The growing interest in central Vietnam’s potential to become the world’s next great golf destination was on display earlier this week, when the first of two major golf conferences scheduled for Da Nang this year took place in and around the budding beach city.

Vietnamese fighters Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat and Le Hoang Duc have advanced to the finals of the ongoing International Federation of Muaythai Amateur World Championships in Minsk, Belarus.

The Vietnamese retail industry is on the cusp of great change, experts say.

A slew of cultural, art, cuisine and tourism events are scheduled in the next few months to attract more tourists to HCM City, according to the Department of Tourism.

Former Associated Press war photographer Huynh Cong Ut (Nick Ut) donated a set of five historic photos of the American war in Vietnam and a camera he used during the war to the Vietnamese Women’s Museum in Hanoi on May 6.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has approved a project to make the seafood sector more competitive with financial support from the State budget, international organisations and businesses.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Norwegian Embassy organised a business seminar on sustainable aquaculture in southern Can Tho City on May 6.

HCM City will host the Three-Cushion Carom Billiards World Cup for the third time in a row on May 22-28.

The National Individual Badminton Championships will be held from May 7-13 in Dong Nai Province’s Gymnasium.

Vietnamese Grandmaster Tran Tuan Minh won a gold medal at the Asian Junior Chess Championships’ rapid chess event in Iran on May 2.