(VOV) -The first international theatre schools festival opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 5.

A photographic festival covering different aspects of life in the Mekong Delta is underway in the southernmost province of Ca Mau.

He was a spy like no other, respected by both sides, enemy and friend alike. His story, told six years ago in a book by Larry Berman, an American historian, surprised and even shocked the US reading public.

Two conservation and restoration projects in Vietnam have been singled out for excellence in the 2013 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation announced on September 3.

(VOV) -Leading Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has defeated hometown rival Sheng-Jie Yang (ranked world no. 337) in their September 5 second round match at the 2013 Taiwan Open Grand Prix Gold.

(VOV) -Vietnam has finished in first place after the 7th World Shuttlecock Championship’s (WSC) four days of competition, concluded in the Mekong Delta’s Dong Thap province on September 5.

Rugby players from Hanoi, Bangkok and Laos will join the London 2013 Olympic Legacy International Friendship Rugby Tournament at Hanoi’s Hang Day Stadium on September 7.

French dance company Chiroptera John Bateman and a Vietnamese dancer will perform a contemporary dance at L’Espace on September 25, inspired by the endurance of the Vietnamese people during the Vietnam War.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s Cải Lão Hoàn Đồng (Rejuvenation) was voted as the most favourite item at the China-ASEAN Theatre Festival held in the city of Nanning from August 28-September 2.

As many as 15 artists from Hue Royal Art Theatre have joined Japanese musicians to perform in Japan’s Nara prefecture in celebration of the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

The book Give Me A Ticket to Childhood by Vietnamese writer Nguyen Nhat Anh has just been published in the Republic of Korea by Dasanbooks publishing house. 

(VOV) - Vietnam’s women’s trios on September 4 earned places in the semi-finals of the ongoing 7th World Shuttlecock Championship (WSC) held in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap. 

(VOV) - The national squad will play a friendly match with Qatar at Al-Sadd stadium in Doha on October 9. 

(VOV) - The Vietnamese Embassy, in collaboration, with the Cuba-Vietnam Friendship Association, screened a documentary on President Ho Chi Minh in Havana on September 3 as part of activities to mark Vietnam’s National Day.

(VOV) - Vietnam will send 650 athletes to Southeast Asia’s largest sporting event SEA Games to be held in Myanmar from December 1-22, 2013.

(VOV) - Vietnamese representative Lai Huong Thao arrived in Indonesia on September 3 to take part in Miss World 2013.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s world No5 badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh defeated his host rival Chih Hsun Yang in the opening game of the 2013 Taiwan Open Grand Prix Gold on September 4. 

(VOV) -There will be as many as 150 stalls put up by 80 foreign and domestic enterprises at the Winter Fair 2013 in Ho Chi Minh City from December 19-22.

(VOV) -The “Asian Journalists' Culture Forum” will open in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on September 5 with the aim of promoting dialogues and cultural exchanges among Asian countries.

(VOV) - The Germany Embassy in Vietnam has invited Vertical Running World Champion Thomas Dold to take part in the Hanoi Vertical Run—the country’s highest stair-climbing race at the Keangnam Landmark 72 building on September 15.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s national U16 team has lost its September 2 match against its Australian opponents, finishing fourth in the U16 Southeast Asia (SEA) Football Championships hosted by Myanmar.

(VOV) - The famous South Korean band JYJ will arrive in Vietnam on October 24 as part of promotion for the 17th Asian Games (ASIAD) in 2014.

(VOV) - The Vietnamese National Symphony Orchestra will work with Japanese artists on a “Vietnam Japan 40 Autumn Concert Tour”, running from September 14 to October 1 and visiting both countries. 

The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony and Orchestra will celebrate its 19th anniversary with a gala concert featuring internationally reputed artists, conductor Le Phi Phi and pianist Nguyen Bich Tra. 

(VOV) - Vietnam’s world No5 badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has flown to Taipei in his quest for the 2013 Taiwan Open Grand Prix Gold title for the third time.

(VOV) -A mass wedding for 100 couples was held in Ho Chi Minh City on National Day (September 2).

(VOV) -The 7th World Shuttlecock Championship (WSC) kicked off in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap on September 2.

(VOV) - The Vietnamese Embassy in the UK and Northern Ireland will hold a cultural festival in Edinburgh, Scotland, on September 7 to mark the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-UK diplomatic ties.

(VOV) -Well-known Vietnamese director Dang Nhat Minh has received the Kim Dae-jung Nobel Peace Film Award at the Gwangju International Film Festival (IFF) which is being held in the Republic of Korea.

(VOV) -Vietnam triumphed at the 47th Asian Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships in HCM City, winning a total of 10 gold, 11 silver and 8 bronze medals.