CULTURE AND SPORT

The final round of the 2017 Miss ASEAN Friendship contest will take place from June 15 to July 2 in Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen province, featuring the participation of 30 contestants from ASEAN countries.

The 2017 U15 International Football Challenge Cup funded by the Thieu Nien Tien Phong Plastic JSC kicked off in the central city of Da Nang from June 14 with four teams from Vietnam, Taiwan (China), Myanmar, and Indonesia competing.

Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam jumped 42 spots to reach world No 559 in the latest men’s singles rankings, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) announced on June 12.

Grammy-winning soul singer Joss Stone tops a long list of artists from 10 different countries performing at the second Monsoon Music Festival (MMF) in Hanoi in October.

China's football-mad President Xi Jinping will meet with FIFA chief Gianni Infantino in Beijing on Wednesday as the world's most populous nation harbours ambitions of hosting the World Cup.

Nearly 100 competitors from 30 countries and territories will race in the World Windsurfing Championship at An Bang beach in Hoi An city, the central province of Quang Nam from June 12 to 15.

Vietnam’s Truong Thi Phuong pocketed another gold medal at the International Canoe Federation Women’s Canoe Cup, which ended on June 8 in Szeged City, Hungary.

A contemporary art centre has just been opened in Hanoi, becoming the city’s the largest-scale and most unique art centre.

Rural Vietnamese landscapes are portrayed in original lacquered paintings at a new exhibition in Hanoi.

Simona Halep is targeting the world number one ranking in Saturday's French Open final but fast-rising Latvian upstart Jelena Ostapenko threatens to crash the Romanian's party as a first-time major champion will be crowned.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has signed a three-year contract with Miguel Rodrigo as the head coach of the national futsal team.

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Vuong Duy Bien said he would propose to scrap the regulations that require contestants to ask for permission to enter beauty pageants.

The 2017 International Kite Festival officially kicked off on June 8 in Hoi An city of Quang Nam province, as part of activities under the framework of the 6th Quang Nam Heritage Festival.

Tourism ambassador, director Jordan Vogt-Roberts took his British colleague Gareth Edwards for a tour at Ha Long Bay to introduce the beauty of Vietnam.

The Quang Binh Cave Festival 2017 will take place on June 16-25 along with a string of fascinating activities, a press conference was informed in Quang Binh on June 6.

Vietnamese junior chess masters performed outstandingly at the first World Cadet Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships 2017 in Minsk, Belarus from June 2 to 4, racking up one gold, three silver and five bronze medals in both categories.

Representatives from the UK, Australia and Italy will contest the final round of the Danang International Fireworks Festival 2017 on June 26.

Vietnam’s northern mountainous province of Lao Cai will team up with China’s southwestern province of Yunnan in organising an international cycling race in July, heard a meeting held by the provincial People’s Committee.

Swaggers, an all-female French dance group, will stage two contemporary and hip hop dance shows in Ho Chi Minh City on June 10 and Hanoi on June 11.