(VOVWORLD) - Chinese poet Brier Yang felt in love with Vietnam during her first visit 10 years ago. Since then, she has felt the urge to return and explore.

(VOVWORLD) - On Tran island, the most remote island in Quang Ninh province, there is a special spacious school with 8 classrooms but only 9 primary school students and three pre-school children. The classrooms are surrounded the sound of sea waves and wind while inside the classrooms is the sound of teachers teaching and students reading lessons.

(VOVWORLD) - People-to-people diplomacy is one of the three pillars of diplomacy. It creates a foundation of friendship and a favorable environment for good relations and cooperation at the local and national level. In recent years, the central province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau has paid great attention to people-to-people diplomacy, contributing to promoting its image to investors as well as the international community.

(VOVWORLD) - To preserve and promote traditional arts, aside from training the next generation of young artists, it is equally important to have a new generation of audience members. Art troupes in Ho Chi Minh City have performed in schools to rekindle students’ love for the traditional arts.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi Tourism Ao Dai Festival honors Vietnam’s traditional costumes and attracts visitors to the capital city. The Festival presents Vietnamese Ao Dai as an Ambassador of Vietnamese culture and tourism.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese feature film "Tro tan Ruc Ro" (Glorious Ashes) by Bui Thac Chuyen won the "Golden Balloon" award at the Festival des 3 Continents, also known as the Three Continents Film Festival, in Nantes, France. The jury said they gave the award to this film "for the poetic beauty of the world the film portrays, which is both shimmering and bewitching, as well as for the very loving and very mischievous portrayal of its three heroines." The film debuted in Vietnam on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - A number of cultural activities are being held in Hanoi to mark Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day on November 23. The program “All Silk Roads” is part of this series of cultural events introducing silk products, silk weaving, as well as fashionable products in the Old Quarter of Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - 400 films and movies from 68 countries and territories joined the 6th Hanoi International Film Festival, Haniff, from November 8-12. With the theme "Cinema - Humanity, Adaptation and Development", the festival honors excellent international and Vietnamese cinematographic works with artistic value, imbued with humanity, and creativity in cinematic language.

(VOVWORLD) - The annual National External Information Service Award is a prestigious event that recognizes Vietnamese and foreign journalists for their contributions to introducing and promoting Vietnam to the world. At this year’s awards, VOVWORLD (VOV5) of the Voice of Vietnam won first and third prize in the radio category.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s music fans have learned about Japan’s traditional musical instruments at a recent charity concert in Hanoi involving Vietnamese bamboo ensemble New Vitality and Japanese music group Ryoma Quartet. The event was part of activities to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan.