Thousands of visitors have dropped in Vietnam’s stand at the ongoing fourth Friends’ Culture Fair, themed ‘Diversity in Harmony’ in Mexico City from May 12-27. 

An exhibition featuring Vietnam’s maritime heritage will open in Hanoi on May 18, just one of numerous activities to mark the 122nd birthday of President Ho Chi Minh and International Museum’s Day. 

Summer slowly rolls into Central Vietnam, with one heat wave and thunderstorm after another bringing about a change in the land before harvest time.

Vietnam’s outstanding players have failed after nine days of tough competition at the 2012 Asian Chess Championships which closed in Ho Chi Minh City on May 13.

A documentary film on the Hoang Sa archipelago by Vietnamese French director Andre Menras was screened at the Vietnamese Culture Centre in Paris on May 11.

International friends have had the chance to enjoy Vietnam’s art of serving and drinking tea at the Asia-Pacific Heritage Month Festival that opened at Stony Brook University in New York on May 12.

Nearly 140 golfers, including leaders, diplomats and representatives of international organizations, are competing at a charity golf tournament which opened in Phuong Hoang golf course in Hoa Binh province on May 12.

Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem lost to his Chinese rival Ni Hua at the eighth round of the Asian Chess Championships in Ho Chi Minh City on May 12.

Vietnam Festival in Japan will take place in Yoyogi Park in Tokyo, Japan, on September 15-16.

An additional 13 historical sites nationwide have been listed as special national relics under the Government’s decision dated May 10.

Vietnam National Library in Hanoi has been stocking up with Western classics for European Literature Day, which began on May 11.

A folk music programme to promote cultural exchange and mutual understanding between Vietnam and Malaysia was organized in Kuala Lumpur on May 11.  

As many as 40 racers from Car & Passion will attend the 2012 International Drag Race to be held in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa on August 18-19.  

17-year old tennis player Nguyen Hoang Thien will participate in the Roland Garros Junior French Championships in Paris from May 31-June 10.  

Nguyen Trong Cuong bagged the first gold medal for the Vietnamese team at the Asian Taekwondo Championships in Ho Chi Minh City on May 11.  

Two Vietnamese Taekwondo athletes Le Huynh Chau and Chu Hoang Dieu Linh will attend a two-month training course in the Republic of Korea (RoK) before competing at the upcoming Summer Olympics in London.

Vietnamese athletes who qualify for the upcoming London Olympics will receive visa exemptions to the UK.

Viet Van, a reporter from Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper, has won first prize at an international photo contest held by Creative Invite and ViewBug in the US.

National team midfielder Pham Thanh Luong and goalkeeper Dang Thi Kieu Trinh won Golden Ball awards for outstanding contributions to national men’s and women’s football teams in 2011.  

Spanish and Vietnamese guitarists will stage a concert at the Hanoi Opera House on May 16 to celebrate 35-year relationship between Vietnam and Spain.  

Vietnamese musicians along with their counterparts from the Republic of Korea (RoK) put on a concert in the northern province of Bac Ninh on May 9 to mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries. 

The US acclaimed contemporary ballet company, the Trey McIntyre Project, will begin a performance tour of Vietnam in mid May, the US Embassy in Hanoi announced on May 10.

A book covering 100 years of Vietnamese football was released by the Ho Chi Minh City Football Association on May 10.  

Vietnam’s top chess GM Le Quang Liem was defeated by his United Arab Emirates rival Salem Saleh at the fifth round of the Asian Chess Championships on May 9.  

A space for a Vietnam-Japan Culture Exchange with areas for cuisine, performances, and a Japanese-style garden will be set up in Vietnam’s National Sports Complex.

The sixth International Manga Awards for all Vietnamese and foreign artists were launched in Hanoi on May 9.

Vietnam’s national football team stands at number 97 in the May rankings, announced the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA).

Russian artist Boris Simionovich Iliukhin is holding his debut exhibition at the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.

The Hanoi archery team finished first at the 2012 National Archery Tournament which ended on May 9.

An exhibition of visual artworks, ‘From Melbourne to Ho Chi Minh City: Same – Same’, is displaying the talents of emerging artists from Australia and Vietnam.