CULTURE AND SPORT

Residents and visitors to Hanoi will be able to admire the latest versions of the Vietnam’s traditional dress from January 12 to 17 at an event organized by A designer Hanoi and the Center for Culture Exchange.

The organiser of Miss Ocean Vietnam 2017 has been requested to withdraw the crown of contest winner Le Au Ngan Anh due to her plastic surgery.

Xoan and Bai Choi singing lead the top 10 outstanding events of 2017 announced by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Vietnam failed to secure their first point at the ongoing AFC U23 Championship 2018 in China after losing 1-2 to the Republic of Korea (ROK) in their Group D opener on January 11.

Nguyễn Thị Ngoan and Nguyễn Thị Phương will represent Vietnam in Karate 1-Premier League Paris 2018, to be held in Paris from January 26-28.

Vietnamese transsexual singer Huong Giang Idol has been selected to attend the Miss International Queen. She, however, is still waiting for the official permission from Vietnamese authorities.

Pyeongchang Winter Olympics organisers are entering their final preparations with renewed confidence after neighbouring North Korea ended months of speculation by confirming its attendance, immediately easing fears over security and ticket sales.

An exhibition on Hang Trong folk paintings will take place at the Ca Chep Bookstore at 115 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh district from January 10 to 25.

Miss Universe Vietnam 2017, H'Hen Nie, has just visited orphaned children and elderly people at a pagoda on her first charity trip with Miss World Universe 2008 Dayana Mendoza.

V.League club HCM City have signed a contract with former Manchester United (MU) midfielder Rodrigo Pereira Possebon.

Vietnam traditional martial arts (Vovinam) will be an official sport at the upcoming ASEAN University Games.

H’Hen Nie, a 25-year-old model from the Ede ethnic minority group in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, was crowned Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 in the grand finale on January 6.

Former Vietnam national team coach Toshiya Miura said he hopes to lead V.League 1 club Ho Chi Minh City to third place this season.

The Sa Huynh Culture Museum in Hoi An displays artifacts of ancient Sa Huynh civilization which flourished 2,000 years ago and founded the Hoi An trading port to trade with merchants from Southeast Asia, South India, and China.

Lucia and the Ice Mountain, a fairy tale musical co-produced by young musicians and producers from ASEAN countries, will premiere in HCM City today.

Excellent cuisines of Vietnam and foreign countries will be introduced at 100 booths at the 12th Taste of the World festival scheduled for January 11-14 in Ho Chi Minh City.

India is to restrict the number of daily visitors to the Taj Mahal in an attempt to preserve the iconic 17th-century monument to love, its biggest tourist attraction.

Vietnamese chess star Le Quang Liem has fallen to 23rd spot, with a new Elo rating of 2,737, in the latest International Chess Federation (FIDE) rankings for January 2018.

The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien has set the goal to win at least three gold medals at the 18th Asian Games this year.