The World Martial Arts Union (WoMAU) has agreed to admit the Vietnam Traditional Martial Arts Federation as an official member of the union.

Australian author Pam Scott looks back on her long love affair with Vietnam and the amazing changes the country has gone through in her latest book Vietnam Revisited, released in Hanoi on September 12.

Sixty-six films from young directors worldwide will be screened during the third annual online international short-film festival, YxineFF, beginning at website www.yxineff.com on September 15.

Over 1,000 objects, documents and photos on Trang An Tourism Complex in the northern province of Ninh Binh are being displayed at an exhibition that opened on September 12.

Vietnamese representative Lai Huong Thao has won the Miss St. George Hospitality award at the Miss Supranational 2012 pageant in Poland.

The hosts decisively took the title as the 2012 National Rowing Championships came to a close in Hanoi on September 12.

Vietnam picked up both 1st and 2nd category A awards at the closure of the second International Piano Competition in Hanoi on September 11, while key category B and C awards went to foreign contestants.

A delegation of the Vietnam National Corporation for the Export and Import of Books, Periodicals and Other Cultural Commodities (Xunhasaba) attended the International Book Fair in Moscow from September 5-10.  

The national women’s football squad had the first warm-up exercise at HCM City’s Thong Nhat Stadium on September 11 in the lead up to the Southeast Asian Football Championship due to take place from September 13-22.

Player Le Quang Liem has returned to the group of Super Grandmasters after his great contribution to the Vietnamese team at the 40th World Chess Olympiad.  

Head coach Phan Thanh Hung has been credited for Vietnam’s 2-0 win over the Southeast Asian defending champion Malaysia in a friendly match on September 11.

A conference on the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention and sustainable development linked to the human and ecosystem programme took place in the northern province of Ninh Binh on September 11. 

The annual Indochina Writers Conference opened in central Danang city on September 11 with the participation of a large number of writers and poets from Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and India.

Archaeologists recently found a set of five stone hoes dating back to 4,000 years ago in the northern province of Ha Giang. 

Miss Sports 2012 Lai Huong Thao’s Ao dai (traditional long dress) has made it to the top 16 of the Best National Costume part at the Miss Supranational 2012 pageant being held in Poland.

Vietnam won the championship title at the Southeast Asian E-sport competition after defeating Singapore in the final round on September 9.

After seven days of competition at the third International Puppetry Festival held in Hanoi, Vietnam has won 2 golds and 3 silvers in the team event and 10 golds and 12 silvers in the individual event.

Vu Thi Hang came home with a silver medal in the women’s 48 kg freestyle event at the World Junior Wrestling Championships, which was wrapped up in Thailand on September 9.

The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) is to help Vietnam apply a football management system. 

After defeating Uzbekistan 3-1 in the final round, the Vietnamese men’s chess team has been placed 7th in the 2012 World Chess Olympiad in Turkey.

A photographic exhibition called “glimpses of Vietnam” opened in Choisy le Roi city, about 20km from Paris, on September 9.

For a long time, the Mong people in Dong Van Karst Plateau in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang have preserved a technique of casting a special kind of plough that is suitable for rocky soils.

The second season of Vietnam's Got Talent will kick off on September 23, one month after it started receiving applications.

Dr. Sonam Mansingh will present and lecture on the art of Indian traditional dances at the Vietnam Dance College in Hanoi on September 12.

Vietnam returned home empty-handed from the London Paralympics on September 10 despite swimmer Vo Thanh Tung’s Asian record in his 100m freestyle S5 event.

A special performance by French musicians Clement Dufour and Tristan Pfaff will take place at the French Cultural Centre in Hanoi on September 18.

With her self-confidence, fit body, fair complexion and attractive smile, Vietnam’s Miss Sport 2012 Huong Thao performed gracefully at the Miss Supranational Contest in Poland on September 7.

Some 1,500 national relic sites will be restored and repaired in the next three years, according to a national target programme approved by the Prime Minister.

As many as 30 special dishes and drinks from 20 European businesses and trade offices in Vietnam were featured at the European culinary festival in Ho Chi Minh City on September 8.  

Famous American R&B singer Monica Denise Brown entertained the audience with her strong and emotional vocals at the H-Artistry 2012 concert in Hanoi on September 7.