CULTURE AND SPORT

Vietnamese model Thuy Trang has received an invitation from Women Management modelling agency to perform at a show for famous luxury brand Louis Vuitton.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has asked the U19 squad to win a berth at the final of the Asian championship next year.

Former French ambassador Jean-Noel Poirier shared about his documentary about Hanoi set to be screened on VTV1.

Vietnam’s veteran gymnast, Pham Phuoc Hung, has successfully performed a new skill in the men’s still rings at the ongoing 2017 FIG World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Montreal, Canada.

The Health Ministry and General Office for Population- Family Planning have launched an online photo competition on the role of senior citizens in response to International Day for Old Persons (October 1) and the Action Month for the Vietnamese Elderly.

Vietnamese singer and actor Ho Vinh Khoa has just shocked local fans by a same-sex wedding with a US model, Rhonee Rojas who was a candidate in Mister International 2011.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has urged the Government Inspectorate to conduct an inspection into the equitisation of Vietnam Feature Film Studio.

International artists will join the Artists in Residence programme from now to October 28 at the Flamingo Đại Lải Resort in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc as art of the Art in the Forest project.

Duong Thuy Vi brought home the first gold medal for Vietnam at the ongoing 14th World Wushu Championships in Kazan, Russia on October 1, after overcoming 16 competitors to take the top honour in the women’s Qiangshu event.

More than 1,000 people joined the 44th Hanoimoi Newspaper Open Running Tournament for Peace on October 1 around Hoan Kiem Lake.

Nearly 1,000 ceramic objects from the Oc Eo culture are on display at an exhibition which was opened for the first time in the southern province of An Giang on September 29.

The Ho Chi Minh City Women's Union hosted a Southeast Asian food festival in the city on September 29 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

The annual Nghinh Ông Festival, in which fishermen show respect for the whale, as a symbol for the spirit of the sea, and gratitude for bumper catch, is to take place in HCM City’s Cần Giờ District on October 3-5.

Director of the Kong: Skull Island movie, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, has just confirmed that he will continue his plans as a tourism ambassador in Vietnam despite the recent attack he suffered in a local bar.

The Vietnam Football Federation has named the former coach of the South Korea U23 team Park Hang Seo as new coach for the national team.

The show "A Night of Ballet", which include works by Vietnamese and French choreographers, will begin at the HCM City Opera House tonight.

Hanoi Temple of Literature has been decorated with colourful lights in preparation for a three-day cultural event celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival starting from September 29.

Vietnamese traditional materials including Nam Cao tussore, Nhat Minh, Nha Xa and Ha Bao silk, and An Phuoc flax will be featured at the latest collections by 19 designers at the Vietnam Fashion Week Spring - Summer 2018.

Thousands of people flocked to the stadium of Do Son Town, Hai Phong City to watch the opening ceremony of Do Son Buffalo Fighting festival 2017 on September 28.