CULTURE AND SPORT

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.

The Europe meets Asia in Contemporary Dance Festival, take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from September 20 to October 14, with the aim of promoting contemporary dance in Vietnam, expanding international cooperation and bringing people into

Yen Bai is ready to host paragliding festival while Sapa will welcome marathon runners from September 22 to 24.

The ninth ASEAN Para Games opened at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on the night of September 17.

Japanese Sota Hara and Thailand’s Pujyanuch Prachayanipon won the men’s and women’s Hội An International Marathon in the ancient coastal city on Sunday.

Some 1,500 amateur, semi-professional, and professional runners from around the world are expected to set out from Hoai River Square on September 17 for The Hoi An International Marathon 2017.

The first exhibition in HCM City to feature photographs of female nudes opened yesterday at the HCM City Fine Arts Association.

International artists from Sun World Ba Na Hills arts troupe will present an unprecedented, unique, street carnival in the pedestrian streets around Hoan Kiem Lake, in Hanoi on September 16-17.

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.