CULTURE AND SPORT

Nearly 2,000 foreign and domestic runners will take part in the 61st National Marathon Tournament organised by Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper in Vung Tau city, the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau, on March 24.

The Vietnamese billiards team competing at the ongoing UMB World Three-cushion Championship for National Teams have reached the quarterfinals of the competition.

The fifth annual French culinary festival Goût de France on March 21 will feature 51 restaurants from Vietnam.

Hanoi People's Court on Thursday started the first trial in the intellectual property infringement between a local company and a renowned director over the popular The Quintessence of Tonkin show.

According to reports in the German media, Bundesliga club Borussia Monchengladbach have set their sights on signing young Vietnam national team star Doan Van Hau.

A K-pop star has quit after admitting he watched illicit sex videos received from another artist, his agency said Thursday, the third singer to be engulfed in a scandal sweeping South Korea's music industry.

A burgeoning K-pop sex scandal claimed a second scalp as a singer who rose to fame after coming second in one of South Korea's top talent shows admitted secretly filming himself having sex and sharing the footage.

Eight elephants joined a football match among some of their other activities at the on-going Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

The People’s Committee of the south-central province of Khanh Hoa has approved the Nha Trang Beach Festival-Khanh Hoa 2019 with nearly 50 art, physical-sport, trade and symposium activities spanning from May 10-13.

The 2019 International Francophone Day entitled “Couleurs Francophones” (Francophone Colours) will offer a range of interesting activities, heard a press conference on the event held in Hanoi on March 12.

FIFA must put human rights at the heart of any decision to increase the number of Middle East countries hosting the 2022 World Cup, leading global pressure groups urged Tuesday.

15-year-old weightlifter, Do Tu Tung made a strong start at the 2019 Youth World Championships, bringing home three gold medals and setting three youth world records in the men's 49kg division.

The Vietnamese Traditional Culture Festival and International Cultural Exchange 2019 will be held from April 5 to 9 at the historic Thang Long Citadel in Hanoi.

The seventh Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival opened in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on March 9 under the theme “The Quintessence of Jungle”.

Artists from Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) will join a dance show named “Colour of Dances” at the Saigon Opera House in Ho Chi Minh City on March 13.

American contestant Jazell Barbie Royale was crowned "Miss International Queen" in Thailand on Friday at a beauty pageant for transgender women, becoming the first person of colour to win the competition since it started in 2004.

French gastronomy will come into the spotlight along with the screenings of documentary and feature films by young French directors during a film month scheduled for March 12-27 in Hanoi.

The Olympic Run Day for Public Health 2019 will take place on March 24 morning, the Vietnam Sports Administration announced on March 6.

The Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival 2019 will take place on March 9 to 16 in Buon Ma Thuot city and the districts of Buon Don and Lak in the central highlands’ province of Dak Lak.