Pham Thanh Luong of Hanoi on April 13 beat his teammate Nguyen Van Quyet and Le Cong Vinh of Binh Duong to win the Golden Ball Award for the best Vietnamese footballer of the year.

A O Show, a self-described circus-theatre performance that mixes acrobatics and mime, will make several European tours over the next two years and has tied up with a French theatre for the purpose, a press conference heard on April 14.

Riders set off on the Rally Indochina 2015 from Hanoi on April 13, heading south on the historic Ho Chi Minh Trail to raise donations for the Blue Dragon Children's Foundation and fight child trafficking.

Samsung has officially rejected rumours of methane leaking from the Samsung Thai Nguyen industrial complex in Thai Nguyen Province.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered that drastic measures be taken to complete the privatisation of 289 State-owned enterprises (SOEs) within this year, stressing that benefits of the State, company employees, and shareholders must be ensured.

Hoang Xuan Vinh failed to retain his title at the ISSF World Cup Riffle/Pistol in Changwon, the Republic of Korea, on April 12.

Son Tra-Ngu Hanh Son's Forest Protection Department has decided to prosecute a criminal case for the illegal killing three Red-Shanked Doucs (Pygathryx nemaeus), an animal listed as endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a national project to reform textbooks and curriculum for schools.

The relationship between the capital city of Hanoi, Hue and HCM City has been spotlighted at a special programme, broadcast live over the three local television channels.

Singer, composer and guitarist Marie Warnant from Wallonie-Bruxelles in Belgium will entrance audiences in four big Vietnamese cities with free concerts from May 1 to 7.