(VOV) -World No.10 Nguyen Tien Minh will join his Vietnamese teammates at the 2013 Badminton Asia Championships in Taipei, China from April 16-21.

(VOV) -A wide range of activities are scheduled for the first Book Day in Ho Chi Minh City on April 20-21.

(VOV) -As many as 107 players from 14 clubs across Vietnam will attend the 31st National Table Tennis Championships in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong from April 23-28.

A unique international textile festival of France will be held in Vietnam for the first time in the framework of the 2013 Hue Traditional Craft Festival.

(VOV) -The 2013 Spring Festival will be held at the Vietnam Exhibition and Fair Centre on April 20–21, celebrating the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Year 2013 and the 40th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic ties.

Barbequed Cau Mong veal from Dien Ban district in Quang Nam province has been recognised by the Vietnam Records Organisation as a national specialty.

The music show Experimental Inception will be performed by Swedish artists at the launch of new music centre DomDom on April 12.

(VOV) - The national men’s football squad has dropped three notches to 132nd in the latest April rankings of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), but still tops the Southeast Asian region. 

(VOV) - A cherry blossom festival called "A Japanese Cultural Feature in Ha Long" opened in Ha Long City, Quang Ninh province on April 12.

Kaientai, a folk band from Japan, will perform at the Ben Thanh theatre in HCM City on April 14.

Many southern localities have held various activities to mark the Khmer community’s traditional Chol Chnam Thmay festival.

Vietnamese champions Thai Son Nam defeated Dural Warriors AF of Australia 6-2 in the opening Group B match of the ongoing Asian Futsal Club Championships in Malaysia on April 11. 

(VOV) - Nick Vujicic, who is absent of all four limbs, will give four lectures in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from May 22-26. 

(VOV) - Female Vietnamese cyclist Thuy Dung wore the yellow jersey in the final stage of the Tour of Thailand 2013 after an outstanding performance on April 10. 

(VOV) - The British TNT Theatre will perform “Gulliver’s Travels” with Vietnamese subtitles in Hanoi on May 8 and in HCM City on May 10-11.

(VOV) - The Thai Son Nam futsal club is representing Vietnam in the qualifying round of the Asian Futsal Cup being held in Malaysia. 

Two leading singers from Israel and Vietnam, David D’or and Thanh Lam, will perform at the Hanoi Opera House on April 11 to celebrate 20 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries and the 65th anniversary of Israel’s Independence Day. 

(VOV) -Director Charlie Nguyen, actresses Tang Thanh Ha and Ngoc Hiep and camera Ly Thai Dung will join the jury of the fourth annual online international short-film festival, 2013 YxineFF.

Recordings of Hanoi’s bygone days alive with train bells, ancient songs and Ca Tru (ceremonial singing) will be played back for the first time at an event called Hanoi Soundwalk on April 13. 

An installation exhibition with the theme “Collections” by artist Dorothee Berkenheger (Germany) will open on April 13, in central Hue city.

(VOV) - The Vietnam Queen of the Sea contest will be held in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa from April 8 to June 10.

(VOV) - Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh and French Minister of Foreign Trade Nicole Bricq cut the red ribbon inaugurating the France Year in Vietnam at a ceremony in Hanoi on April 9.

(VOV) - Thua Thien-Hue province’s Phu Loc district will host the international Laguna Triathlon on April 14.

Vietnamese gymnasts won two gold and two bronze medals at the Suzuki World Cup held at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on April 7. 

Eighteen riders from Australia, England, New Zealand and the US have taken off on the third edition of Rally Indochina, an exclusive group of committed bikers riding for charity purposes. 

(VOV) -US Broadway artist Michael Parks Masterson will perform in Ho Chi Minh City on April 18.

The southern province of Vinh Long, home to 24,000 Khmer people, is carrying out various activities to help the community enjoy the traditional Chol Chnam Thmay New Year. 

(VOV) -Prominent UK musician, Leafcutter John, will entertain audiences in a variety of activities in Hanoi this month.

Vo Kim Phung won two gold medals in both the girls’ classical and girls’ blitz events at the Asian Junior Boys & Girls Under 20 Chess Championships 2013 which wrapped up in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on April 7. 

A beauty contest, named “The Crescent’s Beauty 2013”, will be held from April 15-18 to mark the Vietnam Day for People with Disabilities, which falls on April 18.