As many as 22 Vietnamese athletes have qualified to compete at the Beijing Olympics which will take place from 8 to 24 August

Vietnam’s Truong Thanh Hang won three consecutive gold medals in the women’s 1,500m, and her third gold medal was won in the last leg of the Asian Athletics Association Grand Prix in Hanoi on June 30.

Securing an impressive 4-1 win over Thai Nguyen on June 30, Hanoi have taken the top place in the first leg of the National Women's Football Championship with 10 points.

Tran Thi Ngoc Tram was the only Vietnamese to take home a medal at the Asian Taekwondo Championships in Zheng Zhou, China, on Sunday, winning bronze in the women’s over-72kg category.

Viet Nam trounced Malaysia 9-0 in the second match of Group A on Sept. 9, booking an early berth in the semi-finals of the third ASEAN Women’s Football Championships being held in Myanmar.

Vietnamese chess masters got off to a good start at the Asian Women’s Individual Chess Championships when they nearly all clinched opening wins in Tehran yesterday.

VietNamNet Bridge - The 2007 Global Vietnamese Pageant will take place at the Vinpearl Resort in Khanh Hoa Province’s coastal city of Nha Trang from August 22 to September 2, according to the organizing board at a press conference in Ho Chi Minh City on August 20.

Ha Noi (VNA) – Viet Nam beat Singapore 74-71 in their fourth match at the Asian Women’s Backet-ball Championship on June 6. The Vietnamese women took the game to the Singaporean team from the outset, eventually taking the first set 21-20. But, Singapore came back strongly, winning the next two sets 16-14 and 21-20.

Nearly 1,000 unique pieces of Vietnamese women’s jewellery were displayed at the Vietnam Women’s Museum, highlighting the variation of jewellery over the historical periods, the skills of artisans as well as the delicate aesthetics of Vietnamese women.

VietNamNet Bridge – In the past several months, everyone who passes the HCM City Theatre has been impressed by a wall with the image of a young girl with curly hair and seductive smile ‘showing’ her Louis Vuitton bag

Nhan Dan Online- With a simple title ‘Giang’, the name of the artist herself, Tran Quynh Giang is introducing her latest 26 woodcut sets at the L’Espace France Culture Centre.

Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen from southern Binh Duong province won a cross-country race at the Malaysia Terrain Cycling Open Tournament on May 1.

The 2007 Asian Women's Volleyball Club Championships will be held in Viet Nam in June.

The national women's football team is hard at work in training camp in order to finalise their line up and rectify some of the problems that plagued them during their disappointing Asian Games performance.

Late 15 Dec. 2006, in Hanoi, Vietnam Women’s Museum in cooperation with the Netherlands-Vietnam Medical Committee opened the Exhibition on the art of display for women in Hoa Huong Duong (Sunflower) Group who are infected with HIV/AIDS and women in Hoa Xuong Rong Group (Cactus flower) in Thai Nguyen and Hanoi. This exhibition is directed by the 2 artists from the Netherlands: Iris Honderdos and Arnon Peeters.

On 22th Dec, family of the late Japanese artist Chihiro Azumino visited and respectfully offered the Vietnam Women’s Union the painting “Our mother is not at home” (Me vang nha).

The pole vaulting hopes of the nation will be placed squarely on the shoulders of Tran Thi Lan, at this years 24th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Bangkok, Thailand.

The rock queens of the McQueen music group will bring down Military Zone 7’s stadium in Ho Chi Minh City and rock Vietnamese rock fans with their performances on the musical night called U-Nite 07.

Young talented player Ngo Viet Ha was reported to be sponsored with US$7,500 to join a training course in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games.

Cai Luong (southern folk opera) Diva, Mrs. Nam Can Tho, passed away on January 24th in Ho Chi Minh City. She was 91 years old.