CULTURE AND SPORT

Top Vietnamese female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien will compete in 10-12 categories with the aim of earning 8-10 gold medals at the upcoming 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, according to Dinh Viet Hung, Secretary General of the Vietnam

The 3rd Vietnam Connection Music Festival (VNCMF) 2017, Vietnam’s largest classical music event, will be held from August 12-26 in Hanoi, Hue, Ho Chi Minh City, with the participation of many international talents.

The starting gun for the Danang International Marathon 2017, Vietnam’s biggest annual professional marathon, will be fired on August 6 at Bien Dong Park in the central city of Da Nang.

A series of plays by artists from five leading troupes in the capital city will be performed at the Hanoi Opera House in August.

More than 5,000 athletes and tourists will race this Sunday in the annual Manulife Đà Nẵng International Marathon, one of the biggest sport events in central Vietnam.

An exhibition, featuring artistic photos by French photographer Réhahn Croquevielle, officially opened at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi, on August 1.

Vietnamese striker Nguyễn Công Phượng has been selected as one of five best potential J.League strikers in Southeast Asia by the prestigious website foxsportsasia.com.

Vietnam’s no. 1 chess player, Le Quang Liem, jumped seven places to achieve a career-best world number 23 ranking with a new elo rating of 2,739, in the latest International Chess Federation rankings for August 2017.

Vietnam will take part in the fifth World Vovinam Championship scheduled to be held in India from August 2-5.

A music camp will be held by the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music at its headquarter from August 1-8.

To Van Dong, director of Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports has demanded performers must report to the authorities if they want to perform in Hoan Kiem District’s pedestrianised areas.

A new venture promoted by a Harvard-educated business graduate providing a low-cost cinema experience is making many customers happy.

Vietnam wrapped up the Asian Men’s and Women’s Junior and Youth Weightlifting Championship with four golds, nine silvers and 12 bronze medals on July 27 in Kathmandu, Nepal.

The Goethe Institute in HCMC said the Notos Quartet, the award winning piano quartet from Germany will perform a special concert in Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music (112 Nguyen Du Street, District 1), on August 5.

The Ho Chi Minh City International Track and Field Championships Open 2017 kicked off at Thong Nhat stadium on July 27.

Twelve artworks by eight renowned Vietnamese painters will be put up for auction on July 30 at the Chon Auction House.

Vietnamese tennis player Lý Hoàng Nam has become the No 1 seed in Southeast Asia region, as per the latest ATP world rankings released on Monday.

Vietnamese top badminton player Nguyễn Tiến Minh missed the chance to enter the final round of the 2017 Yonex US Open Badminton Championships at the Anaheim Convention Centre Arena yesterday.

As one of the five best runners-up with good results, the Vietnamese football team have managed to qualify for the tournament’s final round in China next year.