CULTURE AND SPORT

Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem has produced a second-place finish in the rapid chess tournament at the ongoing IMSA Mind Games 2019 in China.

South Korea have abandoned their bid to stage football's Asian Cup in 2023, authorities said, leaving the sole other bidders China with a free run to become hosts.

The Vietnam Football Federation has been fined USD39,500 after local fans set off flares at two AFC U23 Championship qualification matches.

The construction of the Truong Son Trail, also known as Ho Chi Minh Trail, is a vivid illustration of the sound guidelines of the Party and Uncle Ho during the country’s struggles for national liberation, said Politburo member, Minister

Vietnamese athletes have won a silver and a bronze medal at the World Para Swimming World Series which took place in Singapore on May 10 to 12.

Deputy Director of the Vietnam National Academy of Music, Bui Cong Duy, has just claimed that the British trombonist Christopher Trinnaman is not working at the academy.

The fourth European Literature Days event has just been launched at Nguyen Van Binh Book Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, featuring various literary and cultural activities.

The Da Nang International Food Festival 2019 will be held for the first time from June 2 to 6 on the east side of Dragon Bridge in central Da Nang city.

A 2019 Spring-Summer fashion show titled “Back to nature” of Vietnamese designer Do Manh Cuong took place in Sydney, Australia on May 10.

The 2019 Red Flamboyant Flower Festival officially kicked off in the northern port city of Hai Phong on the evening of May 10, under the theme “Hai Phong – Successful Destination”.

The southern province of Ben Tre and a Hanoi-headquartered company are in dispute over their co-operation contracts with Miss Earth 2018 Nguyen Phuong Khanh.

A paragliding festival will be take place on Thoi Loi mountain, on Ly Son Island, Quang Ngai province, for the first time, from June 21 to 25.

The 2019 International Food Festival will be held in the central city of Da Nang from June 2-6, featuring the participation of 14 world leading chefs.

A series of cultural and sports activities will be held at the 2019 Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa Sea Festival which will kick off on May 10 in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa.

The Vietnam senior football team will face hosts Thailand in their opening match of the 47th King’s Cup, which is scheduled to take place at the beginning of June, according to the draw for the international tournament to be

About 7,200 members of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and volunteers will be serving the upcoming United Nations Day of Vesak 2019.

The central province of Quang Nam has held an exhibition on Vietnam’s sovereignty of the Paracel and Spratly archipelagos.

The Fox Sport Asia website has named Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai as one of the top five players in the fifth qualifier round of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup 2019.

At the beginning of June, the national senior team and the U23 squad will all gather to prepare for their important goals in 2019.