CULTURE AND SPORT

An additional four sports have been proposed to add to the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31), raising the total figure to 40, the Southeast Asian Games Federation said during its virtual meeting on July 21-22.

The development of a coronavirus vaccine or treatment will be key to allowing the postponed Tokyo 2020 games to open in a year's time, organising committee president Yoshiro Mori said Wednesday.

Vietnamese famous composer of chamber and piano works, Vu Nhat Tan, has just died from cancer at the age of 50.

Hue Festival Centre announced that Hue Festival will be rescheduled again and will take place from August 26 to 31.

Installation of art in public places in Vietnam is essential to the development of smart cities and their cultural life, Ho Chi Minh City’s artists and cultural experts have said.

A gala performance took place at the Hanoi Opera House on July 17 to honour contributors to the nation on the occasion of the upcoming Day for Wounded and Fallen Soldiers.

Hosts Việt Nam will hold an online conference with regional countries on July 21 and 22 to announce the list of sports at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) and the 11th Southeast Asian Para Games (Para

The Vietnamese national football team have maintained their leading position in Southeast Asia, according to the July FIFA world rankings.

FIFA has banned eleven players of Dong Thap Football Club for match-fixing during the national U21 tournament.

A new exhibition to be held on Côn Đảo Island from July 17 will look at the horrible conditions Vietnamese patriots faced when they were captured during the resistance wars against the French and the US.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued its decision regarding allowing the Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam to screen six Japanese films.

A wide range of cultural and arts activities have just been resumed in Hoi An after a suspension period due to the Covid--19 pandemic.

Vietnamese defender Doan Van Hau will bid farewell to Dutch team SC Heerenveen and repatriate to play for V.League side Hanoi FC in the second half of the Vietnamese top flight season, according to an official announcement from Hanoi FC.

Following the success of the Traditional Japanese dolls exhibition in 2013, the Japan Foundation Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam is set to organise the second edition from July 11 to August 10 in Hanoi.

As the sun sets in the Japanese town of Tatsuno, thousands of fireflies begin glowing, producing a spectacle that usually draws crowds of delighted visitors.

Underground and indie music bands nationwide will have a chance to introduce their latest works when they join Bandland – a new ‘playground’ that has been launched recently, gathering young and talented music groups.

Close to 2,000 runners from across Vietnam took part in the 61st Tien Phong Newspaper Marathon, the country’s oldest annual marathon, around Ly Son island in the south-central province of Quang Ngai on July 5.

Thirty-two Vietnamese racing drivers received their racing licences during a ceremony in Hanoi on July 4.

Bandland, a new playground for music bands wasrecently launched by musician and producer Duong Cam with an aim to discover and develop talented and promising young bands in Vietnam.