A night of classical and modern pieces will feature the Vietnam National Symphony and Orchestra (VNSO) playing under the baton of Norwegian conductor Terje Mikkelsen on September 25. 

Sa Pa market-day will be held for the first time in Hanoi’s Metropole hotel garden on the evening of October 3.

The Yonex Sunrise Cup National Individual Badminton Championships began in the central province of Thanh Hoa on September 24.

Vietnam’s top model Thanh Hang has been the only Asian representative at the 2012 Milan Fashion Week.

The French jazz band Trio Panossian will perform in Vietnam for the first time on September 27 as part of its 4th Asia tour.

There is hope that the Vietnamese women football team will join the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada for the first time.

In the 6th episode of the Vietnam’s Next Top Model reality show, the contestants bravely faced the risk of being taken photographs with snakes and chameleons.

Images of dragons and fairies captured at Vietnam’s communal houses are being exhibited for the first time in Paris, France, as part of the 16th “Foreign Cultures Week”, starting on September 21. 

Pham Van Mach and Dinh Kim Loan have produced outstanding performances to win two gold medals for Vietnam at the Asian Bodybuilding Championships 2012, being held in Guangzhou, China, from September 19-24.

Vietnam’s history and culture were introduced at a festival held in Seongdong district, Seoul capital, on September 22.

Gao village in Thanh Loi commune, Nam Dinh province, has preserved the age-old tradition of making unicorn heads for the annual full-moon festival which falls in the middle of the eighth lunar month.

Vietnam defeated Myanmar 4-3 in a penalty shootout in Ho Chi Minh City, winning the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Women’s Football Championships 2012.

A Vietnam - Republic of Korea (RoK) Culture Week opened in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on September 21.

Ho Chi Minh City team dominated the 2012 National Vovinam Championships, which concluded in the south-central province of Binh Thuan on September 21.

The contemporary dance programme called ‘Europe meets Vietnam’ will be held for the second time at Hanoi Youth Theatre on September 28-29, according to a press release from the Goethe Institute. 

Pham Van Mach and other 15 athletes will represent Vietnam at the 2012 Asian Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championships in Guangzhou, China, from September 22-23.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Russia announced on September 20 that 3,500 copies of “Dang Thuy Tram diary” have been published in Russian to offer to readers.

The national team chess championships opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 21.

Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh has failed in the quarterfinals of the 2012 Yonex Open Japan badminton tournament.

Five of the country's best amateur golfers will represent Vietnam in the final round of the World Golfers Heineken Championships to be held in South Africa from October 27 to November 3.

Four well-known tennis players met at the Heineken Stars 2012 in Ho Chi Minh City on September 20.

Vietnamese martial artists will take part in the Asian Junior Judo Championships to be held at Hsinchuang Gymnasium, New Chinese Taipei City from September 27-30.

Vietnam will meet Myanmar in the final of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Women’s Football Championships on September 22 following a thumping 7-0 semi-final victory over Laos.

The Nexttop DJ 2012 competition has been launched in Hanoi to honour Vietnam’s hottest Disc Jockeys, attracting the interest of young music fans from all over the country.

The national individual shuttle cock championships opened in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap on September 20.

Vietnamese girls in Ao Dai (traditional long dress) have paraded through the streets of California during the second Ao Dai Festival being held at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts.

Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh trounced Malaysia’s Daren Liew 2-1, winning a ticket to the quarterfinals of the 2012 Yonex Open Japan badminton tournament on September 20.

The Central Highland province of Dak Nong will invest more than VND2 trillion from now until 2015 to improve the lives of its ethnic minority residents.

It wil be no easy task for Vietnam’s Le Quang Liem to defend his title this year as he has been placed third at the tournament.

Vietnam War photographer Nick Ut received a Leica Hall of Fame Award at the Photokina 2012 event held in Cologne, Germany, on September 17 for his iconic portrayal of ‘Napalm Girl’ Phan Thi Kim Phuc