Traditional Vietnamese music has been introduced to 27 students at Taiwan University of Arts by Pham Thi Hue.

(VOV) - More than 100 Vietnamese athletes will participate in the 2013 Asian Youth Games in China from August 16-24.

An exhibition themed “Agent Orange - Sense and Justice” will take place in the central city of Danang from July 23 to August 12. 

(VOV) - The Ministry of Information and Communications on July 22 launched a 2013 festival of photos and reportage-documentary film on environmental protection and climate change in ASEAN.

(VOV) - A series of contests and games were launched in Hanoi on July 22 in the lead up to the 17th Asian Games (ASIAD) to be held in the Republic of Korea (RoK) in 2014.

Vietnam finished second after losing to China’s Jiangsu (25-21, 25-16, 25-20, 25-19) in the final match of the International Women’s Volleyball Tournament (VTV Cup) late last week in the northern province of Ninh Binh. 

(VOV) -Song Lam Nghe An FC striker Le Cong Vinh will play for Japan’s Consadole Sapporo FC under a loan contract due to be announced on July 22.

(VOV) -Vietnam has topped the medal tally of an international athletics tournament in HCM City, pocketing a total of 6 golds, 4 silvers and 2 bronzes.

(VOV) - Volleyball player Aliya from Kazakhstan has become Miss Volleyball at the International Women's Volleyball Tournament (VTV Cup 2013).

(VOV) -A Vietnamese representative will be selected to compete at the 2013 MTV European Music Awards (MTV EMA), scheduled for Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in October.

(VOV) -The 2013 National Junior Diving and Swimming Tournament opened in the central city of Danang on July 21.

The Vietnamese edition of a two-volume memoir on the fighting career of former Cuban President Fidel Castro Ruz was unveiled in Ho Chi Minh City on July 20, on the occasion of Cuba ’s 60th Moncada uprising anniversary.

(VOV) - Dislodging Quoc Tri, Thanh Hoa has taken the crown in MasterChef's first season in Vietnam.

(VOV) - Many belly dancers from China, Japan, the US and Vietnam are competing at the Asia Pacific Oriental Dance – Vietnam Unlimited Bellydance 2013 Open Competition thatopened in Hanoi on July 19.

Vietnam came from behind to beat Chinese side Shandong 3-2 in a thrilling semi-final at the International Women's Volleyball Tournament on July 19 in Ninh Binh Province.

(VOV) -“Chase 2013”, an exhibition of 69 images taken by 50 amateur photographers capturing moments of everyday life, is being held in Hanoi from July 19–21.

Two men from the Republic of Korea (RoK), Chang Sung-taek and Ahn Joung-ho, are on a two-month car journey from the north to the south of Vietnam to get a panoramic view of the country’s culture, custom and cuisine.

(VOV) - The 2013 national junior canoeing championships opened in Hanoi on July 18.

Promising young cyclist Huynh Thanh Tung will start training at the World Cycling Centre (WCC) in Switzerland from next week.

With enthusiasm and love, a man in his eighties has devoted himself to preserving the rich traditional character of Hre ethnic people in the central province of Quang Ngai.

(VOV) - Eight Vietnamese martial artists are competing at the World Taekwondo Championships currently underway in Puebla, Mexico.

(VOV) - Nearly 100 photographs by Vietnamese artists capturing the Republic of Korea’s (RoK) culture, people, and landscape will be displayed at an exhibition in Hanoi this July and August.

(VOV) - The Hue Relics Preservation Centre and the German Conservation Restoration & Education Projects (GCREP) held a ceremony on July 17 to mark the completion of a project to preserve and restore interior decoration of Ta Vu-Dai Noi Hue (Mandarin’s House).

(VOV) -UK Premier League club Arsenal found no difficulty thrashing Vietnam 7-1 in a friendly match at My Dinh stadium on July 17.

(VOV) -Hirao Yuka, a Japanese-Vietnamese beauty, won the 2013 Miss Vietnam Global in San Diego, California on July 17.

(VOV) -The national team defeated Kazakhstan 3-1 in four sets of the 2013 international women’s volleyball tournament-VTV Eximbank Cup in Ninh Binh province on July 17.

(VOV) -The 2013 Toyota Concert Tour, the 16th edition in Vietnam, will be held at Ho Chi Minh Theatre 30 July and Hanoi Opera House on August 2-3.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s famous model Ha Anh has been invited as a MC to the final round of Miss Global pageant scheduled for August 3 in California, USA. 

(VOV) - The 20th international track-and-field tournament (or called Ho Chi Minh City Open 2013) will be held on July 20-21.

More than VND6.5 trillion (US$309 million) from the State budget will be earmarked for developing the cinema industry nationwide from now to 2020, according to the Department of Cinematography.