(VOV) -The photo contest “I Love My City, My People”, sponsored by the French Consulate General in HCM City, is now accepting entries, hoping to encourage Vietnamese artistic expressions of local love for the homeland.

Vietnam's representatives at the Kumpoo Macau Open Badminton Grand Prix Gold Series all crashed out in the first round on November 27.

(VOV) -Phan Nhu Thao has outclassed other Vietnamese candidates to represent the country at Asia’s Next Top Model 2013.

(VOV) -Eight new contemporary art projects of national and foreign artists in Vietnam will get US$100,000 financial support from the Danish Vietnamese Cultural Development and Exchange Fund (CDEF) in late 2013.

The New Music Festival 2013 will be held in Hanoi from November 30 to December 8.

(VOV) -Vietnamese players have brought home five bronze medals from the 2013 Southeast Asian Tennis Championships held in the Thai capital Bangkok over November 22–25.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s Pham Nhu Thao and Le Thu Huyen are competing at the 2013 Macau International Open Championships, running from November 26–December 12.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s wrestling team expects to win 6 golds at the upcoming SEA Games scheduled to open in Myanmar on December 11.

The first ever Japan-Vietnam piano festival will take place in Hanoi from November 27-29.

(VOV) - The late President Ho Chi Minh’s biography in the Hindi version has been published in India.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s representative Tran Thi Quynh reached the top six of the 2013 Mrs World beauty contest, which concluded in Guangzhou, China, on November 23.

Two-time Formula One champion Mika Hakkinen of Finland will arrive in Vietnam to demonstrate his driving skills with super cars on November 23 night in Ho Chi Minh City.

A fire jumping performance by 100 Pa Then ethnic artisans warmed up Cultural Heritage Tourism Week for Ethnic Minority Groups in the northernmost province of Ha Giang on November 22.

(VOV) -Tran Thi Quynh, the 2007 Miss Sports Vietnam, has impressed audiences with her elegance during the traditional costume, bikini, and evening gown sections of the 2013 Mrs World beauty pageant.

(VOV) -Fifty young people from the Republic of Korea’s Daejeon city joined their Vietnamese counterparts at the second Vietnam-RoK cultural exchange in Binh Duong province on November 23.

(VOV) -Experts discussed measures to preserve the costume and fashion traditions of the country’s ethnic minorities, at a seminar in Hanoi on November 22.

(VOV) - A Vietnamese diplomat believes the country’s success as a UNESCO Executive Board member during 2010–2013 testifies to its multilateral outlook and comprehensive international integration.

(VOV) -The Consulate General of the Netherlands has inaugurated its 2013 Holland Village at District 1’s September 23 Park, marking the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-Dutch diplomatic ties.

Antique lovers will have a chance to contemplate old French furnishings which appeared in Vietnam throughout the 19th century and are now on display at Bien Hoa Ancient Citadel in the southern province of Dong Nai.

(VOV) -Vietnamese pop star Thu Minh has honoured with won the  Best Asian Artisttitle at the 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA).

(VOV) -Japanese artist Toba Mika’s painting exhibition “Landscape in Memory” opened in Ho Chi Minh City on November 22.

(VOV) -Renowned British Conductor Colin Metters has led the November 21–22 “UK Concert” at Hanoi Opera House, celebrating the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the UK.

(VOV) -Ho Chi Minh City’s War Remnants Museum has launched an exhibition on November 22 tracing the history of Vietnam’s iconic long dress Ao Dai during wartime.

(VOV) - The Vietnamese people’s life in the early 19th century will be lively featured at colour photographic exhibition by Leon Busy at French Cultural Centre L'Espace, in Hanoi from December 6 to January 4, 2014.

(VOV) - An exhibition opened in Thai Nguyen on November 21 displaying late President Ho Chi Minh and other revolutionary leaders’ activities in Longzhou, Guangxi province, China.

(VOV) - The image “Throwing Fishing”, captured by photographer Hoang Giang Hai, has been included among 18 photos receiving awards from the American National Geographic Magazine.

Vietnam lost 1-2 to Japan in their first match at the Ho Chi Minh City International Futsal Tournament at the Phu Tho Gymnasium on November 20. 

(VOV) -A grand ceremony was held in Hanoi on November 20 to send off a Vietnamese sports delegation for the 27th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Myanmar this December.

(VOV) - ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) experts are making a fact-finding tour of Vietnam’s infrastructure facilities in preparation for AFF Suzuki Cup 2014.

Truong Minh Dien of Vietnam has won the 2013 CGAP Photo Contest for his photo Rainy Afternoon.