(VOV) -A photographic exhibition opened in the former imperial city of Hue on September 2, featuring its relic sites of the past and present.

(VOV) -Nearly 200 Mong ethnic people in the northern province of Ha Giang have enjoyed the impressive sights and sounds at the Mong Panpipe Festival, starting on August 31.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s dream of playing a final match of the U16 Southeast Asia (SEA) Football Championships turned sour after they lost 1-0 to Malaysia in a semi-final match on August 31.

(VOV) -Host bodybuilders clinched four more gold medals at the Asian Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships in HCM City on August 31, bringing Vietnam’s total number of gold to nine.

(VOV) - Vo Trong Nghia Architects’ Dai Lai Conference Hall designs were included in the winners of the 2013 International Architecture Awards.

(VOV) - A host of cultural activities will be held across the country to commemorate Vietnam’s National Day (September 2).

(VOV) - Vietnamese athlete Pham Van Mach has claimed a gold medal in the men’s 55kg division at the 47th Asian Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships in HCM City’s Phu Tho Gymnasium.

(VOV) - The 2013 Danang International Marathon Competition, slated for September 1, also marks Vietnam’s official entry into the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS). 

(VOV) - The Scottish city of Edinburgh will host a Vietnam Discovery Day on September 7, celebrating the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the UK and Northern Ireland (1973-2013). 

(VOV) - The second Hanoi Poetry and Storytelling Slam, titled “Lost in Translation”, will be held in Hanoi on September 11.

(VOV) -A four-month exhibition at Hanoi’s National History Museum is showcasing almost 140 priceless pieces of ancient Vietnamese jewellery.

(VOV) -Flower lovers are flocking to Hanoi’s Vietnamese Women’s Museum (VWM) to enjoy the “Flowers and Life” exhibition taking place over August 30–September 2.

Up to 17 of the total 33 disciplines at the 2013 SEA Games will be broadcast live, according to an announcement by the Games’ organsing board in Myanmar on August 28.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s Thai Son Nam team has failed to earn a ticket to the semi-finals of the AFC Futsal Club Championships in Japan.

The Vietnam Culture Week 2013 started in Laos on August 29 on the occasion of Vietnam’s upcoming National Day (Sept. 2). 

(VOV) - The Six Tones, a Vietnamese-Swedish experimental music ensemble, will launch its double album “Signal in Noise” in Hanoi on August 30.

(VOV) - The Ukraine’s Kharkov City will host a week long photography exhibition and film festival entitled “Vietnam: World’s Rendezvous” from August 30 to September 5.

The Hanoi Ca Tru Club is launching free weekly performances, starting August 31, to popularize one of the most preserved Vietnamese traditional art forms and a piece of world cultural heritage. 

(VOV) -The Vietnamese football team easily thrashed Brunei 11-0 in its final match of the U16 Southeast Asia (SEA) Football Championships on August 28.

(VOV) -Le Anh Dung and Nguyen Van Cuong, together with their coach Tran Van Hai, will join the Korean track-cycling team in a training course at Yang Yang from September 2-October 17.

Nine Vietnamese together with nearly 40 youths from other nine ASEAN member countries are gathering in Singapore to participate in the ASEAN Youth Camp 2013.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s Thai Son Nam team under Italian coach Sergio Gargelli was thrashed 2-7 by much stronger host Nagoya Oceans at the AFC Futsal Club Championships in Japan on August 28.

(VOV) -Pune Pistons club’s Nguyen Tien Minh lost 0-2 to Ajay Jayaram from Hyderabad Hotshots at the men’s singles event in the semi-finals of the first Indian Badminton League (IBL) on August 28.

(VOV) - The national women’s football squad left for Busan, the Republic of Korea, on August 27 beginning a two-week training course in preparation for the upcoming ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Women’s Championship.  

(VOV) -Vietnam’s Thai Son Nam team was held to a 2-2 draw by China’s Shenzhen Nanling team in the first group A match of the 2013 AFC Futsal Club Championships at Oceans Arena in Nagoya, Japan, on August 27.

Vietnam Television and BHD Company have announced plans to produce a local version of popular reality show Big Brother.

Over 400 pictures and objects depicting the unique culture of the Cham ethnic group are being displayed in Phan Rang-Thap Cham city of the southern province of Ninh Thuan at an exhibition that opened on August 27. 

(VOV) - Quang Ninh province’s Ha Long City will host the 18th Vietnam Film Festival over October 12–15.

(VOV) - The Danish Embassy in Hanoi will open a Vietnamese art exhibition featuring 26 works by both established and emerging painters on August 29.

(VOV) - Despite co-hosting the 2014 ASEAN Football Championship’s AFF Suzuki Cup, Vietnam will enter the tournament unseeded due to disappointing results at recent AFF Cup tournaments.