(VOV) -Vietnam lost 0-3 to Australia in its third match of the U16 Southeast Asia (SEA) Football Championships on August 26.

(VOV) -Badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh’s 2-0 victory over World No.20 Gurusaiddutt from Awadhe Warriors has helped his Pune Pistons club advance to the semi-final round of India’s first badminton league (IBL).

(VOV) -Lai Huong Thao will represent Vietnam at the sixty third Miss World 2013 beauty contest, to be held in Bali Bay, Indonesia from September 3- 28.

(VOV) - The Vietnamese embassy in Berlin on August 25 introduced Vietnam’s culture to international visitors at Germany’s “Open Days” programme.

(VOV) - An art performance was held in the central province of Quang Nam on August 25 to close the three-day Hoi An-Japan cultural exchange.

(VOV) - Vietnamese player Ly Hoang Nam will take part in 10 international young tennis tournaments in preparation for Australia Open 2014.

A new exhibition of 163 paintings, sculpture and other art works has opened at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum as part of celebrations of the 68th National Day, which falls on September 2.

Famous Brazilian flutist Joao Bastos and pianist Yara Borges will stage a special music performance in Hanoi next month.

Hanoi T&T seized the V-League Championship after defeating hosts Dong Tam Long An 2-1 at Long An stadium on August 25 with the final round match in hand.

The H’Mong ethnic group’s pan-pipe festival will take place in Dong Van Karst Plateau in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang this month. 

(VOV) - A presentation contest on cultural similarities between Vietnam and Japan was held at the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Teachers Training College on August 25.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s international chess grandmaster Le QuangLiem has been awarded 10 points to his Elo ratings following his outstanding performance at recent international competitions.

(VOV) -Around 350 athletes from 27 countries will be competing at the 47th Asian Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship in Ho Chi Minh City from August 30-September 1.

(VOV) -As many as 1,500 Japanese and Vietnamese people gathered in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province on August 24 to celebrate the Vietnam-Japan Cultural Day 2013.

(VOV) -Two Vietnamese athletes took home two more golds at the ongoing Asian Youth Games in China, elevating Vietnam’s position in the overall medal tally.

A festival to pray for a good fishing harvest, known as Cau Ngu Festival, commenced in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on August 22. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese visitors will have the chance to enjoy photojournalistic reportage from 22 global cities at an exhibition due to open in Hanoi on August 28.

(VOV) - Thai Son Nam FC has welcomed two foreign players into its fold to prepare for the upcoming 2013 AFC Futsal Club Championship beginning on August 27.

(VOV) - The Finnish Virka Gallery will host the Vietnamese cinema exhibition “Country Rises Up from War” over September 12–18, commemorating 40 years of Vietnam-Finland diplomatic ties.

(VOV) -The 22nd National Junior Shooting Championships kicked off at Hanoi’s National Centre for Sport and Physical Training on August 23.

(VOV) - The Brazilian FC Santos and Spanish FC Malaga will each play a friendly match against Vietnam’s U23 team as part of the Ho Chi Minh City Football Cup later this September. 

(VOV) - The Vietnam Association of Fine Arts, Gold Jewellery, and Gemstones (VAFAGJG) on August 23 announced Ly Nha Ky as the National Jewellery Ambassador.

The Vietnam Book of Records (Vietbooks) has become an associate of the World Records University. 

(VOV) -A collection of 100 unique Ao Dai (traditional long dress) samples from three Vietnamese designers will be showed at Chambord, the most ancient and famous castle in the world, France on September 7.

(VOV) -Grandmaster Le Quang Liem was narrowly beaten by the Chess World Cup defending champion Peter Svidler in their tie-break games on August 23.

(VOV) -Nguyen Thi Anh Vien has performed well to defeat strong rivals from Thailand and the Republic of Korea.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s badminton Nguyen Tien Minh will be selected as No.1 seed to play at the Chinese Taiwan Open 2013 due to open in China on September 3.

(VOV) - The venerable cultural and artistic traditions of China’s Guangdong province are on display at a Ho Chi Minh Museum exhibition opened in Hanoi on August 22.

(VOV) -The Vietnam National Museum of History has launched the country’s first three-dimensional (3D) museum on August 22.

Vung Tau City in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau will celebrate the National Day as well as its status upgrade to a Grade 1 city with a four-day (August 22-25) food festival.