VietNamNet Bridge – Two designs by the HCM City–based company Tropical Space won awards at the Architects Regional Council Asia (Arcasia) Awards for Architecture 2018 in Tokyo last week.

The debut feature by Nguyen Phuong Anh (a.k.a. Ash Mayfair) – a writer-director based in New York and Vietnam – The Third Wife, won the NETPAC award at the Toronto International Film Festival 2018 on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge – Bui Thi Thu Thao has the chance to win Female Athlete of the Year again at the Victory Cup this year.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Cantho Catfish took the Viet Nam Basketball Association (VBA) League trophy last night.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lon Xon band was declared winner of the second season of Sing My Song contest 2018 for its hip-hop and rap song, Hmmm.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s aerobic team won three gold medals at the Suzuki World Cup 2018 FIG World Cup Series Tokyo International Finals, which concluded in Tokyo on Sunday.

A Vietnamese student team from the Wellspring School in Hanoi has won the Innovative Poster Award of the First Lego League Jr. World Festival Expo, part of the three-day 2018 First Lego League event held in Houston, 

 Rapper Kendrick Lamar has won the Pulitzer Prize for music, becoming the first non-classical or jazz artist to collect the award.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Huu Thong from Vietnam won the grand prize in the 2017 Smithsonian Photo Contest for his photo, Breakfast at the Weekly Market, 

 US teen author Jacqueline Woodson said it was "awesome" to win The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world's largest prize for children's writing.

 Vladimir Putin will lead Russia for another six years, after securing an expected victory in Sunday's presidential election.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Dong Thap won the National U19 Football Tournament after beating defending champions Hanoi 3-2 in a penalty shootout at Tu Do Stadium in Hue City yesterday.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam beat Maldives 3-0 in their first pre-qualification match of the Junior Fed Cup, Asia-Oceania zone, on Monday in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

 Four dementia scientists have shared this year's 1m Euro brain prize for pivotal work that has changed our understanding of Alzheimer's disease.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem won the ninth match at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018 in England on January 31.

Seeing plastic bottles floating at sea, Nguyen Thi Quynh Tram and her two friends at Binh My Primary School in HCM City’s coastal district of Can Gio got the idea of using them to make a life jacket, 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thai Son Nam took the trophy at the HCM City Open Futsal tournament on December 20 at Phu Tho Gymnasium in HCM City. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thuy Linh won the Yonex Italian International badminton tournament on December 17.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) beat Viettel 3-0 in the finals, to take the title of the National U21 Football Championships for the first time in history.

 Europe's top court has ruled that luxury brands can stop distributors selling their products online on websites such as Amazon and eBay.