CULTURE AND SPORT

Hãy Thức Tỉnh và Sẵn Sàng (Stay Awake, Be Ready) by Phạm Thiên Ân will premiere in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors' Fortnight), an independent section held in parallel with the Cannes Film Festival in France in May.

Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh enjoyed his second win of the 2019 Badminton Asia Championships in Wuhan, China. The victory ensures that he will progress to the quarter finals for the second time in his career.

The Hue Traditional Craft Festival 2019 opened on Friday at the former imperial capital of Hue with the participation of artisans that specialize in 16 crafts.

450 child models will display the latest collections from 40 Vietnamese and international fashion designers at the Vietnam International Junior Fashion Week 2019.

Australian cuisine, culture and lifestyle will be introduced throughout Vietnam at an annual event held in May.

The first Miss World Vietnam has started as the country searches for a contestant for the global Miss World 2019 competition which will take place in Thailand in November.

Runner Quach Thi Lan won a gold medal at women’s 400m hurdles at the ongoing 2019 Asian Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar on April 22 (local time).

A Buddhist monk fishes out a vial of cannabis oil from his robe and puts a drop under his tongue -- one of many people flocking to a weed festival in northeastern Thailand, where excitement is building over a

The Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Women’s Beach Volleyball Tour 2019 kicked off in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 19.

A grape and wine festival will be held in the southern central province of Ninh Thuan late this month.

The 6th Vietnam Book Festival is being held at Thong Nhat Park in Hanoi from April 18 to 22, to promote reading among young people and attract public attention.

Vietnamese players are being offered a better chance to compete in the K League as the Korean professional football league announced on April 18 that it will increase its quota for players from Southeast Asia starting next year.

The first official event on April 20 at Hanoi's My Dinh Stadium Vietnam Grand Prix Company will feature F1 cars.

The National Band Festival will return in Hanoi tomorrow, after a nearly 30-year hiatus.

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.