CULTURE AND SPORT

The British Council in partnership with the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies launched a three-year-project Cultural and Creative Hubs (CCHs) in Vietnam between 2018 and 2021.

Maria Sharapova says she supports a Grand Slam seeding for longtime rival Serena Williams as the American tries to rebuild her career after giving birth nine months ago.

The British Council in partnership with the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies launched a three-year-project Cultural and Creative Hubs (CCHs) in Vietnam between 2018 and 2021.

The Asian Taekwondo Championship will be held at Phu Tho Indoor Sport Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City from May 24-28.

Vietnam is now just two places outside of the world’s top 100 national football teams after moving up one step to 102nd place in the latest FIFA men’s rankings, which were announced on May 17.

A collection of 74 watercolour paintings by Vietnamese and foreign artists is being shown at the HCM City Watercolour Painting exhibition at HCM City’s Fine Arts Association.

Designer Do Trinh Hoai Nam has been invited to open the Ao Dai Festival in the US with the ao dai inspired by the legendary Mother Au Co.

An international painting and sculpture exhibition entitled ‘Silent talk’ opened at the Vietnam Fine Art Museum in Hanoi on May 15.

Two international volleyball tournaments will be hosted by Vietnam this summer, organizers told a press conference in Hanoi on May 14.

The United Nations Population Fund announced it has dissolved its partnerships with rocker Pham Anh Khoa as an activist on the prevention of violence against women and girls in Vietnam following his sex abuse scandal.

The United Nations Population Fund has removed all the images and information relating to its former activist Pham Anh Khoa from its Facebook and Website amid the rocker's sex abuse scandal.

Four young people and 15 bands will compete at the K-pop World Festival’s country round at the Vietnam Youth Academy (VYA) tomorrow.

An exhibition of works related to President Ho Chi Minh opened in Hanoi on May 10 as part of events to celebrate the President’s 128th birthday (May 19, 1890 – May 19, 2018).

The FIFA World Cup 2018 will start in Russia in over a month but the Vietnam Television (VTV) has so far failed to land broadcasting rights due to the cost.

“Angel Face”, a film invested and co-produced by Vietnamese artist Ly Nha Ky, will vie for prize at the Cannes Film Festival which will take place in France from May 8-19.

A ceremony has been held in Binh Dinh Province to receive a certificate from UNESCO recognising Bai Choi singing as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

The Association of Vietnamese students in Hungary has opened a football tournament involving 9 Vietnamese and 1 Hungarian teams from different cities across the country.

A European Village event is being held in Hanoi as part of the Europe Days 2018 series of activities to mark Europe Day-May 9.

Vietnamese tennis ace Ly Hoang Nam continued to demonstrate steady form at the ongoing Vietnam F1 Futures tournament, as he brilliantly defeated Canadian Kelsey Stevenson on May 2, to book a place in the men’s singles quarterfinal stage.