(VOV) - The Dutch Embassy in Vietnam has published the book “People make the difference”, to mark the 40th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties.

(VOV) -The Kashima Antlers football club from Japan will muster its strongest squad of nine national players and two Brazilians to play in a friendly match with Vietnam on June 4.

(VOV) -The Vietnamese version of 2013 Tiger Translate Battle of The Bands (BOTB), a rock reality TV show, will offer record cash prizes of VND100 million, VND50 million, and VND25 million for the winning, second, and third placed bands.

(VOV) -The 2013 LienVietPostBank Cup, an international women’s volleyball tournament, will take place in Bac Ninh province from May 19–26.

Forty nine winners of the 42nd Universal Postal Union (UPU) International Letter Writing Contest in Vietnam were honoured at a ceremony in Hanoi in May 13. 

(VOV) - The Thai Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, Panpimon Suwannapongse, will exhibit 21 of her lacquer paintings at the HCM City Museum of Fine Arts from June 8-16.

(VOV) - The four best golfers in southern Vietnam were decided during the final round of the 11th Mercedes Trophy golf tournament 2013 last weekend.

(VOV) - Singaporean painter Choo Meng Foo is organizing an exhibition entitled “Vietnam Portrait” at the Art Accent gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from May 10-19.

(VOV) - The winner of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2012, Mai Giang, posed for a collection of images taken by photographer Pham Hoai Nam during a trip to Japan.

(VOV) - Harvard University’s Asia Centre held a workshop on Vietnam’s Nguyen Dynasty themed “Nguyen Vietnam 1558-1885, Domestic Issues” on May 11-12.

(VOV) -Young Vietnamese runner Do Thi Thao bagged another silver medal in the women’s 800m race on May 12 at the third leg of the Asian Grand Prix Series in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

(VOV) -Global fashion show organizer and model Jessica Minh Anh has handpicked her fellow Vietnamese talent Ha Linh Thu to represent the country at the highly anticipated J Spring Fashion Show on the famous Seine River in Paris on May 30.

(VOV) -Modern arts from Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) are currently on show at the Han Hyang Lim Museum in Paju, RoK, from May 11-26.

(VOV) -Late President Ho Chi Minh’s “Prison Diary” poems have been published in Spanish by the Coleccióndel Sur Publishing House in Cuba.

(VOV) -More than 120 players are competing at the 15thChinese Chess Tournament, which opened in Ho Chi Minh City on May 12.

(VOV) -Vietnamese duo Tuan Duc/Thu Huyen were trounced by their German rivals Jones Rafli Jansen/Cisita Joity Jansen at the quarter-finals of the Slovenia Badminton Open Tournament on May 11.

(VOV) - Vietnam joined nine other Asian countries and territories at the Asian Cultural Heritage Festival in Stony Brook City, New York, on May 11.

(VOV) - The National Tourism Year 2013 will provide a chance for the Red River Delta region to fully tap its cultural-tourism potential for stronger development.

A large number of domestic and international linguists attended an international seminar on “Vietnamese linguistics in the context of Doi Moi (renewal) and integration” in Hanoi on May 11. 

(VOV) - A Shaolin martial arts troupe from Henan province is performing in Vietnam from May 8-18.

(VOV) - Nguyen Hoang Hiep has won two prizes in the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards (SWPA) with his photograph entitiled ‘Storm.

(VOV) - Vietnamese badminton player Le Thu Huyen won a ticket on May 10 to the women’s singles quarter finals at the Slovenian Badminton Open.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s top player Nguyen Tien Minh has retained his 10th position in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) men’s singles rankings.

(VOV) - A giant crab pot and a giant fried mackerel were recognized as national records at an on-going culinary fair in Haiphong city on May 10.

(VOV) - A wide range of activities will be organised across Vietnam to celebrate International Children’s Day (June 1).

(VOV) -Thirty paintings, photographs, installation images, and handicraft pieces created by lesbian artists are on display at a Hanoi exhibition titled “Purple-Love without Limitation”, opened on May 10.

Audience in Vietnam will soon be able to see live performances of Graduation Ball – a ballet premiered in Sydney, Australia 73 years ago. 

Haiphong Museum in coordination with the National History Museum, the heritage centre of Thang Long-Hanoi and Haiphong’s antiques association hosted a major display of the Red River Delta’s civilisation in the city’s museum on May 9. 

The inaugural Aust-Viet Junior Chef Challenge will be held in HCM City from June 17-21 as part of the celebrations of the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Australia and Vietnam. 

(VOV) - Yoon Da Young, whose cuteness and personality has made her one of the Republic of Korea’s (RoK) favourite television faces, has Vietnamese origins.