CULTURE AND SPORT

The 22nd version of the Vietnam Film Festival is scheduled to take place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue between September 12 and September 16, with the event featuring the best local movies released over the past two years.

Young European and Vietnamese have the chance to spark conversations about values in a pandemic-hit world through a project supported by the Belgian embassy.

Italy overcame stubborn Austria 2-1 in extra-time at Wembley on Saturday to reach the Euro 2020 quarter-finals as Denmark breezed through by hammering Wales 4-0.

The national traditional music contest, Chuông Vàng Vọng Cổ (Golden Bell) 2021, has been launched online in HCM City as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase.

As the world’s leading publication on beauty pageants, Missosology has selected Vietnamese representative Phuong Anh as the first runner-up in its second hot picks for the upcoming 60th Miss International contest.

The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system will be rolled out by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for matches in the final round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers this September, including Vietnam’s games.

Vietnam were placed in the No. 6 seed group, together with Lebanon, among six seed groups for the upcoming draw of the 2022 FIFA World Cup’s third Asian qualifiers.

Meritorious Artist and cải lương star Vũ Linh and young talent Võ Minh Lâm will perform in a TV programme about Vietnamese theatre on Vĩnh Long Television’s THLV1 channel next week.

The Seventh International Yoga Day is due to be held online on June 21, according to information provided by the Embassy of India.

The national football team have returned to Vietnam after securing a spot in the next round of the World Cup Qualifiers 2022.

Vietnam will send a 19-member delegation to the Tokyo Paralympics in the near future, said deputy head of the Vietnam Sports Administration under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Hong Minh.

Vietnam have secured their maiden progression into the final round of the World Cup Asian qualifiers as one of the four best group runners-up despite conceding a 2-3 defeat against the UAE in their last Group G match.

The world football governing body FIFA believes that the Vietnamese team has a huge opportunity to maintain their first place in Group G in the second round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers, thereby winning their historic

Miss Vietnam 2020 Do Thi Ha, a student at the Hanoi-based National Economics University, is working to prepare for her appearance at the Miss World 2021 in Puerto Rico in December.

A photo contest running with the theme of “Vietnam through the lens of foreign photographers” has been launched by the Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Boxer Nguyễn Thị Tâm is expected to earn a ticket to compete in the women’s 51kg category at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.

Captain Que Ngoc Hai converted a penalty with nine minutes to go to hand Vietnam a 2-1 victory over Malaysia, thus bringing the Golden Star Warriors closer to a slot in the last round of the World Cup Asian qualifiers.

Local boxer Nguyen Thi Tam has qualified for the upcoming 2021 Tokyo Olympics in the women’s 51kg category after accumulating a total of 190 points from tournaments organised by the World Boxing Federation.

GOAL, the world's largest online football publication, has recently released its list of the top 25 players from the ASEAN region born on or after January 1, 2002, with four Vietnamese players being named in the rankings.