Local female footballers beat Jordan at SEA champs
Local female footballers beat Jordan at SEA champs

(VOV) -Vietnamese female football players have overwhelmingly defeated their Jordanian rivals at the ongoing Southeast Asian Football Championships in Ho Chi Minh City.

Local female footballers beat Jordan at SEA champs
Mass performance of xoe folk dance to set Vietnamese record
Mass performance of xoe folk dance to set Vietnamese record

A mass performance of xoe folk dance with the participation of 2,033 people to set a Vietnamese record is scheduled to take place in Nghia Lo town, the northwestern mountainous province of Yen Bai, on September 29.

Mass performance of xoe folk dance to set Vietnamese record
Local table tennis player bags bronze at int’l tourney
Local table tennis player bags bronze at int’l tourney

(VOV) - Vietnamese player DinhQuangLinh won a bronze medal at the 27th International Golden Racket Tournament, which concluded in Ho Chi Minh City on September 14, after four days of competition.

Local table tennis player bags bronze at int’l tourney
Vietnam-Japan cultural festival opens in HCM City
Vietnam-Japan cultural festival opens in HCM City

(VOV) - A large number of Vietnamese and Japanese students, businesses and people participated in the Vietnam-Japan Cultural Day in Ho Chi Minh City on September 15.

Vietnam-Japan cultural festival opens in HCM City
Gymnast Ha Thanh takes bronze at Croatia Grand Prix
Gymnast Ha Thanh takes bronze at Croatia Grand Prix

(VOV) - Phan Thi Ha Thanh has won bronze for the vault event at the Grand Prix Osijek held in Croatia from September 13-15.

Gymnast Ha Thanh takes bronze at Croatia Grand Prix
U19 Vietnam make AFF semi-finals
U19 Vietnam make AFF semi-finals

(VOV) -Vietnam has qualified for the semi-finals of the ongoing ASEAN U19 Youth Football Championship in Indonesia, after defeating their hosts 2-1 on September 14.

U19 Vietnam make AFF semi-finals
Busy market for full moon festival
Busy market for full moon festival

(VOV) -Hanoi’s Giang Vo Exhibition Centre staged a special Mid-Autumn Festival market on September 14, offering local children the chance to enjoy a cozy atmosphere while admiring the diverse range of modern and traditional toys available to purchase.

Busy market for full moon festival
Tien Minh confronts tough Japan Open draw
Tien Minh confronts tough Japan Open draw

(VOV) - Vietnam’s Nguyen Tien Minh will need to overcome his internationally top 10 ranked opponent Wang Zhengming in his first match at the Japan Open on September 17.

Tien Minh confronts tough Japan Open draw
Third consecutive win for Vietnam at Davis Cup
Third consecutive win for Vietnam at Davis Cup

(VOV) - Vietnam defeated the hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE) 3-0 at the Davis Cup‘s BNP Paribas Asia/Oceania Zone Group III tie held at Dubai Aviation Club on September 13.

Third consecutive win for Vietnam at Davis Cup
Vietnamese Cultural Space opens in Italy
Vietnamese Cultural Space opens in Italy

(VOV) - A Vietnamese Cultural Space exhibition opened in the northern Italian city of Turin on September 13 as part of it’s the “Vietnam Days” programme in Turin. 

Vietnamese Cultural Space opens in Italy
Da Lat to launch Culture-Tourism Week
Da Lat to launch Culture-Tourism Week

(VOV) -The 2013 Culture and Tourism Week will take place in the Central Highland resort city of Da Lat, Lam Dong province from September 27–31.

Da Lat to launch Culture-Tourism Week
Korean band Sistar back to Vietnam
Korean band Sistar back to Vietnam

(VOV) - Korean band Sistar will join a number of other famous Asian artists at the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) TV Song Festival in Hanoi on October 26.

Korean band Sistar back to Vietnam
Women footballers claim first win in Myanmar
Women footballers claim first win in Myanmar

(VOV) - The national women’s football team has defeated Malaysia 1-0 in their 2013 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup match on September 13. 

Women footballers claim first win in Myanmar
French electro artists stage Hanoi, HCM City concerts
French electro artists stage Hanoi, HCM City concerts

(VOV) -French and Vietnamese artists will perform “Siestes Electroniques”, an innovative suite of electronic music compositions, to audiences in Ho Chi Minh City on October 12 and in Hanoi on October 19.

