CULTURE AND SPORT

The 2021 Tet Viet Festival is taking place in HCM City, and is expected to attract around 70,000 visitors.

The Vietnam Sports Administration has launched a vote to identify the athletes and coaches who recorded the most outstanding achievements in 2020, with many young faces among those nominated.

A food and tourism festival will take place in Nha Trang city in the south-central coastal province of Khanh Hoa from January 29 - 31.

An exhibition on the Communist Party of Vietnam has just opened to mark the CPV’s 91st founding anniversary (February 3, 1930) and welcome the upcoming 13th National Party Congress.

Forty-one outstanding girls are competing for the crown of the Vietnam Miss University 2020 during the final round held from January 13-20 in Hanoi.

Ljupko Petrovic, who won the European Cup with Red Star Belgrade in 1991, has vowed to bring Thanh Hóa back to the top of V.League 1 this season.

Danang authorities will organise the Love Market-Toom Sara Fest which will be one of the highlights for the Tet Holiday from February 14 to 16 at Toom Sara Village in Hoa Vang District.

The International Football Federation (FIFA) has recognised three local female referees, in addition to three assistant referees, as coming up the standards of its Elite level.

A wide range of cultural activities will take place throughout Hanoi’s Old Quarter from February 6, or the 25th day of the 12th lunar month, as part of celebrations for the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

LiveSpace Vietnam, a music project aimed at discovering new talents initiated by the by the French Cultural Centre-L’Espace in collaboration with Monsoon Music Festival and a number of organisers, has been launched in Hanoi.

Vietnamese representative Do Thi Ha has been forecasted to make the top ten of Miss World 2021, according to Missosology Magazine.

Forward and captain Nguyen Van Quyet of Hanoi FC and striker Cu Thi Huynh Nhu of HCM City Club won the Golden Ball awards for player of the year during an awards ceremony held in HCM City on January 12.

Futsalplanet.com has said that two representatives of Vietnam’s futsal scene have been nominated for honours at the Futsalplanet Awards 2020.

The Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam is introducing Japanese traditional dolls at an exhibition that opened at the Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts on January 8.

Goalkeeper Dang Van Lam has stopped playing for Thailand’s Muangthong United and will join Japanese club Cerezo Osaka.

The 2020 National Super Cup match between reigning V.League 1 champions Viettel FC and National Cup holders Hanoi FC will take place at Hang Day Stadium in Hanoi on January 9, marking the beginning of a new football season

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has approved a project on developing and promoting the national brand of Vietnamese lacquer art during 2020-2030.

An online music project developed by the Vietnamese community based in Malaysia officially launched the song “Hello Vietnam” as its first product, with the track expressing hope that bright a 2021 lies ahead in the New Year.

The Vietnamese U22 national football team, the national women’s football team, and the country’s athletics team, have all been tasked with defending their leading position in the region during the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games which will be