CULTURE AND SPORT

Miss Vietnam Entrepreneur 2022 Mac Thi Minh of Haiphong City has been selected to represent Vietnam at the Mrs Tourism 2025 beauty pageant set to be held in Dubai from September 27 to October 3.

The French Consulate General in HCM City opened its mansion to visitors on September 20 to mark European Heritage Days.

Vietnamese racer Alex Sawer Hoang Dat has been crowned champion of the 2025 F4 South East Asia Championship, becoming the first Vietnamese to claim an overall title in a Formula racing series.

Vietnamese runners dominated the Vietnam Mountain Marathon (VMM) 2025 in Sapa, which took place from September 19-21 with the participation of trail runners from 47 countries and territories.

Vietnamese billiards players Nguyen Van Huynh and Nguyen Bao Chau have earned qualification for the final round of the 2025 WPA Men’s 10-Ball World Championship.

Norwegian-Irish musical duo Secret Garden will perform in Vietnam for the first time on October 18 at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi, organisers have announced.

Vietnamese track-and-field athlete Pham Tien San has arrived in Germany to compete in the Berlin Marathon 2025 on September 21.

The 2025 League of Legends Championship Pacific (LCP 2025) Finals Weekend will take place on September 20-21 at the Tien Son Sports Arena in the central coastal city of Danang.

The organisers of the renowned Russian ballet Anna Karenina have decided to add two extra performances in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

The 12th Vietnam Mountain Marathon (VMM), set for September 20, will see nearly 2,000 runners from 47 countries ready to tackle the grueling 50km and 100km ultra-marathons, organisers announced.

Vietnamese Paralympic powerlifter Le Van Cong will be awarded the prestigious Gold Medal for Youth, Sports, and Dedication by the Embassy of France in Vietnam on November 22 in HCM City.

Actor Lien Binh Phat has made history as the first Vietnamese artist to be nominated at the Golden Bell Awards for his role in the TV series The Outlaw Doctor.

The short film How an Apocalypse Ends by two Vietnamese students has won Special Mention prize at CinemaSHORT Asian Short Film Competition 2025, held recently in Singapore.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has approved a plan to organize the International Puppetry Festival 2025 in northern Quang Ninh province this November.

Luong Nhu Hoc Street in HCM City’s Cho Lon Quarter is bustling with lantern trading activity, even though the Mid-Autumn Festival is still nearly a month away.

The sixth Cham Cultural Festival is to be held in the central province of Khanh Hoa from October 17 to 19.

Vietnamese naturalized striker Xuan Son is expected to return to action in November after being named in the official squad list for the 2025–26 National Cup.

K-pop star G-Dragon will perform in Hanoi on November 8 as part of his global tour, organisers announced on Friday.

Major works by renowned artists Mai Trung Thu and Le Pho captured strong interest at a special auction held recently by Aguttes in France.