CULTURE AND SPORT

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.

More than 70 Vietnamese and foreign guitarists will play at the International Guitar Festival 2017 organised by the Ho Chi Minh City Music Conservatory on November 8.

The Vietnam Craft Village Trade Fair 2017, known as CraftViet 2017, will take place from November 9 to 13 in Hanoi.

A festival featuring the worship of Mother Goddesses will bring many folk artists from across the nation to Hanoi on November 9-13.

Shopping and enjoying Vietnamese traditional cuisine and culture were what Vietnamese expatriates and international friends did when joining a Vietnamese rural market session held within the Vietnamese Cultural Festival 2017 in Australia.

A photo exhibition, featuring the beauty of the people and landscapes in Vietnam, is being held at No.45 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi, from November 3 to 7.

Hanoi DocFest 2017-Documentary and Experimental Film Festival is set to take place from November 5-12 at the Goethe-Institute Vietnam, Hanoi.

The Vietnam Mountain Bike Marathon 2017 will take place in Sapa and surrounding areas in northern Lao Cai province from November 3 to 5.

A variety of cultural activities will be organised at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism, in Son Tay district on the outskirts of Hanoi, throughout this November with the aim of preserving and promoting the traditional

The 10th Vietnam Hockey Festival is scheduled to start at the Vietnam Hockey Centre in Bến Lức Town, Long An Province on November 4-5.

Designer Nguyen Cong Tri is going to open the Vietnam International Fashion Week (VIFW) Fall/Winter 2017, which will take place in Hanoi from October 31 to November 3.

An art show entitled ‘The Quintessence of Tonkin’ will open for audience from early November at the Baara Land Entertainment Complex in Quoc Oai District, on the outskirts of Hanoi, with a focus on the rich culture and daily

The Department of Performing Arts has asked the organisers of the Miss Ocean Vietnam 2017 to report back on accusations that the winner had plastic surgery.

Saudi Arabia will allow women into three sports stadiums for the first time from next year, authorities said Sunday, in a landmark move that would open up the previously male-only venues to families.