(VOV) -A French jazz concert will be held in Hanoi to entertain music-lovers.

(VOV) - A flag-raising ceremony of the Vietnamese sports delegation was held in Nanjing, China, on August 15 where the 2013 Asian Youth Games is taking place.

(VOV) - Vietnamese top player Nguyen Tien Minh climbed two notches to 5th position for the second time in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released on August 15.

(VOV) - Grandmaster Le Quang Liem continued to draw with Vallejo Pons (Spain) in the second round of the 2013 Chess World Cup in Norway on August 15.

Spectacular photos of nature and life in the Canadian Arctic will be displayed at an exhibition in Hanoi on August 21, which is expected to bring the far-flung North Pole closer to Vietnamese people. 

(VOV) - The Asian Football Confederation has approved the Vietnam Football Federation’s bid to host the East Asian qualifiers for the 2014 Asian Futsal Championships.

(VOV) - As of August 15, 112 athletes representing 13 countries and territories have registered to compete at the 7th World Shuttlecock Championship (WSC) in Dong Thap province from September 2–5.

(VOV) - Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh lost his August 15 debut 0-2 to India’s Sai Praneeth 0-2 in the men’s singles division of India’s first badminton league (IBL) tournament.

(VOV) - The 2013 International Three-Cushion Carom Billiards Tournament began in the southern province of Binh Duong on August 15.

(VOV) - Hanoi-based Goethe Institute will host an exhibition entitled “Germany in Miniature” from August 17–22.

Violin students Tran My Dung and Nguyen Duc Hung from the Vietnam National Academy of Music have recently won first and second prizes at the fifth ASEAN International Concerto Competition in Jakarta, Indonesia. 

(VOV) -Grand Masters Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son held their rivals to a draw in the second round of the 2013 Chess World Cup in Norway on August 15.

(VOV) -The first International Festival of Theater Schools-Asian Pacific Region will be held in Ho Chi Minh City from September 5-10.

(VOV) -A Vietnam-Japan festival, themed “Fukuoka Fair in Hanoi 2013”, will be held at the Deawoo Hotel from August 29-31 to mark the 40th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties.

(VOV) -Two Vietnamese Grand Masters, Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, on August 13 advanced to the second round of the 2013 Chess World Cup. 

(VOV) - Five Vietnamese units are expected to take part in an exhibition on Asian marketplace for film and TV in Tokyo in October.

(VOV) - A photographic exhibition titled “Mirai-chan: A little girl with chubby red cheeks” will take place at the Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Hanoi from August 18 to September 15.

(VOV) - American pianist Anne Chamberlain will give a free concert in Hanoi on August 21.

(VOV) - Artist Trung Hieu will represent Vietnam at an exchange with Japanese calligrapher Takeda Souun in Hanoi on August 17.

(VOV) -German pianist Hinrich Alpers will perform at HCM Municipal Theatre on August 21.

(VOV) - Le Thi Quynh Anh, a student from the Tokyo International University won the first prize in the final round of Vietnam’s Got Talent in Japan on August 11.

Vietnam won four gold medals at the Asian Youth Wushu Championships, which is scheduled to finish in the Philippines on August 13. 

(VOV) -Nearly 1,000 artists from 17 art troupes, including those from Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar are joining a week-long cultural exchange programme in the central province of Quang Tri.

(VOV) -Two Vietnamese Grand Masters Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son on August 12 defeated their rivals to have every chance of entering the second round of the 2013 Chess World Cup in Norway.

As many as 101 Vietnamese athletes will participate in the 2013 Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, China from August 16-24.

The Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE) has recently recognized five centenary trees in the Lam Kinh relic complex in the central province of Thanh Hoa as national heritage, raising the number of such trees to 482.

(VOV) - Vietnamese American Mila Le was crowned Miss Overseas Vietnamese 2013 in California, USA.

(VOV) - Le Quang Liem has been selected as the only representative of Vietnam to join the SportAccord World Mind Games 2013 scheduled for December 12-18 in Beijing, announced the World Chess Federation (FIDE). 

Students of the Khmer ethnic group in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long have spent their two-month summer holidays in pagodas learning the Khmer language, which is at risk of disappearing. 

(VOV) - The sixth round of national motor racing championship for 125-135cc engines opened in Binh Duong on August 10, attracting 96 professional and semi-professional motorcyclists from 30 clubs nationwide.