CULTURE AND SPORT

The annual Nghinh Ông Festival, in which fishermen show respect for the whale, as a symbol for the spirit of the sea, and gratitude for bumper catch, is to take place in HCM City’s Cần Giờ District on October 3-5.

Director of the Kong: Skull Island movie, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, has just confirmed that he will continue his plans as a tourism ambassador in Vietnam despite the recent attack he suffered in a local bar.

The Vietnam Football Federation has named the former coach of the South Korea U23 team Park Hang Seo as new coach for the national team.

The show "A Night of Ballet", which include works by Vietnamese and French choreographers, will begin at the HCM City Opera House tonight.

Hanoi Temple of Literature has been decorated with colourful lights in preparation for a three-day cultural event celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival starting from September 29.

Vietnamese traditional materials including Nam Cao tussore, Nhat Minh, Nha Xa and Ha Bao silk, and An Phuoc flax will be featured at the latest collections by 19 designers at the Vietnam Fashion Week Spring - Summer 2018.

Thousands of people flocked to the stadium of Do Son Town, Hai Phong City to watch the opening ceremony of Do Son Buffalo Fighting festival 2017 on September 28.

Ho Chi Minh City will organise its first ever international marathon on November 26, Bui Ta Hoang Vu, Director of the municipal Department of Tourism said.

The Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Turkmenistan's capital Ashgabat kicked off its first ever eSports competition as global interest surges in video games as a spectator sport.

Hungary’s contemporary porcelains are being introduced to visitors to the Museum of Fine Art at No. 66 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street, Hanoi at a fortnight exhibition that opened on September 25 by the Hungarian Embassy in Hanoi.

It has been unveiled that Hoang Thu Thao will represent Vietnam at Miss Global Beauty Queen 2017.

Vietnamese film, Tôi Thấy Hoa Vàng Trên Cỏ Xanh (I See Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass), is being screened at the ongoing ASEAN Film Festival 2017 in Ottawa.

Vietnamese dance artists won four gold, and ten silver medals at the 2017 International Dance Festival, which wrapped up in Ninh Binh province on September 22 after seven days of competition.

Vietnam won a total of 161 medals, including 40 gold, standing fourth in the medal tally after seven competition days of the ninth ASEAN Para Games in Malaysia.

The Diwali Fest 2017, the annual Indian light festival, is expected to attract more than 1,200 people in HCM City on October 14, according to the Indian Business Chamber in Vietnam (Incham).

Vietnamese football fans, for the first time in the country, have a chance to meet German National Cup and football legend Joerg Heinrich during his visit to the country.

Former coach of Thailand national football team, Kiatisuk "Zico" Senamuang, is set to meet with leaders of the Vietnam Football Federation to talk about taking over the vacant position as coach of the Vietnam national team.

Staff of the Vietnam Feature Film Studio have strongly opposed policies of their new management board after equitisation, worrying that they would kill the firm.

A unique fashion show where journalists from Vietnam Television (VTV) will walk the ramp at the National Museum of Vietnamese History will be held on September 22.