CULTURE AND SPORT

Vietnam is anticipated to secure more tickets to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in nine sports after gymnast Dinh Phuong Thanh officially qualified for the upcoming global sporting event.

The Danang International Fireworks Festival 2021 will be cancelled because the Covid-19 pandemic continues in many countries especially some Southeast Asian nations, an official has said.

Hanoi and HCM City have cancelled firework displays on the coming Reunification Day Holiday to prevent a possible Covid-19 outbreak.

Women of the San Chi ethnic minority group in Quang Ninh Province participated in an annual football competition at Soong Co Festival, leaving the housework to their husbands.

Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 title holder H’Hen Nie has been selected to join the panel of jury at the Miss Universe Vietnam 2021.

Vietnamese street artists will present a live jam performance at the French Consulate in HCM City on April 24-25.

Around 4,300 domestic and foreign runners from 41 countries, living and working in Vietnam, will join the Vietnam Trail Marathon (VTM) in Moc Chau district, Son La province on April 24.

The Vietnam team will compete in the play-off round to qualify for the two slots at the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2021.

The art programme “Sacred roots-the Ancestral Lands of Hung Kings” featured a kaleidoscope of performances in Phu Tho on April 20 in commemoration of Hung Kings, who were believed to be the founders of the Vietnamese country.

Hoàng Thị Duyên won the first international medal of the year for Vietnamese athletes by finishing third at the Asian Weightlifting Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Monday.

Tens of thousands of people gathered to enjoy a firework display which was held to celebrate the Hung Kings Temple Festival in Phu Tho Province.

Some 20,000 people will visit the Hung Kings Temple Festival held on April 21 according to local authorities.

Vietnamese weightlifter Hoang Thi Duyen secured a bronze medal in the women’s 59kg category on April 19 as she competed in the Asian Weightlifting Championships 2021 which took place in Uzbekistan.

The seventh Japan-Vietnam Festival has been opened at the September 23 Park in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 with a host of activities.

National team goalkeeper Dang Van Lam concluded two weeks of quarantine in Japan on April 17 and is set to be presented to fans of J-League 1 side Cerezo Osaka Club on April 18.

Former boxing champion Trương Đình Hoàng and his young teammate Vương Thị Vỹ have set their sights on SEA Games gold medals.

The seventh Japan-Vietnam Festival will be held on April 17 and 18 at the September 23 Park in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1.

Vietnam’s no. 1 chess player, Le Quang Liem, will again have the chance to clash with chess king Magnus Carlsen as he has been invited to participate in the fifth stage of the 2021 Champions Chess Tour, to be

A western Japanese city cancelled the Tokyo Olympics torch relay over spiking coronavirus cases on Wednesday, fueling fresh fears about whether the pandemic-postponed Games should go ahead with just 100 days until the opening ceremony.