Two of Vietnam's top junior tennis players will compete in the Seogwipo Asia/Oceania Closed International Junior Tennis Championships in November.

(VOV) - The National Gymnastics Championships 2012 opened at the Quan Ngua Sports Palace in Hanoi on October 30. 

(VOV) - The Vietnam-Japan Culture Exchange Festival 2013 is scheduled to take place at the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Culture House on February 23-24 next year. 

(VOV) - A delegation from the Vietnam National Museum of History, led by its director Dr Nguyen Van Cuong, made a working visit to France on October 24-30, aiming to reinforce cooperation and learn from France’s experience in the field of museums and culture. 

(VOV) -Super Model Nguyen Quang Huan will represent Vietnam at 2012 Manhunt International in Thailand from November 1-11.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s national football team will face Brazilian famous club Gremio in a friendly match in the southcentral province of Khanh Hoa on November 15.

The Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long will host the ‘Dan ca tai tu’ (amateur music) festival from November 15-22. 

Legendary chef Michel Roux of France will open his first restaurant in Vietnam late this year at the InterContinental Da Nang Sun Peninsula Resort. 

(VOV) - The Irish Embassy, in coordination with the Irish Chamber of Commerce and Giaoduc.net, announced the winners of a contest on Ireland, its people, and education system.

(VOV) - In the 11th episode of Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2012, the contestants had a photoshoot called “Rising Above” on the scaffold of a 20-storey building in Ho Chi Minh City on October 28.    

(VOV) - The Republic of Korea's U23 team held Vietnam to a 1-1 draw in their final match to earn the single point they needed to win the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) Cup on October 28.

(VOV) - A concert series opened in Hanoi on October 27 to mark the 20th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK).

(VOV) - Vietnam has secured second place at the 2012 International Futsal Tournament after defeating Kuwait 4-2 in the final round.

(VOV) - A ceremony was held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 27 to announce the first ever list of 12 Vietnamese dishes recognised by the Asian Record Organisation (ARO).

(VOV) - Do Hoang Anh, the second runner-up at this year's Miss Vietnam pageant, will represent the nation in the Miss Earth 2012 competition, which will begin in the Philippines on November 4.

(VOV) - An art performance featuring Cambodia culture was held at the Au Co Performing Arts Centre in Hanoi on October 26. 

(VOV) - Twenty outstanding teenage girls from across the country have been selected to compete in the Miss Teen Vietnam pageant. 

(VOV) - The National Table Tennis Club Championships 2012 concluded in the northern province of Lang Son on October 26.

(VOV) - Vietnam's national badminton team defeated the Ukrainian team 5-0 on October 26 in the 2012 Yonex Badminton World Federation (BWF) Junior World Championships currently underway in Chiba, Japan. 

Vietnam put in a strong performance to brush aside Laos 4-0 in Vietnam Football Federation Cup match in Ho Chi Minh City on October 26. 

(VOV) - Medicinal bathing is a local feature of the indigenous Red Dao in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai.

(VOV) - Dong Bang Shin Ki, a superstar band from the Republic of Korea (RoK), will join other performers at a “K-Pop Festival 2012” concert in Hanoi on November 29. 

(VOV) - Four Vietnamese photographers have been honoured at the 2012 CGAP International Photography Contest, judges announced in Washington DC recently.   

(VOV) - Four Vietnamese records, among 20 recommended by the Vietnam Book of Records, have officially won Asian titles by the Asia Book of Records.

The Vietnamese custom of chewing betel and areca is being introduced at an exhibition that opened in Hanoi recently.

Italy crushed Vietnam 9-0 in a futsal match at the HCM City international friendly futsal tournament at Tan Binh Gymnasium, HCM City, on October 25.

(VOV) -Top Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh has climbed one notch up in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings to return to world’s top ten.

(VOV) -More than 200 have been registered by 40 countries for 2nd Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF) from November 25-29.

(VOV) -Eight domestic and international football teams will compete for the 13th BTV Cup in Go Dau stadium in the southern province of Binh Duong from November 16-25.

The People's Committee of Thua Thien Hue province has approved a plan to restore the Ta Tra building of Dien Tho Palace, in former Hue Imperial City.