(VOV) - Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem had his third win at the Festival Tradewise Gibraltar 2013 in the UK on January 25. 

Students from Australia National University (ANU) will experience Vietnamese culture in a study exchange jointly organised by ANU and Danang University. 

Four Vietnamese teenagers have qualified for the International Tennis Federation’s Asian 14 & Under Development Championships-Division 1 following outstanding performances at the lower level.

(VOV) - Sponsors of the 2013 national football tournaments were officially announced in a ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh City on January 24. 

(VOV) - Ao Dai (traditional long dress) by designer Le Thanh Phuong will be on show as part of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival held in the US on January 25-26. 

The Vietnam fencing team will compete in seven international tournaments this year. 

(VOV) -Vietnamese GM Le Quang Liem (Elo 2705) narrowly defeated his Spanish rival Marttala Thomas (Elo 2217) in his first match of the Festival Tradewise Gibraltar 2013 in the UK on January 22.

(VOV) - The fifth Southeast Asian Student Sports Festival will be held in Hanoi from June 22-30. 

(VOV) - Vietnam Television Corporation’s NETVIET-VTC10 will be seen on channel No. 524 of France’s Organge TV around the clock as from January 23. 

The Bong Sen Theatre of Traditional Music and Dance’s production Sen (Lotus) has entered the Vietnam Guinness Record for being “the most spectacular and inspiring Vietnamese cultural performance.”

Many literary works about the American War forcus on combat and violence. But a memoir by an American peace activist, released in Vietnamese on January 22, approaches the topic from a different perspective.

(VOV) - The Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee has instructed its districts to organise 65 spring flower markets to welcome the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

A week-long exhibition of award-winning photos from around the world opened in Ho Chi Minh City on January 22.

The national chess team will take part in the Asian Zone 3.3 Chess Championships, which kicked off in Tagaytay City, the Philippines, on January 22.

Fourteen films, including 12 commercial features, have been nominated for the annual Golden Kite awards organized by the Vietnam Cinematography Association in Ho Chi Minh City in early April.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s professional basketball team Saigon Heat has beaten Indonesian champions Warriors 77-72 at HCM City’s Tan Binh district competition hall.

An exhibition showcasing newly-discovered documents relating to Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago opened in the central city of Da Nang on January 20.

(VOV) - The national dance group S.I.N.E defeated six international rivals to be crowned champions of “Centaur Dance Showdown 2012” in Singapore on January 18. 

(VOV) - Hanoi will welcome the first day of the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) with fireworks at 29 locations on February 10.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has reached an agreement to renew Chinese coach Chen Yun Fat's contract to lead the national women's football team. 

(VOV) - The Cambodian team has joined 22 other Vietnamese clubs at the qualifying round of the National U19 Football Championships from January 15 to March 23.

(VOV) - The national team will participate in the second Southeast Asian Karatedo Championships to be held in the Philippines from April 17–21. 

(VOV) - Italy wants to increase cultural cooperation with Vietnam in the time to come, Cultural Minister Lozenro Ornaghi told his Vietnamese counterpart Hoang Tuan Anh in Rome on January 17.

(VOV) -Vietnam has claimed first position in the South East Asian region despite its unconvincing performance at the 2012 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup.

(VOV) -“An exhibition entitled "The Colour of Vietnam” officially opened in Rome, Italy on January 16.

(VOV) - Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem will leave the Aeroflot chess tournament in Russia to compete in the UK’s Festival Tradewise Gibraltar 2013 from January 22-31. 

(VOV) - Vietnam’s professional basketball team Saigon Heat beat the host team, Thailand Slammers, 77-75 in the 2013 ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) Championship on January 16. 

A full-day Brazilian food festival Festa Do Brazil will bring culinary delights, music and dances to Ho Chi Minh City on January 19. 

(VOV) - Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh was beaten by Taufik Hidayat from Indonesia in the first round of the 2013 Malaysia Open on January 16. 

(VOV) - Famous Polish pianist Professor Anna Kijanowska will play at the Hanoi Youth Theatre on January 23.