(VOV) -The Vietnamese Multimedia Joint Stock Company (Multimedia SJC) has bought the copyright of world-leading reality TV fashion show, ‘Project Runway’.

(VOV) -The second southern folk cake festival will open on February 2 at the Hoa Su Restaurant in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho, providing a cultural and gastronomic feast to welcome Tet (Lunar New Year).

(VOV) - The 37th annual International Book Fair opened in Kolkata ciy in the heart of West Bengal, India on January 30.  

(VOV) - Vietnamese chess grandmaster Le Quang Liem beat Spanish rival Renier Igarza Vazquez in his ninth match of Festival Tradewise Gibraltar 2013 in the UK on January 31.

(VOV) - Vietnamese representative Becamex Binh Duong FC convincingly defeated champions Thai League Muangthong United 2-0 to rank third at the 2013 Chang Chonburi Cup in Thailand on January 30. 

(VOV) - A book titled “Arts of Vietnam 1009-1945” written by Australian author Kerry Nguyen Long has been published by the The Gioi (World) Publishing House. 

(VOV) -A cultural programme to promote the traditional handicrafts and culinary arts from three distinct ethnic communities is being held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho from January 30-February 1.

(VOV) - Thousands of people will take part in a flashmob on Dinh Tien Hoang street in downtown Hanoi from 10pm till midnight on February 9.

(VOV) - Mai Giang, winner of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2012, strutted her stuff in a Spring Ao Dai (traditional long dress) fashion show held in Hanoi on January 28. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem has lost to UK champion Nigel Short in a January 30 match at the Festival Tradewise Gibraltar 2013 in the UK. 

Vietnamese representatives Nguyen Thi Thanh An and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son have pocketed tickets to the Chess World Cup in Norway next year at the Asian 3.3 Zonal Chess Championship, which concluded in the Philippines on January 29. 

(VOV) - Calligraphy artists and Confucian scholars are seen gathering on the street adjoining the Temple of to welcome Lunar New Year well-wishers.

(VOV) - The eight-member Vietnamese rowing team will begin a one-month training course in Australia from February 13.

(VOV) -The four female Vietnamese tennis players Dai Trang, Ngoc Van, Phi Khanh, and Tam Hao will contest the 2013 Fed Cup qualifying round in Kazakhstan from Feb 4–10.

(VOV) - A performance of Aikido was held at Hanoi’s Foreign Trade University on January 27-28. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem drew with Ukraine’s rival Vassily Ivanchuk in his seventh match at the Festival Tradewise Gibraltar 2013 in the UK on January 28.

Hanoians and foreigners living in the city will experience the Traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival’s joyful atmosphere by attending a wide range of cultural and art performances held in the capital city during February. 

The central province of Quang Tri held the Arieu Ping and Gong festival in Dakrong district on January 27 to honour the traditional cultural values of local ethnic minority groups. 

(VOV) -On his winning streak Grandmaster Le Quang Liem was held to a draw by strong Russian rival Vitiugov Nikita in his sixth match at the Festival Tradewise Gibraltar 2013 on January 28.

(VOV) - Hosts Chonburi FC defeated Becamex Binh Duong FC 3-1 in the opening match of Thaland’s 2013 Chang Chonburi Cup on January 26.  

(VOV) - Vietnam’s professional basketball team Saigon Heat outplayed Filipino rival Beermen on January 26, staying atop the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) rankings.

(VOV) - Overseas Vietnamese girl Monika Leová has progressed to the final round of the national beauty pageant Miss Czech Republic for the first time.

Vietnam’s five intangible cultural heritage examples of humankind were performed in Da Lat on January 25. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem recorded his fifth win on January 27 at the UK’s Festival Tradewise Gibraltar 2013.

The first pictorial book for children portraying Truong Sa and Hoang Sa archipelagoes was released in Hanoi on January 25. 

(VOV) -Top Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh has fallen two notches to 8th in the Badminton World Federation’s most recent weekly rankings.

(VOV) -Chess grandmaster Le Quang Liem has continued his recent run of excellent performances, moving into the lead at the 2013 Tradewise Gibraltar after winning all four of his matches.

(VOV) -Female chess grandmaster Nguyen Thi Thanh An is leading the 2013 Chess World Cup qualifying round after finishing her first five matches undefeated in the Philippines on January 25.

(VOV) -HCM City hosted the first night of the 11th Dep (Beauty) Fashion Show on January 24, with this year’s show themed “Birth of Venus”,

Shrines and altars honouring studying and education are being displayed at an exhibition organised at Hanoi's Van Mieu (Temple of Literature), which also houses motifs of Confucius and other learned scholars.