Locals look forward to the holiday season, and Hanoi's Old Quarter is a hive of activity as Christmas preparations get underway.

The "Bach Hoa Bo Hanh" or "Parade of Flowers" is a celebration of the Vietnamese national attire, showing young people's love and pride for the nation's cultural heritage.

The goal of the first-ever Vietnam International Piano Competition and Festival is to establish itself as one of the country's most prominent piano contests and cultural events.

KTĐT - Miss Ngoc Lan Khue, 23, was crowned Miss Ao Dai Vietnam 2014 at the contest's glitzy final in HCM city on January 5, with tens of millions of viewers throughout Vietnam watching on television.

KTĐT - The art program titled "Love for Hanoi" will be organized at the Hanoi Opera House on the evening of January 1, 2015 with the participation of famous singers such as: My Linh, Tung Duong, Minh Quan, Nhat Thuy, Minh Thu, M4U Group, Brothers Band.

​5S Online, a popular new sitcom aimed at teenagers, demonstrates that the sitcom genre is catching on in Viet Nam.

"A Perfect Christmas" is the latest collection of stories adapted from the movie by the same name of the company Mattel will be launched on the occasion of Christmas.

Miss Vietnam 2014 Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen shines on new photos.

An innovative Vietnamese long tunic collection by designer Thuy Nguyen has been shown by top 12 contestants on the ‘Miss World Vietnam - Road to the Crown’ live reality television show currently in its 9th episode.

The newly crowned 2014 Miss Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen has joined with more than 120 celebrities in making a Lunar New Year holiday season special – Huong Tet Viet.

The event will take place on December 22-28, 2014 throughout the country.

The 36-episode TV series Tuoi Thanh Xuan (Forever Young) tells stories about the lives, dreams, and choices of young people struggling with the mixed and oftentimes conflicting emotions of friendship and love in Seoul.

Kristen Evelyn Rossi, Bangkok’s Broadway Babe, is taking Hanoi audiences by storm as the new resident singer at the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi entertaining audiences each evening on Tuesdays through Sundays.

​The progressive rock band Ngu Cung (Pentatonic) will debut songs from their new album Cao Nguyen Da (Rock Plateau) on Friday at the Giang Vo Exhibition Centre in their first-ever live show.

​Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen from Nam Dinh province triumphed at the 2014 Miss Vietnam Pageant. Duyen, a first-year student from the Foreign Trade University, beat other 37 beautiful contestants across the nation to win the title. She is 1.73m tall, weighs 59kg and measures 86-63-91.

​Designers will premiere 1,000 of their latest creations during the Viet Nam Fashion Week Spring-Summer from today for one week.

A peru film week 2014 has taken place from December 5 to 7 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Peru (1994-2014).

Vietnamese pop star My Tam has been chosen as one of the most admired female singers in Asia by Top 10 of Asia website.

Vietnamese singer Ho Quynh Huong was named – Asian Artist of the Year in Vietnam – on December 3 at the 2014 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA).

The event drew a number of participations of fashion lovers throughout the world with a view to sharing the same passion for fashion, creativity and connectivity.

Dang Thu Thao always looks beautiful whenever she appears because of her pure, and bright beauty and exquisite, elegant and feminine clothing styles.

The programme named "Vietnam`s Got Talent 2014" has officially found 49 performances entering the Semifinals.

On November 27, the third Hanoi International Film Festival closing ceremony (HANIFF) took place at the Palace of Soviet-Vietnamese to officially close exciting five- day festival of Vietnamese and international filmmakers.