Visitors to the Sofitel Plaza Ha Noi recently have the opportunity to understand more about the daily life of Vietnamese women, as seen through the eyes of expatriates living and working in Ha Noi, in an art and photography exhibit that opened last Friday.

On April 12th, in Hanoi, Vietnam Football Federation announced that Bejing Lining Sports Goods Co., Ltd of China will sponsor training and competing uniforms for Vietnam’s national men’s and women’s football team’s for 3 years (2006-2008).

Lan Tuyet is working around the clock to prepare to turn out fans in a new material: brocade. She also plans to use this new material for next month’s International Festival of Tourism, where she will have a chance to show off all her hard work: hundreds of intricately designed traditional fans

French painter Sophie Chardonnet displayed 24 acrylic paintings inspired by the diverse faces of Vietnam at an exhibition in the Art Vietnam Gallery in Hanoi.

French artist Helen Kling is debut-ing over 40 Vietnam-inspired oil paintings in her first Hanoi exhibition entitled Vietnam, My Love.

Duet artists will perform works of C.G. Scheilder, E. Granados, M. Giuliani…

A young female tennis player from Hanoi, Ngo Viet Ha, has received a scholarship from the International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Chanh live show by singer Phuong Thanh to celebrate her fifteen years of singing will be organized on May 12, 2006, at Military Zone 7 Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) yesterday presented an illustrated book titled "For the Victims of Agent Orange," depicting the effects of Agent Orange/dioxin on generations of Vietnamese, to the Viet Nam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA).

A Committee representing ex-students of Hanoi – Amsterdam High School in the United Kingdom (HAO-UK) organized the first “Music Night in Remembrance of Trinh Cong Son” in London on the 29th April to perform the most famous and selected songs from the last 40 years of this famous composer.