Three Vietnamese and one Spanish designers put fashionistas into a beautiful world of natural materials at the Ecomia Fashion Show in Hanoi early this month to celebrate World Environment Day. 

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has given permission to a series of activities aiming at popularising the Don ca tai tu (southern amateur singing) heritage.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem had his first win in the opening match of the 2013 World Blitz and Rapid Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia on June 6.

(VOV) - Dang Chau Anh has been invited to judge at the third International Choir Competition held in Hoi An city, Quang Nam province from June 19-22.

(VOV) - The national men’s football squad still tops the Southeast Asian region despite dropping one notch in the world rankings, according to the June announcement of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA).

The national futsal team has left for Italy to train ahead of the fourth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) which takes place in Inchoen, the Republic of Korea, from June 29 to July 6.

(VOV) - The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) is committed to promoting the “Football for All in Vietnam” (FFAV) initiative to discover talents for national football. 

(VOV) - An exhibition entitled “Colours across the Bengal Delta” opened at the Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Art in Hanoi on June 5.

(VOV) -“New voices from Vietnam” a US-Vietnam translation project will introduce short fictions by 19 young Vietnamese authors to foreign readers. 

(VOV) -German piano prodigy Mona Asuka Ott will join the Hennessy Concert at Hanoi Opera House on June 12.

(VOV) - The US Five Play jazz quintet will visit Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang, Hanoi, Thanh Hoa and Vinh this month.

(VOV) - The 2013 International Youth Festival opened in the southern province of Binh Phuoc on June 4.

Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem, with 2712 Elo points, slid down one notch to 30th position in the latest FIDE world rankings released for June. 

As many as 220 young athletes in the region are expected to take part in the 2013 Southeast Asian Junior Athletics Championships, which will open in Ho Chi Minh City on June 7. 

A photo exhibition opened in Lam Sơn Park, Ho Chi Minh City, on June 4, to feature the implementation of the late President Ho Chi Minh’s appeal for national patriotic emulation.

Vietnam’s under-23 team shared the spoils with Japan’s Kashima Antlers in Hanoi’s My Dinh Stadium on June 4, with their friendly match ending 2-2.

(VOV) - Hanoi’s Goethe Institute will host the second DocNet Southeast Asia Summer School from June 8–17, a boon to the region’s emerging documentary filmmakers.

(VOV) - The Vietnamese U14 football team’s 0-1 loss to Malaysia in Myanmar on June 3 means it will not advance to the final round of the 2014 U14 Asian Championship.

A wide range of activities will be held in France between June 15 and July 23 to introduce the Vietnamese culture in this European nation. 

(VOV) -Young talented French artist Charles Pasi will hold two jazz-rock concerts in Ho Chi Minh City on June 11 and Hanoi on June 13, respectively.

(VOV) -Former Arsenal F.C winger Freddie Ljungberg arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on June 3 as the club’s global ambassador.

As many as 132 works and items in the Complex of Hue Monuments have been restored since it was recognised by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site in 1993.

A documentary film on Vietnamese Agent Orange/dioxin (AO) victims will compete at the New York City International Film Festival 2013 (NYCIFF), scheduled for June 13-20. 

Vietnam is hoping to win at least nine gold medals at the upcoming fourth Asian Indoor & Martial Art Games (AIMAG 4) to be held in Incheon, the Republic of Korea (RoK) from June 29 to July 6. 

(VOV) -Music-lovers in Ho Chi Minh City will be treated to a special concert on June 9 under the baton of well-known Dutch conductor Jan Stulen.

(VOV) - The number of athletes, coaches and referees registering for the 5th ASEAN School Games has hit a record high of 1,700, 500 more than initially planned, announced the organizing board.

(VOV) -As many as 122 players from 14 cities and province across the country are participating at the ongoing 2013 National Billiards & Snooker Championships in the southern province of Binh Duong from June 1-8.

Vietnamese cyclists will compete in the fifth Tour de Singkarak starting on June 2 in West Sumatra, Indonesia. 

(VOV) -The Rainforest Challenge (RFC) Vietnam, the biggest off-road car race in the country, began on June 1 in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

(VOV) -Top Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh has reclaimed his ninth position in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings after seven weeks stuck at number ten.