CULTURE AND SPORT

Under the framework of Muong Lo Cultural and Tourism Festival 2019, 5,000 people will join in a mass performance of a Xoe folk dance, in Yen Bai Province on September 20.

The broadcasting rights for Vietnam-Indonesia World Cup qualifier match on October 15 has been offered at USD400,000.

Vietnamese cyclist Nguyen Thi That won the first women's edition of the Grand Prix de Fourmies cycling race which ended in France early September 9 (Hanoi time).

Vietnamese chess stars Le Quang Liem and Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son will start their hunt for glory at the FIDE World Cup 2019 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, on September 10, with Liem (Elo 2708) named as the no. 22 seed

Vietnam’s 18th century poetic masterpiece ‘Tale of Kieu’ by celebrated poet Nguyen Du will be adapted into a musical theatre production for the first time by French artists at a performance to be held in Ho Chi Minh City

Designer Minh Hanh is going to introduce Vietnamese culture at an event held to celebrate Fukuoka Prize's 30th anniversary in Japan on September 10.

Vietnam have defeated China PR U-22 national team in a friendly match held at the Huangshi Olympic Sports Center in China on Sunday.

King Thiệu Trị (1841-1847) and his talent in literature is being featured at the Huế Museum of Royal Antiquities at 3 Lê Trực Street, Thuận Thành Ward, Huế City.

Vietnam’s national men’s football team tied goalless with Thailand in a frenetic match in the opener of the World Cup qualifiers’ Group G in Thailand’s Pathum Thani province on September 5.

Vietnam’s head coach Park Hang-seo made his final decision to announce the official 23-man squad on September 4, one day ahead of their important Group G opener against hosts Thailand under the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers second round.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called the national football team to show them his support ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match in Thailand on September 5.

The second Thai ethnic cultural festival will be held in the northwestern province of Dien Bien on October 18-20 with the aim of preserving and promoting cultural identities of Thai ethnic group in the process of national integration and development.

A paragliding festival over terraced rice fields will take place from September 20 to 22 at Khau Pha Pass, Mu Cang Chai district, northern Yen Bai province.

Vietnamese duo Hua Van Huy and Chau Tuyet Van won silver at the 2019 Chungju World Martial Arts Masterships in the Republic of Korea on September 2.

The international U15 girls’ football tournament kicked off in Hanoi on September 1 night.

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi in cooperation with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Gia Lai province will hold its annual Mid-Autumn Festival themed “Colors of Gia Lai Culture” on September 7 and 8 in

Hanoi FC and Vietnamese national team star, Doan Van Hau is set to join Dutch top division club SC Heerenveen under a one-year loan agreement.

Vietnam’s taekwondo team won the first gold medal at the 2019 Chungju World Martial Arts Masterships in the Republic of Korea during their first day of competition on September 1.

A ceremony was held at the headquarters of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) in Hanoi on August 30 to honour and award bonuses to the women’s national team who were recently crowned champions at the 2019 AFF Women’s Championship.