CULTURE AND SPORT

Formula One is in talks with six local governments in China this week about holding a second grand prix in the country, a senior F1 official told AFP, with a Beijing road race said to have been floated.

Formula One boss Chase Carey said next year's inaugural race in Hanoi will be "uniquely exciting" thanks to a street track he hopes will help make the event a global spectacle.

For the first time in Vietnam, students from universities and colleges across the country will have the chance to compete in an animated flashmob dance competition, entitled “Wave of youth”.

Vietnam’s aerobic team won three medals of each colour at the newly concluded Suzuki Cup 2019 - FIG World Cup Series Tokyo International in Japan.

Two Vietnamese films will compete for titles at the ASEAN International Film Festival and Awards (AIFFA) 2019.

Water-spraying elephants, raves and boisterous, street-blocking water fights -- Thailand's Buddhist new year arrived with a splash Saturday, a once calm festival now celebrated with a more raucous edge.

Chang Vo Cua Em (My Mr Wife), a movie on struggle of woman in modern society, won the two top prizes at the annual 2018 Golden Kite awards given by the Vietnam Cinema Association in Ho Chi Minh City

The National Library will host a celebration of Vietnamese Book Day on April 19 with many activities to promote reading culture.

The first Vietnamese Traditional Art Festival 2019 will be held on Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in HCM City from April 13 to 15 during Hung Kings Festival.

The Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Fair 2019 will take place from April 11 to 14 at September 23 Park in District 1.

Football-obsessed Myanmar teen Kaung Khant Lin roots for Manchester United, worships star Lionel Messi and was honoured as the best player in a recent tournament.

Miss Earth 2018 Nguyen Thi Phuong Khanh has acted as a tour guide for her first runner-up Melanie Mader during her visit to HCM City.

An off-road motor race for both motorbikes and cars will be held in the UNESCO-recognised Dong Van Karst Plateau Global Geopark in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang during the upcoming National Reunification Day (April 30) and May

Colourful flower carriages and dances by foreign artists during a street carnival will kick-start the 2019 Sam Son Sea Tourism Festival in Sam Son city, in the central province of Thanh Hoa, on April 13.

The Hoi An International Food Festival 2019 will take place from April 11 to 14 at the An Hoi Sculpture Park in Hoi An ancient town in Vietnam’s central region.

Grandmaster Le Quang Liem entered the top 10 after the fourth round of the Dubai Open chess tournament on April 5.

The Vietnamese Traditional Culture Festival and International Cultural Exchange, themed ‘Bright Thang Long’, officially opened on April 5 at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi.

The Art of the Journey, an exclusive publication comprising the private art collection of 170 original art pieces from established and emerging artists in the Asia-Pacific region, will be launched in Hanoi next week.

Vietnamese audiences will have an opportunity to enjoy the hip-hop performance named “The Roots” by the well-known French Choreographer Kader Attou, at the Youth Theatre, No. 11 Ngo Thi Nham Street, in Hanoi, on April 13.