Eight Vietnamese athletes are taking part in the 20th Asian Athletics Championships, which kicked off at Shiv Chhatrapati Stadium in Pune, India, on July 3. 

(VOV) - Van Ngoc Tu clinched a gold medal for Vietnam in the Kurash discipline at the ongoing 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in the Republic of Korea on July 4.

(VOV) - Vietnam expects to bag medals in kickboxing at the ongoing 4th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) in the Republic of Korea after three out of its four athletes qualified for semi-finals on July 4.

(VOV) - Twenty-nine Vietnamese martial artists will be competing at the third World Vovinam Championships in Paris, France, over July 5–7.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s 2010 Next Top Model runner-up Tuyet Lan and a foreign model Luma Grothe have appeared with their new hair in the Sicky magazine published in New York.

(VOV) -Swimmer Hoang Quy Phuoc has brought home a gold medal from the ongoing 4th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) in the Republic of Korea (RoK).

(VOV) -Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2011 Thuy Trang sucessfully strutted on the catwalk of the Phong Cach Tre (Young Style) fashion show in Ho Chi Minh City on July 2.

Vietnamese modern dancer Nguyen Thanh Chung has won a prize of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Dance Association in the Korea International Modern Dance Competition (KIMDC), which wrapped up in Seoul late last month.

(VOV) - Twenty-six troupes from 23 countries and territories across the world will take part in the 2014 Hue Festival from April 12-20.

A book tracking the costumes worn by Vietnamese people from all levels of society throughout the last 1,000 years was launched in Hanoi recently.

Several well-known Vietnamese translators recounted their memories of Austrian literary works at a conference held on July 2 at the Hanoi Library. 

(VOV) - The fourth Vietnam tourism and culture festival opened at Arko Art Theatre in Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK) on July 2.

France's fine art of table decoration will be presented to the public at L'Espace, the French Cultural Centre, in Hanoi on July 4.

Nine bands from around the world will share a stage at the Folk Me Folk You festival at Hanoi Social Club on July 6.

(VOV) - The Vietnam Youth Theatre will stage a special performance of the Mahabharata on July 16 as part of commemorations for 2013’s Japan-Vietnam Friendship Year and the 40th anniversary of the diplomatic relationship between Japan and ASEAN.

(VOV) - Muay Thai fighter Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat has won Vietnam’s second gold medal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) currently underway in the Republic of Korea (RoK).

(VOV) - Vietnam’s leading chess player Le Quang Liem has jumped from 34th to 4th in the FIDE’s most recent World Blitz Chess rankings for July.

(VOV) - Male models will be offered the chance to compete in the reality television show Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2013.

(VOV) -2012 Asian champion Ngo Dinh Nai could not win his second gold as he was unexpectedly defeated with a narrow score of 97-100 by to host Hwang Durkee in the final match of the 1-cushion carom event on July 1.

(VOV) -14 Vietnamese athletes will participate in the 27th Summer Universiade, which is scheduled to take place in Kazan, Russia from July 7-17.

(VOV) - Vietnam Youth Theatre is busy preparing for international art cooperation exchanges with Indonesia, Thailand, Laos and Germany from June to September.

(VOV) - The Vietnamese men’s Futsal team was held to a goalless draw with Lebanon in a match on June 30 at the fourth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG).

Vietnamese teenage swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien stormed to a gold medal at the fourth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Incheon, the Republic of Korea, on June 30.

(VOV) -A book about late President Ho Chi Minh, who was the first Vietnamese to enter the Kremlin Palace debuted in Moscow on June 30.

(VOV) -Vietnam is one of the first pioneers to implement the 2003 Convention for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage, said UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova.

Cham ethnic people living in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang are enjoying some of the happiest days of annual Ramadan.

(VOV) -Well known Vietnamese poet Tran Dang Khoa has been honoured with the Sunthorn Phu Award in recognition of his great contributions to Southeast Asian art and literature.

More than 20 countries across the globe are showcasing over 200 kites of various shapes and colours at the Vietnam International Kite Exhibition, which opened in the Red River Delta province of Nam Dinh on June 28. 

The central city of Danang and the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines jointly held a Republic of Korea (RoK) Day in the city on June 28.

(VOV) - Vietnamese table tennis players’ three gold medals have secured them first place at the 5th ASEAN Schools Games (ASG5), which concluded on June 28.