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

The “Vietnam Book Prizes” organising committee has decided to confer special prizes on two books, “Dang Thuy Tram diary” and “Forever the age of 20”, announced Phan Khac Hai, Chairman of the Vietnam Books Publishing, Printing and Issuing Association at the press briefing on May 24.

Vietnamese boxers are gearing up for the international Asian Cadet Boxing Championships and Women’s Open Tournament scheduled for June 10-18 in the capital.

The “Honoring Vietnamese Women’s Beauty” photo contest, organized by Unilever Viet Nam (brand of Dove) and the Viet Nam Association of Photographic Artists, received 17,244 photos from 400 candidates in 52 provinces and cities in the country. Nguyen Thi Sin won the first prize with her photo “The Moment of Glory”

Designer Minh Hanh received a letter from the Minister of French Culture and Information Ministry, informing her with the good news that she has been inaugurated with the title Art and Literature Knight by French State

VWU President Ha Thi Khiet on behalf of VWU Presidium presented 30 million dongs to the Vietnam women’s football team after they won the Southeast Asian Women’s Open Championship.

The 12 contestants entering the final round of the TV singing contest, Sao Mai Diem Hen (Morning Star - Rendezvous) 2006, have been announced.

Vietnamese athletes won three gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the Southeast Asian junior track and field contest in Bangkok, Thailand.

On the occasion of Indochina University’s 100 years anniversary, Ms. Alix Tardieu, niece of artist Victor Tardieu, founder of the Indochina arts college, visited Vietnam.

The diary of a fallen Vietnamese doctor-soldier is expected to be published in the Republic of Korea (RoK) in July, Korean newspapers reported.

Vietnamese bowler Huynh Ngoc Diem Thuy took home a silver medal at the 39th Singapore International Bowling Open on Sunday.

After the troublesome journey of the “Bride of Silence”, film director Doan Minh Phuong has had aspirations for the new film “Nguyen Tieu” (Full Moon).

60 modern dresses, made of silk, oganza and velvet with main colors of yellow, blue and pink, inspired by the Hue Imperial Palace architecture’s carving flowery patterns, will be presented in Hue Festival on Ngoc Dich Lake, Dai Noi (Imperial city).

Nguyen Thi Nhung is one of the few female antique collectors in Vietnam. She owns 10,000 antiques and over 10,000 ancient worship paintings.

The Viet Nam National Textile and Garment Corp, The Fashion Design Institute (Fadin) and Mot Viet Nam magazine have just launched a fashion design contest - VietNam Collection Grandprix 2006 - with the theme “The Balance”. It is the annual contest which is intended for young people at home and abroad.

Saeko Ando has been in Vietnam for 11 years. Every year she goes home to Nagoya (Japan) and then returns to Hanoi. She and Vietnamese painters work hard with the boxes of egg shell, paint, golden and silver litmus leaves... Now, the biggest path for her is to pursuing Vietnamese lacquer art.

Viet Nam's women's national squad was ranked 35th among 129 teams in the World Football Governing Body (FIFA)'s ranking of the second quarter.

A Vietnamese track athlete Monday raced to a bronze medal in the women’s 200m event at the 2006 Asian Grand Prix circuit in Bangalore, India, Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper reported Wednesday.

On April 5, 2005, Star Daily, one of South Africa’s great newspapers featured a 1-page article by Marilyn August from Hanoi as well as some extracts from the famous diary of martyr Dang Thuy Tram

More than 100 photos selected from thousands on the late President Ho Chi Minh by a French photographer are being displayed at an exhibition opened in Hanoi on May 17.

French painter Dominique De Miscault has lived and worked in Vietnam for 14 years. She implemented tens of exhibitions about Vietnam and its people and participated in solidarity and friendship activities to help Vietnamese people when she was a member of the Vietnam-France Friendship Association.

Vietnamese fencer Nguyen Thi Nhu Hoa took home one gold medal in the women's epee event at the Southeast Asian Fencing Championships in the Philippines on May 18.

Being nearly 40 years old, Tran Nguyen Thai has many achievements. She is especially well known for her 5 medals at the Para Games in 2001 and 2005. To achieve these victories as a disabled female, Tran Nguyen is a bright example for all of us to follow.

Recently, Vietnamese models Bao Hoa and Vu Thu Phuong were invited to work with US modeling companies. They become the nation’s first models to work abroad.

After much consideration and thought, director Doan Hoang Giang has made a play about Dang Thuy Tram, Nguyen Van Thac and other martyrs.

In 1959, Marta Rojas, a newly graduated journalist, started work at a Revolution Newspaper of the Cuba Communist Party. As the Vietnam War fiercely escalated in 1964, Marta came to see the representative of the South Vietnam National Liberation Front in Havana and proposed her visit to Vietnam.

The Vietnamese women’s volleyball team will compete at the Queen Cup in Bangkok, Thailand, from June 6-12.

Vietnamese weightlifters won two silver and a bronze medal at the world contest for the disabled in the Republic of Korea, reported the Sports Daily.

The women’s chess team with Hoang Thi Bao Tram, Le Thanh Tu, Nguyen Thi Thanh An and Pham Bich Ngoc, are seeded 24 at the forthcoming world championship.

The 2006 Toyota Women's Open Tennis Tournament will open in Ho Chi Minh City on May 13 with the participation of 90 tennis players from 18 countries and territories, the organising board announced at a press briefing on May 9.