Hanoi FC and Becamex Binh Duong desperately need points in the final group games of the AFC Cup to progress through to the next round.

VTV Binh Dien Long An defeated Thailand’s U23 team in the second match of Group A at the VTV9-Binh Dien International Women's Volleyball Tournament in Kien Giang province on May 13.

A fine arts exhibition opened in Ho Chi Minh City on May 13 to celebrate the 129th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh (May 9, 1890 – 2019) and the 50-year implementation of his testament (1969 – 2019).

The student council of languages and cultures of Southeast Asia will organise a Vietnam day to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the University of Hamburg (1919-2019).

The Vietnam Festival 2019 is scheduled to take place at Yoyogi park in Tokyo from June 8-9.

Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has witnessed the release of a bilingual book titled Nepal: Peace Is at Hand in Hanoi during his official visit to Vietnam from May 9-13.

Ksenia Dabizha and Daria Rudykh beat Alexandra Moiseeva and Ekaterina Syrtseva 2-0 in an all-Russian final to win the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour that closed in north-eartern Quang Ninh province on May 12.

A show featuring the heritage of Vietnam and Asian countries will be held by Vietnam Television (VTV) on May 12 night.

The Republic of Korea’s B-Boy Crew performed at the K-Pop Lovers Festival being held at Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square in downtown Hanoi this weekend.

A photo exhibition featuring Vietnamese pagodas around the globe has opened at Tam Chuc Pagoda in the northern province of Ha Nam on the occasion of the 16th UN Day of Vesak 2019.

A postage stamp was launched by the Ministry of Information and Communications and the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha on May 11 to celebrate the UN Day of Vesak 2019.

As many as 16 classical dramas and seven folk operas will be performed between May 11 and 19 in central city of Thanh Hoa as part of the National Classical Drama and Folk Opera Festival 2019.

The Hoa Phuong Do (Red Flamboyant Flower) Festival 2019 kicked off in the northern port city of Hai Phong on May 10 with the presence of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Vietnam’s head coach Park Hang-seo met more than 1,000 pupils of Viet Tri city at Phu Tho Stadium on May 9.

New-age airlines Vietjet has teamed up with Youth Theatre to organize a special art project “Flying dreams”, following the success of “Flying dreams” series last summer.

Vietnam’s U18 players will be called up for training later this month in preparations for the qualifying round for the 2020 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U19 Championship.

A series of photography events will be the focus this month with workshops and exhibitions at the French Cultural Centre (L’espace) in Hanoi.

World-class chefs from Germany, Mexico, Australia, India, China, Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Sweden, the US, Turkey, Greek, Malaysia, and Singapore will join the first Da Nang International Food Festival 2019 in the central city of Da Nang from June 2-6.

An excerpt of Woyzeck, a play written by German doctor and poet Georg Buchner (1813-37) will be performed by Vietnamese artists on May 12.

Former Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs has paid a visit to Song Lam Nghe An (SLNA) football club in the central province of Nghe An.