(VOVworld) - Last weekend “Sungha Jung Live in Vietnam” concerts took place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, marking Sungha’s third consecutive year of touring Vietnam. Being an excellent representative of the fingerstyle guitar genre, Sungha’s concerts attracted a great number of Vietnamese music lovers and fingerstyle guitarists. VOV’s Thanh Ha has the story.

(VOVworld) - Almost every country in the world is confronting gender issues. The importance of continuously investing in gender equality and eliminating violence against women and girls was stressed recently at the launch event of a Cartoon Competition on gender entitled “Gender Equality: Picture it!”

(VOVworld) - A message on gender equality to end violence against women was delivered through a friendly football match called “For your smile” which took place last Friday at Hang Day Stadium in Hanoi. The football match was co-organized by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the Vietnam Volunteer Center (VVC).

(VOVworld) - Many big German cities are protected by volunteer fire brigades as well as by professional fire fighters. Under German law, every small town or village must have a volunteer fire brigade to quickly respond to emergency situations in that town or village, or in the adjacent area. In today’s edition of Cultures Rendezvous, let’s find out how Volunteer Fire Brigades work and why they are the pride of Germany, a nation with a good reputation for its security standards. Report from Germany by Vu Hoai and Ngoc Diep.

(VOVworld) - 10 years ago, the most frequent question asked by young people hanging out together was “Where should we go to eat?” The cafes, food courts, and restaurants that were popping up in Hanoi back then were a satisfactory answer to that question. Today, when young people get together, the question is: “Where should we play?” Dóo Entertainment, a new high-tech entertainment and recreation venue, is possibly the best answer to that question. VOV5 reports…..

(VOVworld) - What does a couple have to do before their wedding? Can they prepare for one of the biggest days of their life in just one day? Or one week? Or does it take one year? Oh dear, someone about to get married could go insane from the thousands of questions popping up in their mind : what to wear, who to invite, where to spend the honeymoon. Well, wedding preparations seem less of a problem for couples in Hanoi who had a chance to attend a recent event called “The Perfect Wedding and Honeymoon Exhibition”.

(VOVworld) - Young@Heart is an Oxfam global initiative in 16 countries aimed at empowering the youth, encouraging them to raise their voices, enabling space and favorable conditions for them to enhance their capacities, and actively tackling youth and social issues. Vietnam and Uganda have been selected for the program’s pilot implementation in 2015. VOV5 has the story….

(VOVworld) - Just imagine sharing your time, enthusiasm, and life skills with children in an orphanage in Ghana, building a nursery school in Nepal, doing HIV-AIDS prevention & outreach work in Uganda, protecting wildlife in Kenya, teaching IT to disabled in Mozambique, learning arts and crafts in Nigeria, etc…Any of these things can be done by joining ICYE Vietnam, part of an international non-profit youth exchange organization (ICYE) promoting youth mobility, intercultural learning and international volunteer service, in nearly 40 countries around the world. VOV5 That’s Life has the story…

(VOVworld) - French photographer Julie Vola has a special relationship with Hanoi and Vietnam. Three generations of her family have been to Vietnam. Following in this tradition, she has made Hanoi her current home and has begun a photo project called “Recalling Hanoi”, which captures people’s portraits and memories in every corner of the city. Today our “That’s life” edition will take a look at Julie’s project.