(VOV) - Vietnamese-born pianist Pham Minh Hoang has been given first prize at the Young Performers Awards (YPA) organised by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).

Dragonfly Theatre Co and Sai Gon Sound System are set to stage Dangerous Liaisons, an English play based on the classic novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Choderlos De Laclos. 

An exhibition highlighting the presence of Vietnam in French books and newspapers from the 17th century to 1956 opened in France on October 12 to mark the Vietnam-France friendship exchange year.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s U23 squad has beaten the Nay Pyi Taw team of Myanmar, which was the runner-up of the Myanmar football championships, in a pre-SEA Games match on October 13.

(VOV) -Vietnam is scheduled in the list of 16 teams entering the U19 Asian Cup’s final round scheduled for Myanmar in late 2014.

(VOV) -Young player Pham Cao Cuong, seeded No.18 in the world, will represent Vietnam at the 2013 World Junior Badminton Championships due to open in Thailand on October 23.

(VOV) -Vietnam has won a 2-0 victory over Myanmar in the opening match of the 2013 U21  international football tournament sponsored by Thanh Nien (Youth) Newspaper, which kicked off in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan on October 13.

(VOV) - The Belgian Royal Museum of Fine Arts has opened its “Vietnamese Culture Space” on October 11, marking the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s football squad enjoyed an easy 2-0 victory in an October 11 friendly match against Qatar’s Al Arabi FC.

(VOV) - Plan International and the Centre for Studies and Applied Sciences in Gender, Family, Women, and Adolescents (CSAGA) opened their “My Life, My Dream” photo exhibition in Hanoi on October 11.

(VOV) - The Paris symphony orchestra will perform at Saigon Opera House on October 30 as part of its autumn tour around Asia.

(VOV) - General Vo Nguyen Giap’s documents and photographs are on display in the National Library of Vietnam, at 31 Trang Thi street in Hanoi.

Representatives from 80 travel agencies in the central provinces will participate in a Singaporean road show in Danang City on October 21.

(VOV) - The Southeast Asian Youth Chamber Orchestra (SEAYCO) will perform an October 14 concert at the Vietnam National Academy of Music.

(VOV) - Ho Chi Minh City’s Tourism Promotion Centre, in coordination with the city’s Tourism Association and the Saigon International Film School (SIFS), are running a Vietnamese street cuisine filmmaking competition from October 7 to December 7. 

(VOV) - Sixteen art troupes representing 11 countries and international organisations have registered to participate in the biennial Festival Hue next year. 

The national U19 team will enjoy a training course at European giant Arsenal's campus early next year. 

(VOV) -Thousands of books are on display at Autumn Book Fair 2013 which opened at the Vietnam Women’s Museum in Hanoi on October 10.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s football squad successfully reversed the situation to beat Qatar 2-1 in a friendly match early on October 10 (local time).

Vietnamese marksmen are in the Asian top 10, according to the latest ranking released on October 9.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s football squad will play a friendly match with Qatar’s leading Al Arabi FC, which is currently competing at the Qatar National Football Champs.

(VOV) -Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has received sponsorship from Japan’s Kawasaki group for his next ten tournaments.

(VOV) - The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology has received artifacts and documents as gifts from the Thai Ministry of Culture through the Embassy of Thailand in Hanoi on October 8.

(VOV) - Sieste Electronique-a French street music festival will be held in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City for the first time this October as part of the 2013 France Year in Vietnam.

(VOV) - Four Vietnamese athletes will arrive in Poland to take part in the 2013 World Weightlifting Championships on October 17.

(VOV) - The Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts (VECCA) opened its “Special Egypt” photographic exhibition on October 8, marking 50 years of Vietnam-Egypt diplomatic ties.

(VOV) - The fourth congress of the Asian National Museum Association (ANMA) opened in Hanoi on October 8, attracting museum managers and curators from ANMA member countries. 

(VOV) - The photography exhibition “Impressive ASEAN”, accompanied by an Indonesian, Malay, and Vietnamese cuisine exchange, has opened in Venezuela on October 7.

The Ho Chi Minh Chapter of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha on October 7 held a ceremony to introduce the film “The life of Buddha” to its followers. 

(VOV) -Vietnam claimed a convincing victory over Australia on October 7, successfully taking berth to the final round of the U19 Asian football tournament.