarked on a tour of the country and is now on display at the memorial complex for President Ton Duc Thang in Long Xuyen city, An Giang province.

(VOV) - French pianist Célimène Daudet is returning to Ho Chi Minh City for a classical music recital at 8pm on December 11 at the Institute for Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF).

(VOV) -The Korea Foundation and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Hanoi are co-hosting a special events concert entitled ‘Time &Space in Harmony’ in celebration of the upcoming ASEAN-Korea Commemorative Summit.

(VOV) - A photo collection of the best 100 images from the 2014 Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards contest are on show at an exhibition in Hanoi, which runs from December 4 to January 14, inclusive.

(VOV) - Once again, Vietnamese culture will be shared through film, as Dap Canh Giua Khong Trung (Flapping from the Middle of Nowhere) is set to screen November 25 to December 2 at a festival in Nantes city, France.

(VOV) - Vietnamese and foreign experts met in “Designers talk type” within the context of the “Typography” exhibition which was held in the Goethe Institute in Hanoi on November 22.

The 2nd Japanese Films and Animation Festival kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on November 13. 

(VOV) - The 3rd Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) set for November 23-27 will showcase more than 130 films from 33 countries around the globe, including China, Taiwan, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Thailand, Germany, France, the UK and US.

(VOV) - A collection of photos taken by budding Vietnamese photographers,18-27,opened on November 11in Hanoi at the French Cultural Centre L' Espace.

(VOV) - The Asian Food and Culture Festival 2014 took place in Ukraine House, Kiev on November 8 following the initiative of embassies of Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Japan and Pakistan.

(VOV) - The European Music Festival is returning Vietnam for its second edition on November 22-December 5.

(VOV) -Vietnamese films Nhung nguoi viet huyen thoai (the Legend Makers) and Banh Mo (Dreaming Cake) will screen at the Republic of Korea (RoK)-ASEAN Cinema Weekend set for Jakarta, Indonesia.

(VOV) - Korean girl pop group T-ara is coming to the Lan Anh stage in Ho Chi Minh City to sing and strut their stuff at 8pm on January 10 next year.

Audiences in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau are being spoilt with a number of famous Japanese films during the Japanese Film Festival 2014. 

(VOV) - A photo and souvenir exhibition opened in Quang Ninh Museum in Ha Long City on October 31 as part of activities to celebrate 20 years of Ha Long Bay being recognised as a world natural heritage by UNESCO (December 17).

As many as 100 photographs, which were selected from the Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards 2014, are being displayed at an exhibition in Nha Trang city, the central province of Khanh Hoa. 

The play “Chuyen chang dung si” (The story of a courageous man) performed by the Vietnam National Drama Theatre was granted an award of excellence at the second ASEAN-China Theatre and Drama Festival in China earlier this month. 

(VOV) - The Vietnamese version of “Geronimo Stilton”-a best-selling children’s book series published by Edizioni Piemme of Milan, Italy since 2000 has been launched.

(VOV) - XONE FM, a hot music radio programme for Vietnamese youth broadcasting nationwide for 10 hours per day on VOV3 channel – Voice of Vietnam (VOV), launched an online music site on October 24. 

(VOV) -A viscerally gripping photo exhibition entitled “The Vietnam War and Okinawa Bases” of Japanese war photographer Bunyo Ishikawa opens at the Japan Newspaper Museum in Tokyo on October 25. 

A week of Italian will be kicked off at 18 Le Phung Hieu st in Hanoi from October 23-30 as part of the 14th edition of the Global Italian Language Week. 

(VOV) - In commemoration of the 2nd anniversary of the Kobe earthquake, the International Exchange Association in Hyogo Prefecture has published a book on preventing natural disasters in nine different languages, including Vietnamese.

(VOV) - An exhibition featuring 30 woollen embroidery designs by Nguyen Hong Van opened in Hanoi on October 14.

(VOV) - The Asia-Europe New Music Festival will always be remembered as a vivid and idyllic image of the friendship and solidarity of musicians from Asia and Europe, said Do Hong Quan, Chairman of the Vietnam Composers' Association.  

(VOV) - More than 20 artists assembled in the Halong Bay ancient Dau Go cave for a 30-minute acoustic concert as part of the Asian-European New Music Festival on October 11.

(VOV) - A Vietnam-Japan friendship concert featuring renowned artists of the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) under the baton of Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji is set for the Hanoi Opera House on November 15.

(VOV) - A Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) culinary festival was held in Hanoi on October 10 to promote cultural exchange between the two nations.

(VOV) - Young artists premiered their musical compositions at the Vietnam National Academy of Music in Hanoi on October 9 as part of the Asia-Europe New Music Festival.