(VOV) - HCM City’s chess team, representing the nation, has won the chess friendly tournament that concluded in Singapore on February 22. 

The Lim festival dedicated to Quan Ho (traditional love duet singing) opened in the northern province of Bac Ninh on February 21. 

(VOV) -The Vietnamese shooting team is busy preparing for the 27th SEA Games in Myanmar in late 2013, as well as the Olympic Games in 2016.

(VOV) -The 1992 Czech-Vietnamese goalkeeper of Sparta Prague Filip Nguyen has wished to perform for the Vietnamese national football team, like his former teammate striker Mac Hong Quan.

(VOV) -Eighty-two doctoral laureate steles under the early Le, Mac and late Le dynasties (1442-1779) in Hanoi’s Van Mieu (Temple of Literature) will get UNESCO’s Global Memory of the World Programme’s certificate.

The annual International Windsurf Race will take place on the Phan Thiet City beach in Binh Dinh Province on February 22.

The Vietnamese Football Professional Joint Stock Company (VPF) has introduced its new brand identity in an event in HCM city.

(VOV) -The northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang celebrated the Long Tong (going to the field) festival and received a certificate recognising the Tay ethnic ritual as part of the national intangible cultural heritage on February 21. 

(VOV) -World acclaimed Japanese mime artist Iimuro Naoki is set to entertain fans with his performances in Vietnam.

The year’s most-anticipated poetry festival entitled “ Youth and Nation” will take place at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi this weekend, when the 11th National Poetry Day coincides as usual with first full-moon of the year.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s representative Nguyen Van won 5th position in the final round of the “Questions for a Champion” (or Questions pour un Champion) competition held in Paris on February 18-19.

(VOV) - H’Linh H’Mok, an Ede ethnic minority student at Central Highland University, has won several prestigious Cuban and Mexican scholarships. Her outstanding academic record is a great source of pride for her local community.

(VOV) - Christine Ha, a blind woman of Vietnamese origin, came to Vietnam on February 20 as a special guest of the Vietnamese MasterChef show.

Hoang Anh Gia Lai Arsenal JMG Football Academy will send its team to the Sanix Cup in Fukuoka, Japan, on March 21-24.

Friends of Vietnam Heritage (FVH), a group consisting of foreigners living in Hanoi who work voluntarily to promote and preserve Vietnamese cultural and historical heritage, will host a tour to explore Phu Tay Ho (West Lake Temple).

Japanese classical guitarist Muraji Kaori will join Vietnamese musicians to perform in a New Year gala concert in Hanoi this week.

(VOV) - The organising board of the 2013 All England Open Badminton Championships has finalised player seeds, draw and competition schedule.

Dong Van Stone Plateau in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang will be developed into a national tourism complex by 2020.

The Government is expected to invest about VND600 billion (around US$29 million) in developing sports during 2013 as the country prepares for a busy year of national and international events.

Vietnamese composer and pianist Ton That An’s first orchestral piece, The Legend of Thanh Giong, will receive its premiere performance by the Berlin Symphony Orchestra at Philharmonie Hall in Berlin on February 24. 

(VOV) -A New Year Gala concert will be held by the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra at Hanoi Opera House on January 21-22.

(VOV) -Thousands of villagers and interested visitors have enjoyed Phu Mau commune’s Sinh Wrestling Festival in Phu Vang district, Thua Thien-Hue province on February 19.

A group of famous artists from the Republic of Korea (RoK) has visited Vietnam to record the country’s images and culture to introduce to Korean viewers.

(VOV) - The northern coastal province of Quang Ninh on February 18 held a ceremony to receive a special national relic certificate for the Yen Tu relic complex honouring Vietnam’s Zen Buddhism.

Vietnam will travel to Bahrain’s capital city of Manama for their first qualifier of the 2014 Asian Women’s Football Cup on May 22. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese athletes will take part in the Asian Cycling Championships to be held in New Delhi, India, between March 12-17.

(VOV) -The Goethe Institute has announced that following great success in 2011 and 2012, Hanoi will reprise its hosting role for September’s “Europe meets Asia in Contemporary Dance" festival.

Vo Trong Nghia's Stacking Green House has been awarded Building of the Year 2012 by the American magazine Archdaily.

(VOV) - Long legged girl Tuyet Lan gave an impressive performance at the 2013 Autumn/Winter New York Fashion Week from February 7 to 14. 

(VOV) - Japanese football expert Kazuyoshi Tanabe will arrive in Vietnam on February 20 to assist the Vietnam National Football Championship’s (V-League) reform efforts.