CULTURE AND SPORT

The names of the jurors for the 21st Vietnam Film Festival which will take place from November 23 to 27 in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province have been revealed.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has said that nearly 20,000 security personnel will be deployed in Phnom Penh to maintain order during the Water Festival, which will take place from November 10-12.

Tickets for the upcoming match between the UAE and Vietnam in the FIFA World Cup 2022 Asian second qualifying round are on sale online at exorbitant prices.

South Korean Coach Park Hang-seo has signed a new contract with the Vietnam Football Federation, after leading Vietnam’s football to unprecedented achievements over the last couple of years.

The 2019 World Circus Festival, themed ‘New chapter for a wonder’, will be held in Ha Long City, in the northernprovince of Quang Ninh, from November 11-17.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) River Delta region and its farmers are featured in a new painting exhibition at the HCM City Association of Fine Arts.

As many as 30 Vietnamese films will be screened for free in Hanoi and HCM City on November 6-12 to celebrate the Việt Nam Film Festival.

The Vietnamese-Polish winner of MasterChef in Poland, Ms. Ola Nguyen, will headline a special “Polish Gastronomy Week” on November 8-15 in Hanoi.

An exhibition covering up to 250 sketch paintings by People’s Artist Ngo Manh Lan is being held at Hanoi Fine Arts University.

An exhibition of Dong Ho folk prints has opened at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum.

According to Q&Me, Quang Hai is the best-known player on the Vietnam national team.

A week of free film screenings is to be launched in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from November 6 to 12 to commemorate the 21st Vietnam Film Festival, which will take place later this month.

The Việt Nam national male basketball team and its core of naturalised overseas Vietnamese players are expected to bring home a medal at the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.

First there was Tutu, the "African Mona Lisa" sold last year for 1.5 million dollars. Then a second portrait by revered Nigerian painter Ben Enwonwu, called Christine, sold in mid-October, for 1.4 million dollars.

A wide variety of attractive activities are being held at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi from November 1-30, aiming to honour the cultural quintessence of Vietnamese ethnic groups.

The Vietnam-Korea Culture and Culinary Festival 2019 will take place in Ly Thai To Square near Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi from November 8-10, the Republic of Korea (RoK) Embassy in Vietnam announced at a press briefing in Hanoi

Sai Gon Giai Phong (Liberated Saigon) newspaper held a press briefing in Ho Chi Minh City on October 31 to introduce the regulations, prize structure and the sponsors of the Vietnam Golden Ball Awards 2019.

A local film festival in suburban Tokyo has come under fire for dropping a movie examining views on the highly controversial issue of sex slavery and Japan's wartime military brothels.

The construction of the F1 race track is causing traffic chaos along Le Quang Dao Street in Hanoi.