Nguyen Tien Minh will take part in the Maybank Malaysian Open badminton tournament as an unseeded player.

A team of 120 Vietnamese athletes will compete at the ASEAN Para Games in Myanmar from January 14-20.

AS Roma defeated Vietnam 2-1 in their first match of the International U19 Football Tournament in HCM City on January 6.

(VOV) - An exhibition providing indisputable documentary evidence of Vietnam's sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes opened at Dak Lak Museum on January 6.

Hoang Xuan Vinh will be the Vietnamese representative at the seventh Asian Airgun Championships in Kuwait from March 7-13.

The winners of the V-League 2014 will receive VND4 billion (US$190,000) in cash, according to the Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF).

The National Ba Ra Mountain Climbing Tournament will kick off on January 10 at the foot of Ba Ra Mountain in Binh Phuoc province.

A new record was set in the history of vintage buildings, when two ancient houses and a lake were recently recognised by the Vietnam Book of Records (VietKings). 

(VOV) - The U19 Tottenham and U19 Japan teams arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on January 4 ahead of the upcoming Nutifood Cup (January 6–10).

(VOV) -The 2014 Hue Festival’s organising board announced 45 international art troupes from 35 countries have already registered to attend the celebration’s eighth iteration, taking place from April 12 to 20.

(VOV) -Young Vietnamese young badminton player Pham Cao Cuong has secured 7th place in the latest World Badminton Federation (WBF) rankings.

(VOV) -The Vietnam Football Federation has announced the 2014 National U19 Football Tournament will officially begin on February 9.

(VOV) - The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has authorised Binh Thuan province and the Vo Viet Chung Company to organize Miss Vietnam Ocean 2014.

(VOV) - Young Russian literary prodigy Mikhail Samarsky on January 2 held an exchange with Vietnamese audiences in HCM City and presented audio books to the blind under the program “Seeds of the Soul” launched by First News Company.

(VOV) - Former Manchester United (MU) striker Dwight Yorke took centre stage at a Gala Dinner in Hanoi on January 2 to welcome the FIFA World Cup Trophy to Vietnam.

The Prime Minister recently recognised 37 new national treasures, including works from the Dong Son and Oc Eo cultures.

Ethnic minorities are increasingly choosing not to wear their traditional costumes, especially for their daily activities.

(VOV) - Three female Vietnamese volleyball players are performing for two Thai clubs at its national volleyball tournament.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s international chess grandmaster Le Quang Liem has added six points to his Elo rating after winning the Pan American Inter-Collegiate Chess Championship at Texas’ Webster University on January 1.

The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong will spend VND38.1 billion (US$1.8 million) preserving, restoring and promoting the values of Cat Tien relic site in the remote district of the same name.

Two-time V-League champions Hoang Anh Gia Lai have signed a one-year deal with Nigerian Timothy Ajembe from the Ninh Binh team after a two-week trial, according to the team's coach Nguyen Tan Anh.

(VOV) -An exhibition, which opened in Hanoi on January 1, displays 103 photos of legendary General Vo Nguyen Giap to mark his 100-day death anniversary.

(VOV) -Hanoi held a ceremony honoring the outstanding performance and achievements of local swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien, who broke two records and won three gold medals, two silver and a bronze for her country at the recent 27th SEA Games.

(VOV) - Over 200,000 domestic and foreign visitors enjoyed the 2013 Da Lat Tourism and Culture Week in the Central Highlands city of the same name, dubbed as a “small Paris” or a “city of thousands of flowers”.

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh on December 31 held a ceremony to receive a certificate recognising Cham Rieng Cha Pay, a traditional folk music practised by Khmer ethnic people, as part of the national intangible cultural heritage.

(VOV) -The Khanh Hoa Provincial People Committee and Hoan Vu Saigon Joint Stock Company reached a December 31 agreement designating Nha Trang City the host of Vietnam’s Miss Universe 2014.

(VOV) - Vietnamese football has witnessed a 2013 filled with both joy and sadness.

(VOV) - The FIFA World Cup trophy arrived in Hanoi on December 31, beginning a Vietnam visit that will last until January 2, 2014.

(VOV) -Vietnam Next Top Model 2011 Hoang Thuy, who is currently on a cultural exchange visit to Scotland, appeared in a photo shoot in London recently.

(VOV) -A perfect combination of Vietnamese puppetry and Andersen fairy tales has made a deep impression on French audiences.