The Heineken Live Access music festival which takes place in Hanoi on June 1 and HCM City on July 27 promises to entertain audiences with a diverse line-up of world musicians and DJs.

The country's maximum economic growth would be 5.35 percent this year, according to the Vietnam Annual Economic Report 2013 that was unveiled in Hanoi on May 27.

Reigning champions Thai Son Nam successfully defended their title at the National Futsal Championship in Ho Chi Minh City on May 24.

Vietnamese Nguyen Thi That brought home a gold medal from the Pre-SEA Games Road Race which ended in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on May 24.

Theatres around Hanoi and HCM City are staging new plays aimed at entertaining young audiences during the summer holiday and on International Children's Day on June 1.

Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem has drawn with Grandmaster Lalith Babu of Indonesia in the fifth round of the Asian Continental Chess Championships in the Philippines.

A five-minute trailer of the Vietnamese action fantasy Lua Phat (Once Upon a Time in Vietnam) has been presented to film distributors and international journalists at the Film Market of the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival.

Grandmaster Le Quang Liem won on May 21 to place second at the Asian Chess Championships in the Philippines.

Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH)-a non-formal group of foreign residents living in Hanoi who work voluntarily to promote and preserve Vietnamese cultural and historical heritage-will host a city walk for people to discover Hanoi on May 18.

Designer Vu Ta Linh was one of three who shared first prize at an Asian fashion design competition held in Singapore on May 13.