The national U23 football squad will receive a big bonus of VND1 billion from the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

The opening ceremony of Cambodian Culture Week 2011 was held in Ho Chi Minh Municipal Theatre on November 17 to strengthen the traditional cultural exchange between Vietnam and Cambodia.

Vietnam’s U23 football team topped Group B after defeating Laos 3-1 in Indonesia on November 17.

Wrestler Ha Van Hieu brought home the 64th gold medal for Vietnam after claiming victory in the men’s 120kg category on November 17 at the ongoing 26th SEA Games in Indonesia.

By 14:45 on November 17, the sixth day of the ongoing 26th SEA Games in Indonesia, Vietnam retained its second position with 63 gold, 56 silver and 60 bronze medals.

An Italian Jazz concert themed “Dialektos” will be organized in Hanoi on December 9 and in HCM City on December 11, announced the Embassy of Italy in Vietnam.

A tourism culture week on the heritage of the northcentral region will be held at the Viet Nam Culture and Arts Exhibition Center in Hanoi from November 21-23.

A run for children will take place around Thien Quang Lake on December 4.

Vietnam surpassed Thailand in the SEA Games’ medal tally to take second place with 56 golds, 55 silvers and 59 bronzes in Indonesia on November 16.

Vietnam has overcome Thailand to place second in the medal tally of the 26th SEA Games with 54 golds so far.  

Vietnamese fans are expected to flock to Indonesia after the U-23 football team qualified for the semi-finals of the Southeast Asian Games.

Vietnamese audiences will be reintroduced to President Ho Chi Minh and his revolutionary struggle through a new French documentary called Ho Chi Minh: Dream of Peace.

Gymnasts Phan Thi Ha Thanh and Do Thi Ngan Thuong won three gold medals in the women’s individual events at the SEA Games on November 15.

Vietnamese bodybuilder Nguyen Van Lam has caused a surprise at the World Bodybuilding Championships in Malaysia by winning the gold in the men's 65kg category.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) plans to present the Vietnam Professional Football JSC (VPF) and host its first ever shareholders meeting later this month.

Vietnamese elderly cyclists participating in the Indochina journey have called at the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia.  

Around 200,000 baskets of tulip flower will be displayed on the shores of Xuan Huong Lake during the 2012 Da Lat Flower Festival.   

2N1E, a girl band of the Republic of Korea (RoK), will perform in Hanoi on November 19. 

Vietnam has firmly maintained its third position in the 26th SEA Games’ table rally after the third day of competition.

Singapore will host the biennial Southeast Asian Games in 2015 after competition organisers decided to hand the regional showpiece to the city-state after a 22-year absence, according to a report.

The Vietnam Play Theatre will be staging the French classic Andromaque, directed by Jean Mari Lejude, in Hanoi on December 14-15, before touring France and a number of other European countries.

A photograph exhibition opened in Ho Chi Minh City on November 13, featuring Japan’s cultural identity and beautiful landscapes.

The Consulate General of Japan, together with the municipal Youth Cultural House, organized the Vietnam-Japan festive day in HCM city on November 13.

A gala night was held in Hanoi on November 12 to welcome Ha Long Bay's election as one of the Seven New Natural Wonders of the World after a four year voting campaign.

Bernard Weber, Founder-President of the New Open World, sent a letter of congratulations to Ha Long Bay for its winning the vote to become one of the new Seven Natural Wonders of the World.

Ha Long Bay is now listed among the new Seven Natural Wonders of the World, according to the New Open World Organization.

A mass wedding ceremony, the largest of its kind, was held for 80 couples of workers in Ho Chi Minh City on November 11.

A food festival themed “Flavours of Vietnam” has been held at Grace hotel in the centre of Sydney, Australia.

One-hundred artists under 40 years old will participate in the biennial Youth Fine Arts Festival, which will open at HCM City University of Fine Arts on November 12.

“Ha Long Bay is a wonderful landscape and I will vote for it as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World”, said Malaysian Tourism Minister Dato Sri Dr Ng Yen Yen.