(VOV) -Pop star Ho Ngoc Ha will represent Vietnam in the Best Worldwide Act category of the MTV European Music Awards (MTV EMA 2014), due to take place in Scotland on November 9.

Eight Vietnamese junior chess players will compete in the World Youth Chess Championship to be held in Durban, South Africa, from September 18 to 30.

(VOV) -Nearly 500 runners from 40 countries are expected to compete in the 70-km ultra international Vietnam Mountain Marathon 2014 taking place in the northern Vietnam mountains in Hoang Lien National Park from Sept. 18-22.

(VOV) - Dominique Foulon, a reporter of “Carnets du Vietnam”, has presented Hoi An City with two precious photos of Cau Pagoda – a symbol of the UNESCO-recognised world cultural heritage site.

(VOV) -The national flag of Vietnam was hoisted at a solemn ceremony in Incheon, the Republic of Korea (RoK), on September 17, marking the presence of the Vietnamese sport delegation to the 17th Asian Games (ASIAD 17).

(VOV) - Vietnamese actress and former Tourism Ambassador Ly Nha Ky garbed in classic costume received high praise at the recent winter-autumn fashion week in Paris.

(VOV) - Photos portraying the daily life in old Hanoi from 1914-1917 come to life at a colourful photographic exhibition by French photographer Léon Busy, which opened in Paris at the Southeast Asia Student House on September 15.    

Top Vietnamese male swimmer Hoang Quy Phuoc will carry Vietnam's national flag at the opening ceremony of the 17th Asian Games (Asiad) in Incheon, the Republic of Korea, on September 19.

An outclassed Vietnam women's football team went down five-nil to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the Group ‘C' opener at the 17th Asian Games on September 16.

(VOV) -The Singapore Art Museum (SAM) and Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) Foundation has recently announced the 15 finalists of the APB Foundation Signature Art Prize 2014.

With the wedding season fast approaching, prospective grooms and brides who are agonising over plans for their big day may learn much from the MarryWedding Day annual fair.

(VOV) -Touropia, a tourism website, has chosen Hoi An ancient town as one of the 10 World Famous Canals.

Nguyen Trong Khoi, an overseas Vietnamese living in Boston, the US, is showing 20 of his oil paintings at the Cam Xuc Dai Ngan (Sylvan Sentiments) exhibition at Tu Do Gallery in HCM City.

The Vietnam Olympic football team produced a dream start to their campaign at the 17th Asian Games (Asiad) in Incheon, the Republic of Korea (RoK), as they beat out their Iranian counterparts by a shocking score of 4-1 on September 15.

Vietnamese badminton player Vu Thi Trang now ranks 75th in the world based on the Badminton World Federation's latest figures.

(VOV) - The Vietnam Olympic football team faces off with Iran in the opening match of the 2014 Asian Games in the Republic of Korea (RoK) at 3pm on September 15.

(VOV) - The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) took to the stage of the Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre in the city of Perm Russia on September 14 under the baton of renowned Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji.

An exhibition of etched paintings from artists of Vietnam and Belgium has opened at the Museum of Fine Arts and Ceramics in Verviers City.

(VOV) -A ceremony was held in Hanoi on September 13 to encourage and motivate the Vietnamese athletes who will be competing at the 17th Asian Games (ASIAD 17) in the Republic of Korea from September 19 to October 4.

(VOV) - Art troupes from the Vietnam National Puppetry Theatre debuted Vietnamese folk art water puppetry or “Mua Roi Nuoc” in Yokohama from September 13-14.

(VOV) - Despite home field advantage, the Vietnamese national team suffered a harrowing 0-1 defeat at the hands of their tenacious Japanese opponents at National My Dinh Stadium on September 13.

(VOV) - Mayor Alan Nagy of the City of Newark, California on September 11 honoured Vietnamese origin Jennifer Chung for her altruistic contributions in pageants and community activities in the US.

(VOV) - Marksmen Hoang Xuan Vinh and Tran Quoc Cuong have earned the right to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

(VOV) - The Hanoi Baseball Open International Championship tournament, which kicked off at the My Dinh national sports complex centre on September 13 and runs until 21, has attracted foreign teams from Russia, Thailand and Japan.

(VOV) - The Vietnamese national women’s team has arrived in Incheon, the Republic of Korea to compete at the Asian Games (ASIAD 17) taking place from September 14-October 4. 

Vietnam’s tourism potential and its cultural heritages were introduced at a workshop in Tokyo on September 12 as part of the 2014 Vietnam Tourism-Cultural Days in Japan. 

(VOV) -Four teams from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar will compete in the Toyota Mekong Club Championship 2014, set to take place in Binh Duong province from October 31 to November 2.

The Thai Fight World Battle Vietnam will be organised at Ho Chi Minh City's Phu Tho Gymnasium on September 20.

(VOV) - Vietnam together with diplomatic corps from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Pakistan, Thailand and China attended Embassy Day in Germany on September 10.

(VOV) -This year’s H’Mong Khen (pan-pipe) festival, held during the National Day holiday on Dong Van Karst Plateau, Ha Giang province, attracted large numbers of visitors.