CULTURE AND SPORT

The Vietnamese national football team won’t play a competitive World Cup qualifying match until next year at the earliest.

Đà Nẵng’s culture and sports department, in co-operation with the Đà Nẵng Literature and Arts Association, has launched an online photo and painting contest on the topic of COVID-19 prevention for Vietnamese and foreigners.

‘Thien Duong Goi Ten’ (A Trip to Heaven), a film by young Vietnamese director Duong Dieu Linh, has won a prize at the 2020 Locarno International Film Festival which was held in Switzerland from August 5 to 15.

Coach Park Hang Seo has called up 48 players for a training camp to prepare for next year's Southeast Asian Games, where the U22 team will attempt to defend their crown.

The Institute for Relics and Works of Preserving Monuments has put photos on the architecture of traditional Vietnamese villages on display at an exhibition in Hà Nội.

Vietnam will have to wait until 2021 to complete their remaining three matches in the second round of the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup Qatar 2022, as FIFA recently announced the postponement of Asia’s qualifying matches in 2020

The World Football Federation (FIFA) will offer a 1.5 million USD bailout package to each of its national football federations in Southeast Asia, including the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), to offset losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

An ao dai worn by Miss Vietnam 2018 Tieu Vy and designed by Danang-born Nguyen Cong Tri was bought at VND80m (USD3,400) at an event which was held on August 9 to raise money for Danang to fight Covid-19.

The top professional football league in Vietnam - V.League 1 - is likely to resume by September, according to the organisers.

Vietnamese midfield maestro Nguyen Quang Hai has been unexpectedly voted among the leading 500 most important players in the world by football publication World Soccer.

Vietnam will exert greater efforts to clinch victories and book a ticket in the third round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, Vietnamese defender Doan Van Hau told FIFA.com.

Starting drawing illustrations inspired from ‘Tale of Kieu’ in 1999, 42-year-old painter Nguyen Tuan Son got the nickname ‘Son Kieu’ by his colleagues for his long-time passion for the masterpiece.

The 16th Miss Vietnam beauty pageant which is supposed to take place on August 5 will be delayed due to Covid-19 according to the organiser.

Café Saigon, a contemporary dance featuring HCM City’s lifestyle in the mid-20th century, will return to the city’s Opera House on August 8.

Vietnamese film Mây Nhưng Không Mưa (Live in the Cloud - Cuckoo Land) has been nominated to the Orizzonti Short Films Competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival to be held Italy in September.

Vietnam will play host to the remaining matches of Group F and Group G in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup 2020, with fixtures scheduled to take place between September 23 and 29.

The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF)’s Emergency Committee has proposed postponing the 2020 AFF Suzuki Cup until mid-April 2021 during a virtual meeting chaired by AFF President Khiev Sameth on July 30.

All FIFA member associations, including Vietnam, will receive a grant of US$1.5 million each under the terms of FIFA’s COVID-19 relief plan to alleviate the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, as announced by FIFA President Gianni Infantino during

A female DJ in Hanoi has just been suspended for her offensive dress-up during a show at a local bar.