CULTURE AND SPORT

DUBAI: Fairies, brides in black and hand-knit dolls take the runway in Dubai this week for the fifth Arab Fashion Week, a five-day affair focussed on instantly available "ready couture" and pre-collections.

An exhibition showcasing portraits of leaders from 21 APEC member economies made from pottery will take place at the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum, Hanoi, from November 18-21.

China will bid to host the 2030 World Cup, their coach Marcello Lippi said, underlining the country's ambitions to become a leading football power.

Many Vietnamese beauty contestants have exhibited poor English skills during the contests, which makes it next to impossible for them to win at international beauty pageants.

The first Italy-ASEAN Week will take place in Hanoi from November 17-27, with a string of interesting activities scheduled to be held.

Vietnamese football team hosted guests Afghanistan in their clash under the 2019 Asian Football Confederation Asian Cup qualification on November 14.

Vietnamese actress and director, Ngô Thanh Vân, known as Veronica Ngo, will star in the movie Star Wars: The Last Jedi, confirmed its distributor, Walt Disney Studios.

Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs will be appointed director of the Promotion Fund of Vietnamese Football Talents FC (PVF) youth academy.

A young man in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau was questioned by police after live streaming a new movie on Facebook from the cinema.

Vietnam's representative Do My Linh has been named in the top 20 of the Beauty with A Purpose Competition at the Miss World 2017.

Photos depicting intangible and tangible heritages of Vietnam are on display at the Hồ Gươm Cultural Information Centre located in Hanoi’s Old Quarter.

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer can set up a dream climax to the 2017 season at the ATP World Tour Finals, but organisers are sweating on the Spaniard's fitness and a new crop are itching to spoil the party.

The second runner up of the Miss Ethnic Vietnam 2013, Nguyen Thi Loan has just left for the 2017 Miss Universe Pageant which will take place in in Las Vegas, United States later this month.

The European Music Festival 2017 aims to honour the richness and diversity of European culture, contributing to improving the understanding and reciprocal knowledge, thus reinforcing the relations, between Europe and Vietnam.

Hanoian boxer Nguyen Thi Tam fought to bring home a historic gold medal for Vietnam at the Asian Women’s Boxing Championships 2017, which concluded in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Tourism has just launched a new bilingual magazine in Vietnamese and English for tourists.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has fined the Vietnam Football Federation USD15,000 for failing to prevent fans setting off flares during the 2019 Asian Cup qualifier against Cambodia.

The APEC Photo Contest 2017 winners were announced at the Concluding Senior Officials’ Meeting by Dr. Alan Bollard, Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat’s Executive Director in the central city of Da Nang.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism have asked for a halt to the Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 pageant in Khanh Hoa Province after Storm Damrey struck the south-central region.