The National Basketball Association (NBA) in the United States will launch an NBA Juniors competition in Vietnam for the first time.

(VOV) -Spanish coach Bruno Garcia and his futsal team will begin a 19-day training camp in Spain on April 9 in preparation for the upcoming Asia Futsal Championship.

(VOV) -An international exhibition at a New York museum from April 14-July 27 will feature Southeast Asian sculptural traditions from the Hindu and Buddhist kingdoms, including a variety of Vietnamese antiques.

Thousands gathered in the northern province of Phu Tho on April 7 for a grand procession to honour the Hung Kings, the founders of the Vietnamese nation.

(VOV) - A number of national sports teams and clubs are set to compete at regional and international tournaments from April 7-13.

(VOV) -Britain’s Mica Levi will be performing alongside Vietnamese zither artist Van Mai for a traditional music and singing performance at the Hanoi Sound Stuff Festival 2014 on April 11.

(VOV) -Vietnam’s top badminton player, Nguyen Tien Minh, left Vietnam on April 6 to take part in the 2014 Singapore Open Super Series from April 8 - 13.

(VOV) -An exhibition of over 100 photos is casting the spotlight on the everyday life of Vietnamese people over the past two centuries in the French southern city of Perpignan.

(VOV) - Vietnam joined more than 50 other nations and territories from around the globe at an international tourism exhibition held in Ottawa, Canada on April 5-6. 

(VOV) -Vietnamese tennis players have dropped to group level III at the Davis Cup 2014 tourney after suffering a bitter defeat 2-3 to Sri Lanka in the play-off round.

The annual Hung Kings’ Temple Festival kicked off in the northern province of Phu Tho on April 5 (the sixth day of the third lunar month), beginning with two photo exhibitions. 

Shuji Ohba of Japan is showing 29 of his lacquer works in his debut exhibition in Vietnam at the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum.

(VOV) - Chinese movie star Liu Xiao Ling Tong on April 6 met with hundreds of his loyal fans in Hanoi and signed the book The Monkey King Journey to the West.

(VOV) -A superb performance by tennis player Do Minh Quan was instrumental to Vietnam’s victory over Sri Lanka 1-0 in the first play-off match of Davis Cup 2014 in Da Lat City on April 4.

(VOV) - Chinese movie star Liu Xiao Ling Tong began a four-day visit to Vietnam on April in an effort to promote friendship and cultural exchange between the two countries.

(VOV) -The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has accepted head coach Hoang Van Phuc’s resignation and agreed to the early termination of his contract.

Nine foreign troupes will join 16 local ones at the Vietnam International Dance Festival 2014 scheduled for the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from April 14-18. 

(VOV) -Vietnam’s top player Nguyen Tien Minh maintains 8th place in the latest ratings by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

(VOV) -Kim Soo Hyun, a famous movie star from the Republic of Korea, will visit Vietnam on April 22 to take part in the “Save Us – Save Earth” campaign.

The first-ever caricature festival will be held in Ho Chi Minh City to bring the art closer to the public and provide a comic playground for professional caricaturists and the audience.

International fashion cognoscenti have hailed young Vietnamese fashion designers and rated the country's fashion industry as highly promising.

(VOV) -Former Manchester United FC, Real Madrid FC and Netherlands striker Ruud van Nistelrooy arrived in HCM City on April 3, bringing the UEFA Champions League Trophy to Vietnam.

(VOV) -The 3rd Southeast Asian Karate Championships will take place in the Mekong delta city of Can Tho from April 16-18.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has authorised the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to sign a dossier seeking UNESCO recognition for the Mother Goddess worship as intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

(VOV) -After a harrowing defeat in Belgium, Vietnam’s U19 football team is regrouping for competition in France – the homeland of chief coach Guillaume Graechen.

(VOV) -A fundraising drive in the Republic of Korea (RoK) was launched on April 2 to support the participation of Vietnamese athletes in the 2014 Asian Games and Asian Para Games, scheduled to get underway in Incheon, later this year.

A UNESCO book honouring late President Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam’s national liberation hero, has been released by the National Political Publishing House. 

(VOV) -Australia’s DeepBlue orchestra will entertain audiences with their unique rich mix of classical, pop and film music at Radio the Voice of Vietnam Theatre in Hanoi on April 8.

(VOV) - A traveling exhibition featuring the work of thirteen young Japanese artists entitled “Sakura” will open at Hanoi’s Manzi Art Space from April 3-7.

The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera in co-operation with the Transposition Programme – Norway will organise a performance of a contemporary version of the ballet Cinderella by Norwegian choreographer Johanne Jakhelln Constant at the HCM City Opera House on April 9.