CULTURE AND SPORT

Tickets for the match between Vietnam and Malaysia at the FIFA World Cup 2022 Asian second qualifying round have been sold like hotcakes.

A Vietnamese music channel has become the first in the country to be presented with a Youtube Diamond Play Button for having attracted nearly 4 billion views.

More than 4,000 runners from 46 countries and territories around the world will participate in the 2019 Vietnam Mountain Marathon (VMM) in Lao Cai province’s Sapa district from September 21-22, an increase of 18% as compared to the 2018 event.

With the desire to preserve and promote the unique water puppet art of the nation, a young girl named Hoang Huong Giang has implemented a bold project: building a miniature water puppet stage right in the heart of District

Vietnamese player Nguyen Thien Ngan defeated No. 1 seed Van Foreest Machteld from the Netherlands to win the girls’ U14 rapid chess event at the 2019 World Youth Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship in Spain.

Cao Dai followers in the southern province of Tay Ninh celebrated their biggest festival in the year to pray for good weather, national peace, and prosperity on September 13 – the 15th day of the 8th lunar month.

Vietnam U19s have been drawn against Thailand U19s in the opening clash of next month’s GSB Bangkok Cup 2019 in Thailand.

Hang Day Stadium will hold games behind closed doors after a football fan was seriously injured by a flare lit at a recent football game.

The Vietnam Spring Summer Fashion Week 2020 starting on September 13 will present the latest collections by leading designers of the country.

An exhibition titled “Hoang Sa, Truong Sa of Vietnam: Historical and legal evidence” kicked off at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City, on September 11.

Hanoi police are investigating an incident where a spectator was injured by a flare at a football match in Hanoi on Wednesday.

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.