(VOV) -The culmination of the 2014 Miss Vietnam World pageant will find the nine most beautiful and charming final contestants competing in Tokyo, Japan, on October 12.

The 2014 Kawasaki-Biere Larue Vietnam International Series 2014 was kicked off in the central city of Danang on October 1, with the participation of more than 230 badminton players from eight countries and territories.

Duong Quoc Trung, a third-year student of Haoi-based British University, won first prize in a writing contest organised by the Peruvian Embassy and the Ministry of Education and Training.

(VOV) -The Asia-Europe New Music Festival 2014 is scheduled to take place from Oct. 8-12 in Hanoi and Ha Long city for the first time with the participation of 200 local and international composers and artists from 30 countries and territories.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s female football squad on October 1 faced a 0-3 lost to the Republic of Korea (RoK) at the ongoing Asian Games (ASIAD 17), failing to clinch bronze medal.

Y’N Dong, a 116-year-old ethnic M’ Nong man living in Dak Song district, the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong, has officially been recognised as the oldest man alive in Vietnam by the Vietnam Records Organisation (Vietkings).

An exhibition on the young artist Jeong Il Jin from the RoK was opened by the Korean Culture Centre in Hanoi on September 30.

(VOV) - Fans attending the ongoing 2014 Asian Games (ASIAD 17) in the Republic of Korea (RoK), serve as a great motivator for athletes.

(VOV) - Maurizio Anastasi, head of the technical office of the Cultural Heritage Superintendency of the city of Rome and a visiting delegation of Hanoi city leaders in Italy recently discussed cooperation in the restoration and preservation of ancient relics.

(VOV) - TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel website, has named the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology a Travelers’ Choice Museum and one of the top 25 most attractive museums in Asia.

Five Vietnamese film directors will present their movies at the 19th Busan International Film Festival that will open on October 2.

Hanoi will hold the fourth dragon dance festival this Saturday, as part of a series of cultural activities to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the city's liberation on October 10.

The classical ballet Coppelia choreographed by Johanne Jakhelln Constant of Norway will be restaged by the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) at HCM City's Opera House on October 9 after two successful premiere nights in August.

(VOV) - The Swiss Fribourg choir, will perform in Hanoi on October 8, according to the Performing Arts Centre under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. 

(VOV) -An art project entitled “Street Art Gallery Hanoi” is underway in Hanoi marking the 24th anniversary of German Unity Day (1990-2014) and 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

(VOV) - Vietnamese female boxers Bang and Duyen won two bronze medals at the 2014 Asian Games (ASIAD 17) in the Republic of Korea on September 30.

(VOV) -Vietnamese track and field star Bui Thi Thu Thao was awarded a silver medal at the ongoing Asian Games (ASIAD 17) in the Republic of Korea on September 29.

(VOV) - FIDE master Nguyen Anh Khoi of Vietnam beat Russian player Andrey Esipenko on September 29, taking the trophy of the U12 World Chess Championships in Durban, South Africa.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the online newspaper Vnexpress will promote Vietnam's beauty with a contest focusing on landscapes and slices of daily life, said deputy minister Vuong Duy Bien.

The New York-based Institute for Vietnamese Culture and Education (IVCE) will screen several documentaries on Vietnam at universities in the US next month.

(VOV) -Cyclist Nguyen Thi That finished second after a Thai opponent in the women’s road bicycle race on September 29, snatching a silver medal for Vietnam at the ongoing Asian Games in the Republic of Korea.

(VOV) -World and Asian defending champions Japan on September 29 stopped Vietnam’s unbeaten streak at the ongoing Asian Games (ASIAD 17) in the Republic of Korea, outplaying their female rivals 3-0 and cruising to the final match.

A logo created by Nguyen Phuoc Duc from Ho Chi Minh City has won a contest designing logo and mascot for the 5th Asian Beach Games that Vietnam will host in 2016.

Rapping the News of VietnamPlus won the top award in the Digital First category of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).

French singer and songwriter Sophie Maurin will present a pop concert at Ho Chi Minh City's Institute for Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF) on October 10.

(VOV) - Vietnamese chess prodigy Nguyen Anh Khoi jumped into the top 10 at the World Youth Chess Championship in South Africa by defeating Finnish rival Keinaken Toivo in the ninth match.

Vietnam won the bronze medal at the ASEAN Football Federation Futsal Championships in Malaysia on September 27.

Vietnam will have to scale a huge mountain in its semi-final match in the women's football competition at the Asian Games (ASIAD) in Incheon, the Republic of Korea on September 29.

More than 250 players from eight countries and territories will compete in the Kawasaki-Biere Larue Vietnam International Series at the Tuyen Son Sport Centre in the central city of Danang.

Runner Quach Thi Lan on September 28 won her first silver medal for Vietnam at the 17th Asian Games (ASIAD) in Incheon, the Republic of Korea.