CULTURE AND SPORT

Fresh from winning the 2026 Premier League Pool, Duong Quoc Hoang has travelled to Las Vegas to compete at the 2026 Predator WPA Teams 10-Ball World Championship which kicked off on February 25.

Two representatives, Tran Quyet Chien and Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu, will compete for Vietnam as defending runners-up at the 2026 World Team 3-Cushion Championship in Germany.

As many as 23 photos by Australian photographer Tony Miller are on display in Dalat, offering audiences a quiet gaze, shaped by light and time.

Haiphong City will invest more than VND 45.4 billion (USD 1.72 million) to restore Con Son Stream, aiming to enhance the value of the Con Son-Kiep Bac historical site.

Visitors joined farmers in tilling soil and planting vegetables at Tra Que vegetable village in Danang City on Sunday as the 400-year-old community opened its annual Cau Bong Festival.

Thousands of worshippers gathered at Tay Ho Temple on the first working day after the Lunar New Year, braving light rain to pray for peace and prosperity.

Vietnam’s Duong Quoc Hoang defeated Spain’s Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 7-4 in the Premier League Pool 2026 final, becoming the first Asian champion in the tournament’s history.

More than 200 workers laboured through the night to dismantle installations at Nguyen Hue Flower Street in Ho Chi Minh City after the annual Tet attraction closed on February 22.

A distinctive market in Chanh Hung Ward in Ho Chi Minh City opens only once a year, operating for a month during Ramadan and drawing both Muslim worshippers and curious visitors.

Hundreds of thousands flocked to Ba Den Mountain in Tay Ninh Province during the 2026 Spring Festival, straining cable cars and accommodation services while security was maintained.

Vietnam is drumming up global attention with the construction of the Trong Dong (Bronze Drum) Stadium, a 135,000-seat venue that, once completed, will become the largest stadium in the world.

Hanoi will offer free admission to 17 historical and cultural sites from February 20 to 22, 2026, allowing residents and tourists to enjoy the capital’s heritage during the Lunar New Year holiday.

Authorities in Hue City have ordered tighter inspections and strict penalties for unauthorised boat races that disrupt public order and safety.

Vietnam women’s volleyball team enter 2026 with a packed schedule of major international tournaments.

Thousands flocked daily to Minh Duc Pagoda in Quang Ngai Province during Tet to pay homage to a 125-metre Bodhisattva statue, the tallest in Southeast Asia.

Hanoi Museum is offering a free-admission policy through March 2.

Many residents and tourists flocked to the Temple of Literature in Hanoi to request calligraphy, expressing wishes for exam success, achievement and peace in the new year.

Thousands of worshippers flocked to Hanoi’s Quan Su Pagoda just after the midnight countdown to the Lunar New Year, offering incense and prayers for health and good fortune.

The Vietnam women’s futsal team arrived in Narita, Japan, on the morning of February 16, officially beginning an important training camp in preparation for the ASEAN Women’s Futsal Championship 2026.