CULTURE AND SPORT

An outdoor exhibition featuring 50 photos of old Hanoi will be held on pedestrian streets near Hoan Kiem Lake from August 11 to 13.

Forty-two sculptures in the themes of youth and love are on display at an exhibition in HCM City’s Văn Thánh Tourist Park.

Do Trinh Hoai Nam has become the first Vietnamese designer surpassing over 30 well-known international designers to bring his latest collection to the prestigious New York Couture Fashion Week 2017 on September 8, in New York.

The Ho Chi Minh City Music Conservatory is organising a summer music camp to provide participating young people with a platform to showcase their talents during their annual break from school.

Top Vietnamese female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien will compete in 10-12 categories with the aim of earning 8-10 gold medals at the upcoming 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, according to Dinh Viet Hung, Secretary General of the Vietnam

The 3rd Vietnam Connection Music Festival (VNCMF) 2017, Vietnam’s largest classical music event, will be held from August 12-26 in Hanoi, Hue, Ho Chi Minh City, with the participation of many international talents.

The starting gun for the Danang International Marathon 2017, Vietnam’s biggest annual professional marathon, will be fired on August 6 at Bien Dong Park in the central city of Da Nang.

A series of plays by artists from five leading troupes in the capital city will be performed at the Hanoi Opera House in August.

More than 5,000 athletes and tourists will race this Sunday in the annual Manulife Đà Nẵng International Marathon, one of the biggest sport events in central Vietnam.

An exhibition, featuring artistic photos by French photographer Réhahn Croquevielle, officially opened at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi, on August 1.

Vietnamese striker Nguyễn Công Phượng has been selected as one of five best potential J.League strikers in Southeast Asia by the prestigious website foxsportsasia.com.

Vietnam’s no. 1 chess player, Le Quang Liem, jumped seven places to achieve a career-best world number 23 ranking with a new elo rating of 2,739, in the latest International Chess Federation rankings for August 2017.

Vietnam will take part in the fifth World Vovinam Championship scheduled to be held in India from August 2-5.

A music camp will be held by the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music at its headquarter from August 1-8.

To Van Dong, director of Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports has demanded performers must report to the authorities if they want to perform in Hoan Kiem District’s pedestrianised areas.

A new venture promoted by a Harvard-educated business graduate providing a low-cost cinema experience is making many customers happy.

Vietnam wrapped up the Asian Men’s and Women’s Junior and Youth Weightlifting Championship with four golds, nine silvers and 12 bronze medals on July 27 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

The Goethe Institute in HCMC said the Notos Quartet, the award winning piano quartet from Germany will perform a special concert in Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music (112 Nguyen Du Street, District 1), on August 5.

The Ho Chi Minh City International Track and Field Championships Open 2017 kicked off at Thong Nhat stadium on July 27.