CULTURE AND SPORT

Vietnam’s futsal team lost to Uzbekistan 1-3 in the quarter-finals of the Asian Football Confederation Futsal Championship in Taipei, China on February 8.

South Korean coach of the Vietnamese U23 football team Park Hang Seo was gifted a car by Truong Hai Automobile Company for the squad’s achievement at the recent AFC U23 Championship final.

Japan's cherry blossom season is expected to arrive earlier than usual, according to a forecast by Japan Meteorological Corporation (JMC).

Ta Duy Anh, director of Vietnam Circus Federation said that amateur circuses had been impersonating them in low-quality shows.

The Vietnam circus festival 2018 will entertain audiences in Hanoi and the three central provinces of Thanh Hoa, Quang Binh and Nghe An from March 3 to April 16, in order to welcome the Lunar New Year festival.

Grandmaster Le Quang Liem has leaped up two places to make his first appearance among the world’s top 20 chess players on the live chess ratings website, 2700chess.com.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino will pay a visit to Vietnam on February 8 at the invitation of vice chairman of Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) Tran Quoc Tuan.

The 10th Hue Festival will take place from April 27 to May 2, according to Chairman of the People’s Committee of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue Nguyen Van Cao.

Thousands of overseas Vietnamese have registered to participate in the annual “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) 2018, said Deputy Foreign Minister and Head of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs Vu Hong Nam.

Several localities have opposed to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's decision to only give permission to the Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival.

Xoan Singing of the northern province of Phu Tho received a UNESCO certificate of an intangible cultural heritage of humanity at a ceremony at Lai Len Shrine, Viet Tri city, Phu Tho on February 3.

Vietnamese Grandmaster (GM) Lê Quang Liêm ranked seventh at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018, which concluded in England early February 2.

Vietnamese midfielder Nguyễn Quang Hải’s goal against Uzbekistan in the final of the Asian Football Confederation U23 Championship was voted the best goal of the tournament by fans on the AFC website.

A parade of cyclists will roll through Hanoi streets on February 4, designated as World Cancer Day 2018, to raise public awareness of early cancer detection.

Vietnam’s futsal team lost to Malaysia 1-2 in their opening Group A match at the AFC Futsal Championship in Taipei (China) on February 1.

North Korean skiers and skaters were due to arrive in the South Thursday to take part in the Pyeongchang Winter Games, setting the stage for a "peace Olympics" after a year of high tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear programme.

Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai is on the brink of winning the “Best Goal” award at the AFC U23 Championship 2018 in an ongoing poll carried out by the Asian Football Confederation.

The U23 football team will be rewarded over VND23bn (USD1m) from state agencies as well as private organisations after the achievement at the AFC Championship 2018.

French photographer Réhahn, based in Hội An Ancient Town in the central province of Quảng Nam, is among nine nominees for Trophées des Francais de l’étranger.