Channel 9 of the Ho Chi Minh City Television, HTV9, will broadcast the first episode of reality show Martin Yan – Taste of Vietnam hosted by renowned Chinese-American chef Martin Yan on January 4. 

Vietnamese and Republic of Korean artisans have completed restorations on a set of musical stones used in the Hue Royal Court. 

(VOV) - Khanh Hoa FC coach Hoang Anh Tuan is expected to train the national football squad for their first two games of the Asian Cup 2015 qualifiers.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s tennis player Ly Hoang Nam has earned a ticket to the quarter-finals of the Copa del Café in Costa Rica after defeating Argentina’s Arconada Jordi on January 3. 

(VOV) - India’s Shwaas Rock Band performed at Danang University of Technology on January 2.

(VOV) - Vietnam’s top junior tennis player Ly Hoang Nam beat Mexico’s Ortiz Adrian in the second round of the Copa del Café in Costa Rica on January 2. 

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced a list of 33 examples of intangible cultural heritage according to Cultural Heritage Law.

The 2013 Hue Traditional Craft Festival will take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from April 27 to May 1. 

(VOV) - People’s artist Dang Thai Son will come back to the fatherland for a performance titled “all Beethoven’s piano concerto” under the baton of Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji at the Hanoi Opera House on January 15 and 18.  

(VOV) -Chess Grandmaster Le Quang Liem will not join the Vietnamese team to attend the World Chess Federation (FIDE) Zone 3-Asian Chess Championships in Tagaytay, the Philippines from January 21-30.

(VOV) -Top Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh will compete at the 2013 Malaysia Open from January 15-20.

(VOV) - A kite flying competition opened in the southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province on January 1.

(VOV) - Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) has selected the ten most outstanding domestic sports events in 2012.

(VOV) - Despite chilly temperatures, thousands of Hanoians converged on August Revolution Square at midnight to celebrate the New Year.

(VOV) - Gymnast Phan Thi Ha Thanh has been selected as 2012’s most outstanding athlete (scoring 1570 points), followed by swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien (1020 points).

(VOV) - A Culture, Tourism and Trade Exchange Week is taking place in Da Lat, the central highlands province of Lam Dong from December 30 to January 5.

(VOV) - Nearly 200 artists and 36 jugglers from 12 delegations nationwide have attended the opening of the second National Jugglery Festival in Hanoi on December 29.

The Ta Tung Tu (Left Temple) relic in the complex of King Minh Mang’s tomb in central Thua Thien-Hue province has been re-opened after one year of restoration.

(VOV) -The Department of Fine Arts, Photography, and Exhibitions selected all seven events in coordination with relevant associations and management agencies.

(VOV) -Vietnam Television (VTV)’s channel 1 will broadcast a ‘Four Seasons’ New Year gala welcoming 2013 at 8:00 PM on January 1.

(VOV) -Nguyen Thi Lien Thy, a student of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technical Education and the winner of the 2012 Aquafina Pure Fashion contest, will represent Vietnam at the upcoming Hong Kong Fashion Week in January.

(VOV) - More than 200 documents, pictures and objects are on display at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi, recalling the 1973 Paris conference on peace restoration in Vietnam.

Traces of a huge water supply system and parallel ground wall from the time of the Ly dynasty have been unearthed at the former Thang Long Imperial Citadel in downtown Hanoi, archaeologists have announced.

(VOV) - Hanoi’s Old Quarter management board launched cultural activities at four heritage sites on December 27, beginning the lead-up to welcoming New Year 2013.

(VOV) - Saigon Heat, Vietnam’s professional basketball team, will compete in the 2013 ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) Championship. 

(VOV) - Artists from Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) will perform together in a concert hosted by Hanoi’s CEG Chamber Music Club at 8.30pm on December 28.

More than 600 documents, including books, newspapers, paintings and photos on the “Dien Bien Phu battle in the air” victory collected from inside and outside the country are on display in Hanoi from December 26-31.

(VOV) - Foreign stars will perform at the Hennessy Artistry Concert in HCM City on January 4, 2012.

Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association Huu Thinh and his Lao counterpart, Phuilavan, discussed cooperation plan for 2013 during their talks in Vientiane on December 25.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s No. 1 badminton player will take part in the Korea Open Super Series Premier in Seoul, the Republic of Korea (RoK) from January 8-13.