CULTURE AND SPORT

To welcome in the new decade, one of the biggest annual events, Lights 2020, on Nguyen Hue pedestrian mall, will once again take place on New Year’s Eve, with a countdown starting at 8pm.

The annual traditional holiday of the Mông ethnic minority group, known as Nào Pê Chầu, takes place at the end of the 11th lunar month.

Vietnam’s U23 team are gearing up for the upcoming 2020 AFC U23 Championships finals to be held from January 8 to 26 next year in Thailand.

Vietnam U23s will kick-start their 2020 AFC U23 Championship in Thailand early next year as the reigning runners-up, however, captain Nguyen Quang Hai remains cautious regarding his team’s upcoming journey at the continental tournament.

The annual “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) programme 2020, a run-up to the Lunar New Year festival for Overseas Vietnamese (OV), will take place in Hanoi and Bac Ninh province on January 18, 2020.

Vietnam’s no. 1 chess player Le Quang Liem is seeking to repeat his 2013 blitz triumph at the King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2019 in Moscow, Russia from December 26 to 30.

Dantri announces most prominent sports events of the year.

Widely known through cartoons, the soundtracks of famous Disney animations such as "Pinocchio" and "Cinderella” are to be performed by Vietnamese artists during the "Concert of Childhood Memory".

The 2020 K-Pop Super Concert will take place at the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on January 11, 2020, as an activity to celebrate the 27th anniversary diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea.

The famously reticent fashion designer Nguyễn Công Trí is opening up through an exhibition that starts in HCM City this week.

Striker Nguyen Cong Phuong is expected to return to Vietnam later this month after failing to secure a long-term contract at a Belgian football club.

Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai has won the highest number of votes for the Iconic AFC U23 Goals title launched by the Asian Football Confederation.

A total of four Vietnamese footballers, including Quang Hai, Van Hau, Hung Dung, and Ngoc Hai, have been selected in a line up of the best ASEAN team of 2019, as announced by Foxsports Asia.

The Việt Nam Folk Arts Association on Friday honoured 61 outstanding folk artworks at a ceremony in Hà Nội.

Some artworks from the Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts collection have been put on display at the museum to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Vietnam People's Army (December 22).

Miss Universe Vietnam 2018 H'Hen Nie has introduced her photo collection of menswear style on the occasion of marking one year since she was named in the top 5 of Miss Universe 2018.

Vietnam has retained 15th place in Asia as the International Federation of Association Football announced its men’s world rankings for 2019.

The Ho Chi Minh City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO), on December 18, announced that 2019 Rock Symphony concert will take place in Ho Chi Minh City on December 27 and 28, promising to bring a special musical

HCM City Marathon 2020 slated to be held on January 4-5 is expected to see the participation of 10,000 people.