CULTURE AND SPORT

The central city of Da Nang has introduced a new virtual reality app that allows visitors to see objects on display at the Museum of Champa Sculpture through three-dimensional scanning.

The Miss Vietnam 2020 format will be changed to be shorter with one semi-final round in Hanoi due to Covid-19 pandemic.

Vietnam’s first theatrical work made up of circus and cai luong (reformed arts) – Cay gay than (The Magic Stick) – has recently been launched in Hanoi.

Three Vietnamese football clubs will take part in the AFC Champions League and the AFC Cup 2021, following the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) making changes to the way that teams qualify for continental competitions.

Winners of the Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards 2020 were announced on September 21.

Popular Vietnamese movie Chi Chi Em Em, known as Sister Sister in English, will be shown to viewers at the Busan International Film Fest (BIFF) 2020.

The 11th European – Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival will take place in Hanoi at the Vietnam National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio in Hanoi and the Hoa Sen University in Ho Chi Minh City, from October 1-11.

Midfielder Quang Hai’s late super volley helped his Hanoi FC make a spectacular comeback, defeating Viettel 2-1 and defending their National Cup title in the final on September 20.

There will be about 3,000 fans allowed into Hang Day Stadium on a socially-distanced basis as reigning champions Hanoi FC play city rivals Viettel FC in the final match of the 2020 National Cup on September 20.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Romania opened a photo exhibition on the Vietnamese land and people in the capital city Bucharest on September 18 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Vietnam National Day (September 2, 1945-2020).

The Vietnam Offroad PVOIL Cup 2020 (PVOIL VOC 2020) is scheduled to take place from September 26 to September 27 at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism on the outskirts of Hanoi.

The men in the audience clapped and the women ululated as the band finished singing: it would have been commonplace except the venue was in Iran and the group on stage were all women.

A mountaineering team including a Bahraini prince arrived in Nepal Wednesday, expedition organisers said, after officials made an exception to a coronavirus ban on foreign arrivals.

Over 60 outstanding contemporary works will be displayed at the sixth Hanoi – Saigon Sculpture Exhibition which is expected to be held at the Vincom Centre for Contemporary Art (VCCA) in Hanoi from September 9 to October 18.

VNG, a technology company, will launch the UpRace's Race for the Community on September 18.

Six footballers from two countries have tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, the Asian Football Confederation said, as Champions League matches were set to kick off in Qatar Monday.

Vietnamese French painter Cyril Kongo has opened his first gallery in Hanoi with the ambition of showcasing a range of graffiti pieces to local art lovers.

From a bucolic rural grocery shop to fictional battlefields and robot warrior bases, Taiwanese artisans are meticulously handcrafting miniature worlds that fuse reality and fantasy.

Ho Chi Minh City authorities have proposed to the Ministry of Defence to seek UNESCO recognition for Cu Chi Tunnels as a World Heritage Site.