A youth street arts festival on September 28 is expected to attract hundreds of young people, featuring three types of street entertainment – skating, freestyle football and hip-hop dancing. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese girls left for Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw on September 27 to compete at the 2013 ASEAN Futsal Tournament from September 28 to October 3.

(VOV) - The country has won a total of one gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the 28th Sepak Takraw World Championship 2013 held in UdonThani province, Thailand.

(VOV) - Vietnamese player Ngo Lan Huong ranked first at the Asian Xiangqi (Chinese chess) Championships held in Sydney, Australia from September 22-27.

(VOV) - Vietnamese designer Hoang Minh Ha’s “Black Rose” collection has been displayed along with others from 10 foreign designers in Paris.

A book exhibition opened in Hanoi on September 26 to mark the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-UK diplomatic ties. 

(VOV) - Young Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has secured a place in the China Junior U16 Beijing’s semi-final after defeating leading host player Zheng Weiqiang 2-0 on September 26.

The city of Dien Bien Phu in the northern province of Dien Bien is geared up for the third “ con ” (colourful fabric ball) throwing festival slated for October 25-27, with locals from neighbouring Laos and China.

(VOV) -A photographic exhibition opened at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi on September 25, featuring the solidarity movements of Vietnamese and Italian people during the 1960-1970 period.

(VOV) - Twenty-one players of the national football squad will train in Hanoi, starting on September 26, to prepare for Asian Cup 2015 qualifiers.

(VOV) - Former Italian soccer star Fabio Cannavaro will be in Vietnam to attend the Tiger Street Football 2013 tournament.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s largest ever Xoe dance, expected to involve 2,000 artists, will be held in Yen Bai province’s Nghia Lo town stadium on September 29.

(VOV) - The Asian Book of Records has acknowledged Hanoi’s Thang Long Water Puppetry Theatre as the only Asian theatre performing water puppet shows every day of the year.

Hanoi will hold the first festival of Chau Van singing from late September to early October, the municipal Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism said on September 23. 

(VOV) - Hanoi and HCM City are among the most attractive Southeast Asian cities and have become ideal destinations for young people from the UK.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s No1 badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh is expected to win the 2013 National Badminton Champions, which opened in HCM City on September 23.

(VOV) - A UK Week in Vietnam will be held from September 28 to October 4, according to the British embassy.

(VOV) -A showcase of stencil art by Knee Jerk will take place at Manzi Art Space, No14 Phan Huy Ich Street, Hanoi from September 25 to October 7.

The Iranian folk music group Homayoun will perform several famous traditional Persian music pieces at a performance in Hanoi this week.

(VOV) - Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem and 16 international Grand Masters have registered to participate in the Spice Cup in the US from October 15-19.

(VOV) - Five hundred athletes from 48 teams across the country are involved in the 2013 national track-and-field championships which opened in Hanoi on September 22.

Fourteen books were honoured at the Good Books Awards 2013 ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on September 22.

Son Dong village in Hanoi’s outlying Hoai Duc district is known as a dynamic craft village with enduring vitality, where talented artisans breathe fresh air into their products and enthusiastically promote their brand to the world. 

Indonesia defeated Vietnam 7- in a penalty shootout to claim the ASEAN U19 Youth Football Championships on their home turf on September 22.

Thua Thien-Hue province needs to create an overall management plan for the Hue imperial relic complex that is in line with the local planning, ensuring harmony between development and preservation, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said. 

(VOV) -Host Hanoi ranked first in the medal tally of the 2013 National Canoeing Championships, which concluded on September 22.

(VOV) -Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh secured a bronze medal at the Japan Open championships in Tokyo, after losing 0-2 to the world top seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia on September 21.

(VOV) -The 2013 Canoeing Championships kicked off at the Ho Tay (West Lake) Club in Hanoi on September 21).

(VOV) - World Records University  Principal Thomas Bains has granted honorary doctorate degrees to six Vietnamese and five Indian record holders in a HCM City ceremony on September 21.

(VOV) - Vietnam's U23 team has dominated its friendly match against Reac Sportiskola’s U21 team, winning their Hungary training match 6-0.