CULTURE AND SPORT

HCM City will host the Three-Cushion Carom Billiards World Cup for the third time in a row on May 22-28.

Vietnam Television has cut all scenes featuring convicted paedophile Minh Beo.

Ten motorcycle brands in Vietnam including Honda, Piaggio, Suzuki, SYM, and Yamaha are participating at the Vietnam Motorcycle Show 2017, the largest of its kind held in the country.

The Dai Nam Joint Stock Company has just opened an international standard racecourse invested at more than 2 trillion VND (87.9 million USD) in the southern province of Binh Duong.

Danang International Fireworks Festival opened with impressive performances on Monday night.

Vietnamese top badminton star Nguyen Tien Minh remains at world No. 52 for the second month in a row in the latest rankings, reports the Badminton World Federation.

Rafael Nadal hailed a "dream start" to his clay court season after romping to his 10th Barcelona Open on Sunday with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Austria's Dominic Thiem.

Vietnamese athletes secured two more gold medals at the Singapore Open Track & Field Championships on April 28.

The Sa Pa Summer Tourism Festival 2017 will take place at Sapa town in northern Lao Cai province from April 29 to June 30, introducing domestic and foreign tourists to the unique culture of the ethnic minority people in

Kayakers from 30 teamsKayakers from 30 teams will race in the annual Đà Nẵng Kayak Open Race from 8am to 10am on April 30.will race in the annual Đà Nẵng Kayak Open Race from 8am to 10am on April 30.

The Vietnam Paralympic Association had a working session with authorities from the Japanese prefecture of Nagasaki to discuss the development of sports for people with disabilities in the two countries.

Vietnam’s new tourism ambassador Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Charles Vogt-Roberts has revealed that he's going to make a film to promote Vietnam's landscapes.

The Vietnam International Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2017 officially opened in Ho Chi Minh City on April 25 evening.

Tran Le Quoc Toan brought home a gold medal from the Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships, currently underway in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Performances of hot-air balloons will be organized from April 27 to the opening ceremony of the Da Nang International Fireworks Festival (DIFF) 2017 on April 30.

More than 100 photos and documents about the history of the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap will be showcased in an exhibition on April 29 for the first time.

The Factory Contemporary Arts Centre in HCM City is a combined exhibition and workshop space.

Vietnamese will welcome Reunification Day (April 30) in spectacular style in the coastal central city of Danang with dazzling displays of fireworks of eight teams from Switzerland, Japan, China, the UK, Italy, Australia, Austria and Vietnam.

Former Thai football chief Worawi Makudi has vowed to push FIFA to lift its ban on him after an appeals court in Bangkok overturned his conviction for forgery.