More than 400 primary school students in the central province joined the Fun Football and Life Skills Festival – a community based football programme – at the art centre yesterday.

The ethnic people in northern Việt Nam are often modestly dressed while working on the farm, but sometimes their cattles can be found nicely dressed. In this photo, an ethnic man in Yên Minh District in northern province of Hà Giang covers his buffalo with a colourful brocade blanket to keep it warm. — VNS Photo Viet Thanh

Vietnamese American singer Lê Thị Ý Lan will celebrate her 60^th birthday with a live music show entitled Thương Ai (Whom Are You Missing) at a tea house at District 3, HCM City this evening.

The beauty contest winner will have her title snatched back because she had nose surgery before the competition.

Captain Lương Xuân Trường gives Mai a T-shirt, which has signatures of the Việt Nam U23 players.

If you belong to the blood group O, you can help many Vietnamese patients by donating blood at the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion on Phạm Văn Bạch Street, Cầu Giấy district, Hà Nội, from 8am to 10pm or by visiting your nearest blood donation centre. For details, visit www.nihbt.org.vn/Home/DiemHM or contact (024) 38686008/ (024) 37821900.

Phú Mỹ Hưng Development Corporation plans to hold its annual spring flower festival this year from February 8 to 15, which would be 23rd-30th of the 12th lunar month.

Fusion Resort Nha Trang, famous for its unique all-spa inclusive concept and “Breakfast Anywhere, Anytime” service, has changed its name to Fusion Resort Cam Ranh.

The Ladies Professional Golf Association’s (LPGA) world-class female golfers, Airya Jutanugarn (May) and her sister Moriya Jutanugarn (Mo), will visit Việt Nam in December.