Hanoi , May 16 (VNA) – A special concert was held in Hanoi on May 15 to celebrate the 122 nd birthday of President Ho Chi Minh.

Jakarta, May 15 (VNA) – The Secretariat of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is organising an art competition from May to July to commemorate the 45 th anniversary of ASEAN on August 8.

Hanoi , May 14 (VNA) – Vietnam has won the bid to host the Southeast Asian Women’s Football Championships 2012, which is scheduled to take place from Sept. 13-22.

New York , May 13 (VNA) – Vietnam has presented its way of serving and drinking tea at the Asia-Pacific Heritage Month Festival that opened at Stony Brook University in New York , on May 12.

Paris, May 13 (VNA) – A documentary film on the Hoang Sa archipelago by Vietnamese French director Andre Menras was screened at the Vietnamese Culture Centre in Paris on May 11.

Hanoi, May 8 (VNA) – The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will coordinate with Vietnam General Confederation of Labour and Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee to organise activities marking 2012 World Environment Day (June 5) in the northern province.

Paris , May 6 (VNA) - A ceremony to celebrate Lord Buddha’s 2556th birthday was held at the Truc Lam pagoda in Villebon-sur-Yvette on the outskirts of Paris on May 5.

Da Nang, May 5 (VNA) – The Da Nang International Paramotor Race, DIPR 2012 will be held for the first time in Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang from May 23-27.