CULTURE AND SPORT

The film Cha cong con (Father and Son) has beaten out two other nominees to attempt to represent Vietnamese cinema at the 2018 Oscars and is being submitted to the award ceremony’s qualifying round.

The Vietnam Football Federation has decided to find a foreign coach to replace Nguyen Huu Thang as no local coach meets the criteria they set to lead the national team.

Kim Dung, 24, from the northern province of Nam Dinh was declared Vietnam’s Next Top Model All Stars 2017 at the contest that ended recently in Ho Chi Minh City.

CJ CGV Vietnam (CGV), a subsidiary of South Korea’s CJ Group, opened its 50th cinema complex in Vietnam a few days ago, at Parkson Dong Khoi in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1, with five modern cinemas and 404 seats.

Vietnam defeated Indonesia 3-0 in the third match of Group B of the AFF U18 Championship held in Myanmar yesterday, Vietnam’s third consecutive victory.

Police in HCM City are investigating an attack against director of the Kong: Skull Island movie, Jordan Vogt-Roberts at a local bar.

A documentary about internationally renowned Vietnamese monk and peace activist Thích Nhất Hạnh will be shown in American theatres beginning on September 12.

The Mnet Asian Music Award 2017 will be held in multiple locations for the first time including Vietnam, Japan and Hong Kong.

Nguyễn Thị Ngoan of Vietnam won a gold medal at the Karate 1-Premier League in Halle/Leipzig, which closed Sunday in Germany.

Even as Singapore’s Pang Xue Jie walked away in disappointment, the Vietnamese athletes hugged each other excitedly.

An LGBTQ art exhibition billed as the first of its kind in Asia opened in Taiwan on Saturday, just months after the island's top court ruled in favour of gay marriage.

Art lovers will have the chance to enjoy work by one of the most talented artists in Vietnam today, the HCM City-based visual artist Le Hoang Bich Phuong, when her solo exhibition opens at Manzi on Saturday.

Many Vietnamese culture experts have expressed their support for the continuing of the Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival in Haiphong City despite the recent fatal accident.

Vietnam’s no. 1 chess player, Le Quang Liem, bid an early farewell to the ongoing 2017 Chess World Cup in Georgia after conceding a 0.5-1.5 defeat to Indian GM, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, in the second round on September 7.

The 8th German film festival in Vietnam will take place from September 6 to 16 in Hanoi, Hai Phong, Hue, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam’s football team earned their first victory at the 2019 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup qualification on September 5 after beating hosts Cambodia 2-1 during their third Group C match in Phnom Penh.

A paintings exhibition by The River Art, a HCMC-based group of artists, will be opened at the HCMC Fine Arts Association in HCMC’s District 3 on September 5 to raise funds for kids under cancer treatment at Children’s Hospital

The Vietnam Television International Cycling Tournament - Ton Hoa Sen Cup 2017 kicked off at the King Ly Thai To flower garden in Hanoi on September 2.

Maria Sharapova rolled into the last 16 at the US Open by overpowering US teen Sofia Kenin on Friday while a wide-open side of the men's draw lost 2014 champion Marin Cilic.