CULTURE AND SPORT

Vietnam’s no. 1 chess player Le Quang Liem impressively defeated reigning world rapid chess champion, Vassily Ivanchuk, after 41 moves in the seventh round of the ongoing 8th Hainan Danzhou Super Grandmaster Chess Tournament in China on July 16.

A new classical music programme will be staged twice a month in HCM City with the aim of attracting young people to the genre.

Muscle Contest Vietnam will be held for the first time at Military Zone 7 Competition Centre in HCM City on August 19.

There are a few museums in HCM City that attract many tourists on a daily basis, including War Remnants Museum, Hồ Chí Minh Museum and the Fine Arts Museum, among others.

Vietnam’s no. 1 tennis player Ly Hoang Nam and partner Sun Fajing (China) beat Alcantara Francis Casey (Philippines) and Singh Karunuday (India) with a score of 2-0 on July 14 to win the men’s doubles title at the China

A cycling tournament entitled ‘Returning to Trường Sơn’ begins on July 15 in Hanoi.

14 artists from Hai Phong City have opened a nude painting and sculpture exhibition entitled Phuong at Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi.

More than 60 kite artists will take part in the Đà Nẵng kite festival on Mỹ Khê Beach in Sơn Trà district on July 15-16, according to the city’s Festival and Event Organising centre.

Vietnamese antiquities and art treasures with great historical and cultural value will be auctioned on August 19 in Hanoi, marking the first time a professional auction company authorised by the Hanoi People’s Committee to sell the country’s antiquities.

Vietnamese karate artist Doan Bao Chau lost in a four-minute match with the martial artist Pierre Francois Flores from Canada.

Vietnam’s Le Quang Liem has joined Yu Yangyi and Ding Liren, both from China, in second place at the ongoing 8th Hainan Danzhou Super Grandmaster Chess Tournament, after securing a crucial win against Vladimir Malakhov in the fourth round.

Gangnam Style, the quirky South Korean video that spawned a global dance craze and went so viral it nearly broke YouTube, has finally been dethroned as the most watched video.

The Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards 2017 on Monday (July 10) begins its sixth annual edition, with the aim of preserving Vietnam’s cultural values.

The skeleton of the last Java rhino in Vietnam is being displayed at the Cat Tien National Park in the southern province of Lam Dong.

Local authorities said the friendly match with the martial artist Pierre Francois Flores from Canada in Hanoi must have a permit in case of severe injuries.

The 3rd Vietnam International Fingerstyle Guitar Festival will be held in Hanoi and HCM City on July 18 & 19.

Eminent music teacher Nguyễn Vĩnh Bảo always hung a colloquial đàn ghi-ta phím lõm (sunken fret guitar, or lute with six strings), as a unique feature of Vietnamese music, among other traditional musical instruments.

Vietnamese Grandmaster (GM) Lê Quang Liêm has been invited by Grand Chess Tour (GCT) to participate in the St. Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament in the US on August 14 - 18.

The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will celebrate original contemporary music and dance works by Vietnamese composers and choreographers at a special performance at the city’s Opera House on July 9.