French electro artists stage Hanoi, HCM City concerts
“Fierce” rock stars to perform in HCM City
“Fierce” rock stars to perform in HCM City

Four well-known rock bands hope to take Ho Chi Minh City by storm on September 14. 

“Fierce” rock stars to perform in HCM City
Vietnam Days in Japan
Vietnam Days in Japan

(VOV) - Vietnam Days in Japan opened on September 12 with the participation of around 1,000 Vietnamese and Japanese people.

Vietnam Days in Japan
Vietnam keen on world heritage protection
Vietnam keen on world heritage protection

Since Hue imperial relic complex was the first to be recognised by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site two decades ago, the number of Vietnam’s recognised heritage items has been increased.

Vietnam keen on world heritage protection
Buffalo fighting festival recognized as national intangible heritage
Buffalo fighting festival recognized as national intangible heritage

(VOV) - The Do Son buffalo fighting festival in the northern port city of Haiphong was officially recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage on September 12 during the celebration of the National Tourism Year of Red River Delta-Haiphong 2013.

Buffalo fighting festival recognized as national intangible heritage
Big challenge for Vietnam at Asian volleyball champs
Big challenge for Vietnam at Asian volleyball champs

(VOV) - Vietnamese women will play the most competitive game against their Japanese opponents in their first group match of the 2013 Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship in Thailand at 16.00pm on September 13.

Big challenge for Vietnam at Asian volleyball champs
Vietnamese players enter Davis Cup semi-final
Vietnamese players enter Davis Cup semi-final

(VOV) - Vietnam trounced Pacific Oceania 2-1 to earn a ticket to the semi-final of the Davic Cup-a BNP Paribas Asia/Oceania Zone Group III event held at Dubai Aviation Club, the UAE on September 12.

Vietnamese players enter Davis Cup semi-final
U19 Vietnam win second match at ASEAN tournament
U19 Vietnam win second match at ASEAN tournament

Vietnam won their second-round match at the ongoing ASEAN Under-19 Football Championship in Indonesia on September 12.

U19 Vietnam win second match at ASEAN tournament
Joint Singapore-Vietnam stamp range issued
Joint Singapore-Vietnam stamp range issued

(VOV) - Singapore Post has debuted its collaborative Vietnam-Singapore range of stamps during a ceremony on September 12.

Joint Singapore-Vietnam stamp range issued
Vietnam up in FIFA rankings
Vietnam up in FIFA rankings

(VOV) - The Vietnamese men’s football team has climbed three notches to 153rd in the latest International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) rankings released for September.

Vietnam up in FIFA rankings
HCMC to host 2013 YxineFF Film Festival
HCMC to host 2013 YxineFF Film Festival

(VOV) - The 2013 YxineFF International Short Film Festival, themed “Choice," will open in Ho Chi Minh City on September 21.

HCMC to host 2013 YxineFF Film Festival
Local photographer receives int’l award
Local photographer receives int’l award

(VOV) - Vietnamese photographer Le Duy Hoang has won third prize in the Hamdan International Photography Award’s (HIPA) black-and-white category.

Local photographer receives int’l award
Vietnam Film Week opens in Argentina
Vietnam Film Week opens in Argentina

(VOV) - A Vietnam Film Week kicked off in the Argentinean capital of Buenos Aires on September 11 to mark the 40th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties. 

Vietnam Film Week opens in Argentina
Local diners sample free Japanese meals
Local diners sample free Japanese meals

A Japanese food festival where every table with a Vietnamese guest gets free food opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 11. 

Local diners sample free Japanese meals
Hue specialties to come on foreign markets
Hue specialties to come on foreign markets

(VOV) -Thua Thien-Hue province has a plan afoot to bring Hue specialties to foreign markets.

Hue specialties to come on foreign markets
Vietnam A win at Golden Racket
Vietnam A win at Golden Racket

(VOV) -Vietnam A beat Malaysia 3-0 in the opening match of the men’s team event at the 27th International Golden Racket Tournament in Ho Chi Minh City on September 11.

Vietnam A win at Golden Racket
East meets West for performing arts festival in Hanoi
East meets West for performing arts festival in Hanoi

(VOV) -Hanoi will host a contemporary dance festival entitled “Europe meets Asia in Contemporary Dance” from September 25-29 following an initiative by the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC).

East meets West for performing arts festival in Hanoi
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