(VOVWORLD) - VOV’s Youth Union has organized many charitable activities this month in response to this year’s Youth Month under the theme “Youth volunteers for community development”.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam celebrated International Francophonie Day with a 2-day event called “Color of Francophonie” in downtown Hanoi on Friday and Saturday. The program was co-hosted by Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry, Hanoi authorities, and French-speaking diplomatic missions in Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - The recently-concluded DPRK-USA Summit in Hanoi provided a great opportunity to introduce the image of Vietnam to the world. Vietnamese cuisine was offered to foreign diplomats and reporters as a taste of Vietnamese culture.

(VOVWORLD) - Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-un paid a two-day official friendship visit to Vietnam on Friday and Saturday. Children at Viet Trieu Kindergarten joyfully welcome the DPRK delegation. Viet Trieu kindergarten is a symbol of solidarity between Vietnam and the DPRK.

(VOVWORLD) - As spring arrives in Tong Phuc region (also known today as 3 communes of Lap Le, Phuc Le, and Pha Le) in Hai Phong City’s Thuy Nguyen district, the local people gather to celebrate spring with their traditional Hat Dum or Dum singing. For many of them, spring celebrations are inadequate without singing Dum songs.

(VOVWORLD) - A new Hanoi exploration tour called "Bonbon Hanoi" or “Bonbon City Tour” gives visitors a real taste of the history and culture of Hanoi.

(VOVWORLD) - Laotian, Cambodian, and Vietnamese students study at the Friendship School on the outskirt of Hanoi gather to make Chung, a typical square glutinous rice cakes for Tet, Vietnam’s traditional Lunar New Year festival.

(VOVWORLD) - As the Lunar New Year or Tet is approaching, a kumquat or a peach tree for decoration in the home during Vietnam’s biggest holiday is a must for many Hanoians. According to gardeners in Tu Lien and Nhat Tan flower villages in Hanoi, approximately 80 percent of kumquat and peach trees in cultivation have been sold or leased.

(VOVWORLD) - 58 year-old Andrea Teufel is a German specialist in restoring antiques. Over the past 15 years, she has been working to restore paintings in the world heritage site in the central province of Thua Thien Hue.

(VOVWORLD) -A ship carrying naval forces and journalists from Vietnam’s mainland has docked at Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, delivering gifts to islanders in the lead-up to the Lunar New Year festival (Tet), which falls on February 3 this year. The mainlanders’ gifts have warmed the hearts of people and soldiers who are safeguarding Vietnam’s islands and waters.