(VOV) -Vietnamese pavilion has attracted thousands of visitors to the fifth Friends’ Culture Fair, which is being held in Mexico City from May 26-June 9.

(VOV) -The Vietnamese female football team successfully defeated Hong Kong (China) 4-0 at in the last match of the Asian Cup qualifier on May 26.

(VOV) - Singer-actress Yen Trang and her partner Tisho won the trophy of the Dancing with the Stars Vietnam 2013 in the final round on May 25.

(VOV) - Leading Vietnamese player Le Quang Liem on May 25 defeated his host opponent J. Catalino at the ongoing Asian Continental Chess Championship in the Philippines, raising hope of winning the tournament’s trophy.

(VOV) -The Polka Dot Queen of Avant-Garde Art, Yayoi Kusama, is displaying her famous installations at Hanoi’s Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchangefrom May 25-28.

(VOV) - Vietnamese badminton players have entered Group 2 of the Sudirman Cup world team championships after overwhelming their Ukraine opponents 3-1.

(VOV) - Young Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has defeated his Thai rival Kong Pop Lertchai 2-1 in the qualifying round of the F2 Futures tennis tournament now taking place in Bangkok, Thailand.

(VOV) - Despite holding white pieces, Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem was held to a draw with Arun Prasad of India in the seventh round of the Asian Continental Chess Championships on May 24.

(VOV) - Vietnamese women outplayed their Kyrgyzstan rivals with an impressive score of 12-0 in the second Group C match of the Asian Cup qualifying round on May 24.

(VOV) - Sixteen Vietnamese students have been chosen to take part in the first Japan-Vietnam student football cup, which will be held in Okinawa, Japan, in November.

(VOV) - A concert entitled “From Europe to Asia” featuring Vietnamese and French musicians was held in Paris, France on May 23 to raise funds for disadvantaged Vietnamese students.

Reigning champions Thai Son Nam successfully defended their title at the National Futsal Championship in Ho Chi Minh City on May 24.

Vietnamese Nguyen Thi That brought home a gold medal from the Pre-SEA Games Road Race which ended in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on May 24.

(VOV) -An exhibition entitled “Message Stick: Indigenous Identity in Urban Australia” opened at the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum on May 24.

Howard Limbert, an expert of the British Cave Research Association said that his team had found traces of a collapsed cave in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Binh which beats the record of the world’s largest cave of Son Doong. 

Theatres around Hanoi and HCM City are staging new plays aimed at entertaining young audiences during the summer holiday and on International Children's Day on June 1.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem has drawn with M.Paragua from the host Philippines in the sixth round of the Asian Continental Chess Championships.

(VOV) - Eighty Vietnamese golfers from the East-Central part of Europe have joined the Golf Budapest Open Tournament 2013 in Hungary. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese badminton players defeated Switzerland 3-2 in group 3B in the final match of the qualifying round of the world team championships (Sudirman Cup) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on May 23.

Top Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem has drawn with Grandmaster Lalith Babu of Indonesia in the fifth round of the Asian Continental Chess Championships in the Philippines.

(VOV) - Vietnamese badminton players have triumphed in three consecutive matches at the ongoing world team championships (Sudirman Cup) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  

(VOV) - The Champs-Élysées Symphony Orchestra will perform a special concert at the Hanoi Opera House on June 15 under the baton of renowned conductor Philippe Herreweghe.

(VOV) - The Hanoi-based Korean Culture Centre will host an exhibition showcasing Korean comics, cartoons, and animation from May 26 to June 1.

Different trends of Vietnam’s contemporary art have been introduced to Russian art lovers through a painting exhibition recently held in the Russian city of Vladivostok.

Vietnam's 10-member team will compete in the Taiwan Open Athletics Championships to be held in Taipei City Stadium on May 27-28. 

(VOV) -The Vietnamese women football team easily defeated underdogs Bahrain 8-0 in the first match of the Asian Cup qualifying round on May 22.

A Slogan contest for Vietnamese students interested in English was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on May 22.

(VOV) -The Kubilai Khan dance group from France will perform its “Tiger,Tiger Burning Bright” show at the TuoiTre (Youth) Theater in Hanoi on July 6.

(VOV) -Vietnamese and German children joined a cultural exchange programme held in Berlin on May 21.

A five-minute trailer of the Vietnamese action fantasy Lua Phat (Once Upon a Time in Vietnam) has been presented to film distributors and international journalists at the Film Market of the 2013 Cannes International Film Festival.