The Spring Flower Festival 2013, under the theme ‘The country’s position and people’s will,” opened in Tao Dan Park, Ho Chi Minh City on February 5. 

(VOV) - Many calligraphy artists are gathering on the street outside Hanoi’s Van Mieu (Temple of Literature) to show their beautiful writings in both Chinese and Vietnamese characters to those who like to adorn their home with such gifts as best wishes for prosperity and happiness in the upcoming Year of the Snake.

(VOV) - Five winners of Mrs World pageants have arrived in Vietnam for the first time at the invitation of Mrs World Organization Chairman David Z. Marmel and Dr. Doan Thi Kim Hong. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese tennis players were outclassed by their New Zealand rivals in the Asia/Oceania Group II’s 2013 FED Cup qualifiers held in Kazakhstan on February 5. 

The Vietnam Association of Fine Arts has put on show 300 artworks in Hanoi to celebrate the lunar Year of the Snake.

A troupe of nine M’nong artists from the Central Highland province of Dak Nong has performed at an international percussion festival in capital Copenhagen.

Vietnam defeated Singapore 3-0 on the first day of FED Cup qualifiers in Kazakhstan on February 4.

(VOV) - Vietnam Writers’ Association President Huu Thinh has announced young people will be main subjects of the 2013 Vietnamese Poetry Day on February 22–24.

(VOV) - An exhibition featuring the culture of the capital city was opened in Hanoi on February 5. 

Vietnamese chess grandmaster Le Quang Liem will take part in Aeroflot Open 2013 scheduled in Russia for February 12-17. 

Vietnamese people are bustling about preparing for the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, the country’s biggest in the year, while flower and bonsai markets add glowing, spring colours to the scene. 

(VOV) -The British Council (BC) Vietnam has invited famous Vietnamese designer Cong Tri to join the prestigious International Fashion programme at London Fashion Week this February.

(VOV) -Honda Vietnam has become an official sponsor of the Vietnamese national football squad, the U23 team, and the women’s team.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh will compete in the 2013 All England Open Badminton Championships from March 5-10.

(VOV) - More than 50 Tet flower markets opened in Ho Chi Minh City on February 3.

(VOV) - The second Francophone community food culture festival was held in Bangkok, Thailand on February 2.

(VOV) - More than 100 foreign students studying or staying in Vietnam during the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival joined a “Vietnamese Tet” programme on February 3.

For most Vietnamese, Tet (Lunar New Year festival) has actually begun with the “Ong Cong - Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) ceremony on the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year, which falls on February 3 this year. 

(VOV) - Hanoi Opera House hosted an art performance on February 2 commemorating the 83rd anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s (CPV) founding. 

(VOV) - Famous Japanese jazz collective Soil & “Pimp” Sessions will perform in Hanoi on March 2 to mark the 40th anniversary of Vietnam- Japan diplomatic ties.

(VOV) -The UAE national football squad will arrive in Vietnam on February 4 to prepare for their Asian Cup qualifying match against the hosts.

Nguyen Thi Hau from Hanoi won the gold medal in the women's epee event at the ongoing Southeast Asian Fencing Federation Cadets and Juniors Championships in Brunei on January 31. 

(VOV) -As part of the ongoing flower festival at the Vietnam Centre for Art and Cultural Exhibitions at 2 Hoa Lu Street, the first ever festival honouring Ong Cong (the Land Genie) and Ong Tao (the Kitchen Gods) will be held on February 3.

(VOV) - ‘My Father’s Truck’  has been selected for exhibition at the 2013 Berlin Film Festival.

(VOV) -A number of artists will gather on February 3 at Hanoi’s Thien Quang Lake for the traditional release of fresh carp—the Kitchen Gods’ chariots to Heaven on the day they make their household reports before the Jade Emperor.

The face of a Dong Son bronze drum believed to date back to over 2,000 years ago was found on January 31 by a local resident in Can Loc district of central Ha Tinh province.

(VOV) - Thailand’s national TV channel will begin broadcasting a series of documentaries introducing Vietnam’s land and people from February 2.

(VOV) -The Vietnamese football team beat Hyundai Mipo Dolphin from the Republic of Korea 2-1 in a friendly match at Hanoi’s Hang Day Stadium on January 31.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s top chess player Le Quang Liem was beaten by India’s Chanda Sandipan in his final match of Festival Tradewise Gibraltar 2013 on January 31.

A 10-volume book named “The Continuation of the Dai Nam Administrative Records” (Kham Dinh Dai Nam Hoi Dien Su Le Tuc Bien) has been published by the Hue Monuments Conservation Centre in coordination with the Vietnam Institute of History.