(VOV) - Vietnamese hopeful Ly Hoang Nam was knocked out of the ITF Copa Gatorade 2014 in Venezuela after outplayed by stronger Luz Orlando of Brazil in the first semi-final match on January 18.

Copies of 54 works by renowned Russian painter Nicholas Roerich have been put on display at an exhibition that opened on January 18 at the Museum of the Cultures of Vietnam’s Ethnic Groups (MCVE) in northern Thai Nguyen province. 

(VOV) -Vietnamese acrobats and circus artists performing “Đu quan họ” (Quan Ho swing) won a gold medal at a January 9–12 international circus festival in Italy.

(VOV) - Though Vietnam does not play any international matches in January, it jumps one notch in January’s FIFA standings to 143rd position.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s 10 additional gold medals January 17 have kept the team in third on the medal tally at the ongoing 7th ASEAN Para Games in Myanmar.

(VOV) -The Hanoi Museum is currently hosting a photographic exhibition asserting Vietnam’s indisputable sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes.

(VOV) -Young Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam is attracting attention in the Gatorade 2014 tourney in Venezuela following two consecutive back-to-back wins on January 17.

Vietnam Television will broadcast a music festival on January 30, Lunar New Year's Eve, as part of its annual Tet show.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s best badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has advanced three places to 7th in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings.

(VOV) - The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) plans to increase its investment in the national women’s football squad to improve their performance at the 2014 Asia finals.

(VOV) -A Vietnam National Museum of History (VNMH) exhibition on Japanese culture opened in Hanoi on January 16 with a view to strengthening the cultural exchanges and cooperation between the two countries.

Vietnam topped the medal tally after the first competition day of the ongoing seventh ASEAN Para Games in Myanmar with 11 gold, 12 silver and 13 bronze medals.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s No1 badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh on January 15 bid farewell to the 2014 Malaysia Open after losing 2-0 to a strong opponent from the Republic of Korea.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has appreciated development work undertaken by ethnic groups, reiterating that the Party and State attach great importance to ethnic community development.

(VOV) -A number of Vietnamese track-and-field athletes will attend training courses in Germany in the lead up to the 2014 ASIAD.

(VOV) - The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) will continue speeding up projects on preserving and developing the ethnic minority culture in 2014. 

(VOV) -A Spring Festival will be held at Quan Ngua Stadium in the capital city from January 21-26, according to the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

(VOV) - Denmark has announced a US$1.5 million aid package for Vietnam’s contemporary art projects over 2014-2016.

The OSP Nadarzyn Orchestra, a brass band propagating Polish culture in the form of music, will present its first performance in Vietnam at the 2014 Hue Festival, themed “Cultural heritage with integration and development” scheduled for April 12-20.

(VOV) -A Vietnamese folk painting seminar was held in Hanoi on January 13 in an effort to preserve this special genre of art.

(VOV) -The Nara National Research Institute for Japanese Cultural Properties is researching and developing preservation technology tailored to the priceless wooden relics within Hanoi’s Thang Long Imperial Citadel.

(VOV) -A Vietnamese sporting delegation arrived in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar to compete in the 7th ASEAN Para Games, which officially kick off on January 14.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s No1 badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has joined the Malaysia Open 2014, which is taking place from January 14-19.

(VOV) -Hamlets of the H’Mong ethnic minority in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong are warming up as spring approaches and ushers in hope of happiness and prosperity.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s U19 national team will attend training camps in the UK, Belgium and Japan in preparation for the upcoming Asian U19 Championships scheduled for Myanmar in October 2014.

A friendly ice hockey match was held in Hanoi on January 13 between Canadian and Vietnamese amateur players as part of the Canada-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Group’s visit to Vietnam.

(VOV) -Duo Ly Hoang Nam of Vietnam and Andrzejczuk of Poland failed to claim victory at the Coffee Bowl tennis tourney for young players in Costa Rica after being narrowly defeated in a Tiebreak match.

(VOV) -The Kim Dong Publishing House has introduced a series of fairy tales in both English and Vietnamese in time for the lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s athletics which have brought home trophy from Southeast Asian Games are receiving intensive investment to pursue their quest for Asian or Olympic gold medals.

Some 70 Indian and Vietnamese children vividly depicted their impressions about India and friendship between the two nations at a painting contest organised by the Indian consulate in HCM City on January 11.