(VOVworld) - Have you ever wondered how things were created or why things happen? Or have you ever tried creating something yourself? These questions inspired the formation of “Restless curiosity”, a group of young students in Hanoi who love inventing things and finding explanations for everyday phenomena. Let’s meet these passionate young “scientists”.

VOVworld) - After 4 years of preparation, the latest artworks of sculptor Thai Nhat Minh were finally showcased at his third solo exhibit titled “Soldier- Soldier’s wife”. The event took place recently at the Viet Nam Fine Arts Museum, 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Hanoi.

(VOVworld) - The gallery of woodblocks and paintings titled “Carving stroke from tradition to modern” by famous Vietnamese painter Tran Nguyen Dan was staged recently in Hanoi. The exhibition showcased more than 100 selected woodcut paintings and woodblocks, located in the private collection of Nguyen Thi Thu Hoa – Director of the Hanoi Museum of Ceramics.

(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….