(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. 

(VOV) - A visiting Vietnamese delegation led by Nguyen Xuan Thang, President of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, met with Egypt’s Minister of Antiquities Mohamed Ibrahim Ali in Cairo on April 7. 

(VOV) - Hoang Xuan Vinh on April 6 bagged home a gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol Men at ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol in Changwon, the Republic of Korea.  

Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh was ousted from the Australian Badminton Open in Sydney on April 5. 

(VOV) - The Central Highland province of Lam Dong has been selected to host the first Festival of Vietnam-ASEAN UNESCO Heritage later this year.

Extreme racers in the Rainforest Challenge (RFC) – Ha Long Vietnam Challenge 2013 will start their engines at Quang Ninh province’s Tuan Chau Tourism Resort from June 1-5.

Nguyen Tien Minh of Vietnam, seeded two, struggled to beat Guo Kai 21-29, 22-20 in the third round of the Yonex Australian Badminton Open in Sydney on April 4.

Vietnamese goalkeeper Dang Thi Kieu Trinh has been voted the AFF’s Best Female Player of the Year at the ASEAN Football Federation Awards in Malaysia.

(VOV) -Certificates of merit have been presented to players and trainers by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST) and the Vietnamese Recreational and Electronic Sport Association (VIRESA) for their outstanding performance at international contests.

Rapid modernization and modern lifestyles are threatening the survival of the ancient Cham culture and other ethnic traditions in the central province of Quang Nam, home to two UNESCO world heritage sites and a world biosphere reserve.

The People's Committee of the central province of Quang Binh has approved an experimental adventure tour of Son Doong Cave suggested by Howard Limbert, expert of the British Cave Research Association.

Vietnamese athletes will test their skills at the World Youth Weightlifting Championships beginning in Uzbekistan on April 6.

(VOV) - Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh entered the third round of the Yonex Australian Badminton Open after defeating host-nation rival Mitchell Wheller on April 3. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese-born Polish Nguyen Viet Trung has been awarded Italy’s Piano Academy Eppan’s Junior Prize for under-18 pianists with special talent. 

(VOV) - The ASEAN Football Federation has announced that Vietnam and Singapore will co-host the 10th ASEAN Football Championship - AFF Suzuki Cup – in 2014.

(VOV) -A photo exhibition featuring Vietnam’s sea and island sovereignty is taking place at the Tourism Promotion and Exhibition Center in Thanh Hoa province from April 3-10.

(VOV) - Sixty-five Vietnamese nationals from around the world will return to the fatherland to take part in the Hung Kings Festival honouring the founders of the Vietnamese nation.

The authorities of central Thua Thien-Hue province on April 2 re-enacted a ceremony that used to be a national celebration under the Nguyen dynasty in the former royal capital city of Hue. 

(VOV) -Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh narrowly beat underdog World No. 75 Iskandar Zulkarnain from Malaysia 2-1 in his first match of the Yonex Australian Badminton Open on April 4.

(VOV) -Internationally acclaimed conductor and violinist Maxim Fedotov will join Russian and Vietnamese artists at the 2013 Mobifone Concerts in Ho Chi Minh City on April 4 and Hanoi on April 6–7.

(VOV) -Leading Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh has been confirmed as the second seed at the Yonex Australian Badminton Open, only preceded by Malaysian World No.1 Lee Chong Wei.