CULTURE AND SPORT

The Vietnam Football Federation has just complained about the illegal use of images of the national team on PR campaigns of a local company.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have stated that they are considering a postponement to the U19 Championship 2020 and several other tournaments due to complicated developments of COVID-19.

An exhibition opened on August 29 in Hoa Binh Province to honour 14 works by Vietnamese scientists who were presented with the Ho Chi Minh Award for their significant contributions to the country and humanity.

Vietnam’s top swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien will be the country's main medal hope at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games 31 to be held in Vietnam next year.

The Vietnamese tank crew No.2 of the Vietnam People’s Army ranked third in Group 2 of the “Tank Biathlon” at the ongoing International Army Games 2020 in the suburbs of Russia’s Moscow, said the organising board on August 28.

Nguyễn Huy Thiệp, one of the most influential Vietnamese contemporary writers, has released a special publication to mark his 70th birthday.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) held a ceremony in Hanoi on August 27 to present the second-class Labour Order, a noble award of the Vietnamese Party and State, to head coach Park Hang-seo of the Vietnam

The Ministry of Health on August 26 launched a photo collection with the message “You’re still beautiful when wearing face masks”.

A new stage has just been opened in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, which aims to provide local people and tourists with a new way of watching plays.

Matches of Vietnam’s national football team in the ASEAN Football Federation Championship (AFF Cup) and Asia’s 2022 World Cup qualifiers next year will be exclusively aired on the newly-launched TV channel On Sports.

The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra is scheduled to hold the “VNSO season opening concert” online through its Facebook and YouTube channels at 8 p.m. on August 26 in order to entertain music lovers amid the country’s ongoing battle with

Japan's top athletes put the new Tokyo Olympic stadium through its paces at a track meet Sunday, one year ahead of the Games which have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A special concert starring the nation's leading singers will be held on August 22 to mark the 75th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and the National Day (September 2).

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