CULTURE AND SPORT

The recently-launched Young Photography Festival 2021 is open to all Vietnamese citizens aged between 18 and 35 who live both inside and outside the country.

More than 75 percent of Japanese oppose overseas fans attending the Tokyo Olympics, a poll showed Monday, as organisers prepare to make a decision on foreign spectators.

Vietnamese film director Luong Dinh Dung has been named among the list of judges for the 19th Pune International Film Festival (PIFF), according to the event’s official website.

Vietnamese movie “Vi” (Taste) by director Le Bao has surpassed 11 other films to win the Special Jury Award in Encounters category - a competitive section devoted to new cinematic vision - at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale).

Vietnamese audiences will have an opportunity to enjoy seven classic and modern French movies to be screened in Vietnam from March 1 to December 31.

Vietnam will face Indonesia on June 7, Malaysia on June 11 and the United Arab Emirates on June 15 at the Asian Qualifiers of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, instead of meeting Malaysia first as the old schedule,

As one of the nation’s representatives in the 2021 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup, Saigon FC will play their fixtures in the group stage of the competition in Singapore between June 22 and June 28.

V.League 1-2021, the nation’s top-tier football league, will resume next month with five rescheduled Round 3 matches, as announced by the Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF) on February 26.

Vietnam will officially host the 11th Southeast Asian Para Games (ASEAN Para Games 11) in December with 11 sports.

The release dates of various movies have been rescheduled due to the on-going Covid-19 outbreak.

Chief coach Park Hang-seo’s players are due to meet up in May for extensive training ahead of their remaining fixtures of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, Asian region, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

Only ritual ceremonies will be held at the Hung Kings Temple Festival in the northern province of Phu Tho this year due to COVID-19, heard a meeting of local authorities on February 23.

Vietnamese actress Hoang Thi Bich Phuong has won the best actress award at the 2021 Paris International Film Festival for her role in “Invisible Love” (Tinh yeu vo hinh).

Vietnam will play host to tennis matches in the Davis Cup Group III in the Asia/Oceania region in mid-June, announced by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

The 2021 Grand Ho Tram Chess Tournament is set to take place from March 10-17 at The Grand Ho Tram complex in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

The 2021 Saigon Urban Arts, the first international street art project of its kind in Vietnam, is scheduled to begin this April.

Japan's Naomi Osaka will take her perfect record in Grand Slam deciders into the Australian Open final on Saturday, where she will attempt to make it four out of four at the expense of America's Jennifer Brady.

The Vietnamese Writers’ Association has decided to cancel the annual Vietnamese Poetry Day, slated for February 26th, due to the complex developments of COVID-19.

Going through a 2020 full of upheavals, the biggest success of Vietnamese sports was to sail through the obstacles caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to successfully organise and complete the majority of events, tournaments and plans.