CULTURE AND SPORT

Nearly 20 universities in the US have invited Vietnam’s top swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien for study even with their full scholarship, said the Vietnam Water Sports Association’s General Secretary Dinh Viet Hung.

Bien Ban Chien Tranh 1-2-3-4.75’ (A War Account January-April, 1975), a historical novel by Vietnamese writer-journalist, Tran Mai Hanh, was recently released in English by the National Political Publishing House-The Truth.

The Vietnamese Professional Football JSC is considering hiring foreign referees for the V-League following various disputes caused by local referees this season.

Five art spaces and initiatives in Vietnam will receive support from the Embassy of Denmark for their creative and innovative approaches to engaging art lovers and the general public.

U20 Argentina will play friendly matches against U23 and U20 Vietnam teams next month.

Family Life, an artwork by late Vietnamese painter Lê Phổ, fetched US$1.2m at a Modern and Contemporary Art auction at Hong Kong’s Sotheby’s home late last week.

Novak Djokovic vowed to spearhead Serbia's Davis Cup semi-final clash against France in September, telling reporters: "From your mouth to God's ears, I'll do my best to be there".

Vietnam retained its place among Southeast Asia’s top three teams as the International Football Federation (FIFA) announced the latest men’s world rankings on April 6.

New designs have been introduced as the Vietnam International Fashion Week Spring Summer 2017 that is set to be held from April 25-28 in HCM City.

Vietnamese artists will join German and Japanese peers in a special concert at the Opera House in Hanoi on April 14.

A festival to honour domestic architects who won notable prizes at the 2016 National Architecture Awards, the Green Architecture Awards and the Housing for the Future Awards will take place in Đà Nẵng from April 19-23.

More than 300 artisans representing famous craft villages nationwide will be participating in the 2017 Hue Traditional Craft Festival, to be held in Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue from April 28 to May 2.

A press conference for a 2056km bicycle race from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi that gets underway later this week was held on April 4 by the main sponsor of the event, Ho Chi Minh City Television.

Designer Ha Duy has been invited to participate in an international fashion showcase sponsored by the British Embassy in cooperation with the Queen Mary University of London.

An array of cultural activities kicked off on April 3 in the ancestral land of Phu Tho to celebrate the upcoming 2017 Hung Kings Temple Festival, which will be observed nationwide on April 6 or the tenth day of

As part of Taste of Australia 2017, the Australian Government in partnership with importers representing Australian wines, has delivered wine tasting events in HCMC and Hanoi.

Women from across the country have been invited to take part in Miss Ocean Vietnam 2017, an event to encourage environmental protection.

A ceremony receiving UNESCO certificate of recognition for "Practices Related to the Viet Beliefs in the Mother Goddesses in Three Realms" as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity was held in Nam Dinh.

The cherry blossom season in Japan kicks off boozy parties across the country and draws tourists from far and wide, but the annual coming-of-spring ritual isn't official until inspectors like Hisato Nishii sign off on it.