Vietnam will send five representatives to compete at the Badminton Asia Youth U17 and U15 2013 Championships starting on October 8 in Indonesia.

A festival has been held for the first time by Vietnamese and foreign volunteers, aiming to spread Vietnam’s culture to international friends and visitors.

(VOV) -Vietnam has put forward four representatives to act as referees at football and futsal competitions during the coming 27th SEA Games in Myanmar from December 1-21.

The “Du Sieu Nhan” (Superman Swings) act performed by eight Vietnamese circus artists has won a gold medal at the 14th Val d'Oise (Domont) International Circus Festival in the French capital Paris.

A special lecture at the Hanoi University on October 8 will focus on Korean cuisine, with Professor Jung Hee Sun of Sookmyung Women's University in Seoul teaching the students about dishes that have been featured on several South Korean TV series. 

The first international mountain marathon in Vietnam took place in Sa Pa in the northern province of Lao Cai on October 6.

Thailand defended their title at the Yamaha ASEAN U13 Football Cup in Hanoi on October 6.

(VOV) - The nation joined the ASEAN Festival 2013 in Yokohama City’s Yamashita park, Japan on October 5-6.

(VOV) - Hanoi Moi (New Hanoi) newspaper’s annual open marathon was held around Ho Guom (Sword Lake) on October 6, drawing 1,200 domestic and foreign competitors.

(VOV) - Vietnamese gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh has failed to defend her bronze medal in the women’s single vault at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.

(VOV) - The northern mountainous province of Ha Giang will host a Cultural Heritage Tourism Week of the Ethnic Minority Groups from November 19-23.

(VOV) - The Japanese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and the City’s Youth Cultural House co organised Japan-Vietnam Cultural Exchange Festival - JAPAN DAY 2013 on October 6.

(VOV) - The Vietnamese squad defeated its Hong Kong (China) rivals 5-1 at the second match in group F of the U19 Asian football tournament’s qualifying round in Malaysia on October 5.

(VOV) - The U13 Viettel team (Vietnam 1) drew with U13 Red Garuda (Indonesia) 2-2 in the second match of the Yamaha ASEAN Under-13 Football Cup in Hanoi on October 5.

(VOV) - The Australian capital city of Canberra hosted its 2013 Vietnamese Cultural Festival on October 4.

(VOV) - The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) has allocated US$20,000 in funding to Thua Thien-Hue province’s “Football for All in Vietnam” (FFAV) initiative.

(VOV) - Katsura Kan, a Japanese master of Butoh dance, will conduct a workshop, a video lecture, and a Butoh performance at Hanoi’s BlackBox Art Centre over October 9–12.

The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will perform Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Cinderella at the Opera House next week. 

Nearly 100 photos reflecting the establishment and development of diplomatic ties and friendship between Vietnam and the United Kingdom are being showcased at an exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City from October 4-12.

(VOV) - The U13 Viettel team (Vietnam 1) has beaten U13 Malaysia 3-2 in the opening match of the Yamaha ASEAN Under-13 Football Cup in Hanoi on October 4.

(VOV) - Vietnamese gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh’s 14.966 point average has placed her fourth in the women’s single vault at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, earning a ticket to the tournament’s October 5 final round. 

(VOV) - A selection of Vietnamese artist Thai Nhat Minh’s sculptures is on display at the Asia Contemporary Art Show in Hong Kong, China, from October 3–6.

(VOV) - A photography exhibition documenting the Institute for Research and Development’s (IRD) Vietnamese activities opened at Hanoi’s French Cultural Centre L’Espace on October 3. 

A major percussion concert will be held in Hanoi on October 17-18 to mark Vietnam-Japan Friendship Year and the 40th anniversary of ASEAN-Japan cooperation. 

The final of this year’s Vietnam–China Friendship Singing Contest for the northern mountainous, midland and coastal region took place in the northern province of Quang Ninh on October 3. 

(VOV) -The Vietnamese squad defeated its Taiwanese rivals 6-1 at the opening match in F group of the U19 Asian football tournament’s qualifying round in Malaysia on October 3.

The Asian Record’s Organisation is about to grant certificates recognising Hanoi’s three unique dishes for their meeting Asian culinary values.

(VOV) -The Vietnamese women’s futsal team has defeated their Thai rivals 4-3 in the final of the pre-SEA Games futsal tournament concluded in Myanmar on October 3.

(VOV) - A banquet and a fashion show were held by the British Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on October 2. 

(VOV) - Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh, seeded No. 6 at Denmark Open 2013, will not meet rivals in the world’s top 15 in the first two rounds.