Locals look forward to the holiday season, and Hanoi's Old Quarter is a hive of activity as Christmas preparations get underway.

The "Bach Hoa Bo Hanh" or "Parade of Flowers" is a celebration of the Vietnamese national attire, showing young people's love and pride for the nation's cultural heritage.

The goal of the first-ever Vietnam International Piano Competition and Festival is to establish itself as one of the country's most prominent piano contests and cultural events.

One of the two ASEAN futsal championships in 2017 will be organised in HCM City in November next year, according to the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).

Trinh Nhat Minh, a nine-year-old boy from Hanoi, won the fourth season of the Voice Kid Vietnam after beating three other finalists on the finale on October 29 night.

The Vietnam Shooting Federation held a press conference in Hanoi on October 27 to announce the Southeast Asian Shooting Association Championship (SEASA) 2016.

With the win 1-0 to hosts Bahrain, Vietnam`s U19 team reached the semifinals of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) football competition for the first time, qualifying for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which will take place in the Republic of Korea in 2017, for the first time.

Vietnam’s U19 football team tied 0-0 and shared one point with top-placed Iraq at the final qualifying match in Bahrain on October 20, advancing to Asian quarter-finals for the first time.

Director Ngo Thanh Van has brought her most recent film “Tam Cam: The Untold Story” to the 21st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), which runs between October 6 and 15.

Vietnamese actor Issac won the Rising Star of Asia Star Award at the 21st Busan International Festival that is taking place from October 6-15.

The Vietnam`s win 5-2 in a friendly match with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on October 6 in HCM City is a good start for coach Nguyen Huu Thang and his players, who are to participate in the ASEAN Football Federation Cup next month.

Modern Talking, a famous German pop band from the 80s, with singer-composer-producer Thomas Anders will sing You’re My Heart, You’re My Soul in Vietnam.

Vietnamese athletes shined at the 10th World Taekwondo Poomsae Championship that closed in Lima, Peru, on October 3 with two gold medals.

The International Football Federation (FIFA) has chosen Nguyen Minh Tri’s goal in the September 11 match between Vietnam and Guatemala at the Futsal World Cup Colombia 2016 as one of the tournament’s top 10 goals.

After 10 days of competition, the 5th Asian Beach Games (ABG5) wrapped up with a closing ceremony held in Da Nang on October 3. Vietnam finished first in the medal table, bagging 52 gold, 44 silver and 43 bronze medals.

The FIFA has presented the fair play award to the Vietnam futsal team after their impressive performance at the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

With 35 gold, 30 silver and 36 bronze medals after the sixth day of competition on September 30, Vietnam continued to retain the first position at the ongoing 5th Asian Beach Games (ABG5).

Vietnam took the lead in medal tally of the 5th Asian Beach Games, winning 31 gold, 26 silver and 31 bronze medals on day five.

World famous basketball tournament American National Basketball Association (NBA) will be telecast live in Vietnam for three seasons starting from this year.

After three days of competition at the 5th Asian Beach Games (ABG5) in the central city of Da Nang, Vietnam lead the ABG5’s medal table with 18 gold, 17 silver and 23 bronze medals.

On the first day of competition at the fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG 5) in the central city of Da Nang, Phan Thi Phuong won the first gold medal for Vietnam in the women’s Fairway single event of Beach Woodball.

A flag-raising ceremony for the fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG5-2016) was organised in Pham Van Dong park, central Da Nang city, on September 22.

With a convincing 3-1 victory over Kyrgyzstan on September 22, U16 Vietnam will play Iran at 5.50pm (Vietnam time) on September 25 at the knock-out stage as the sole representative of the South East Asia region in the Asian Football Confederation U16 Championship 2016 in India.