Vietnam's women football squad is preparing for the 2008 World Olympic Games qualification rounds after returning home from the Asian Cup finals in Australia.

Twenty children’s paintings were awarded at the national art contest for children with the theme “Benevolence” by the Fine Arts and Cinematography Agency under the Ministry of Culture and Information on July 28 in Hanoi.

China's Sichuan took the International Women's Volleyball Tournament VTV Cup after beating Vietnam 3-2 in the exciting final on July 30.

Her father died a month ago. Her mother has fallen ill for more than a week. The plan to organise a performance to announce her first classical guitar album was postponed.

On July 5 and 6, 2006, the Nationwide Television Film Festival called “Crime and Social Evil Prevention” took place. This event was jointly organized by the Ministry of Public Security and the Vietnam Women’s Union reflecting the 4 years cooperation of the two institutions in accordance to the jointly signed Resolution # 01/NQ-TW on May 8, 2002.

Pop singer Vuong Dung has been chosen to represent Vietnam at the International Pop Festival in Beijing, China.

Viet Nam Television cooperated with the Viet Nam Feature Film Studio to produce the reality show of “21st Century’s Women” with the copyright of Zeal Television. The show aims to honor the spiritual and physical beauty of Vietnamese women.

A Vietnamese woman has in the past 19 years worked hard to popularize the Vietnamese traditional dress ao dai in Japan, better known as the “Kingdom of Kimono.

Hanoi's disabled athletes join in a skills training session at Hang Day Stadium every morning before taking on a two-hour fitness exercise at Khuc Hao sports centre.

Rosemary Nguyen is one of a few foreign translators who are capable of and interested in translating Vietnamese short stories and novels to English.