CULTURE AND SPORT

The Gout de France/Good France 2017, a global event on the French gastronomy, in Vietnam will bring together chefs from 24 restaurants in Hanoi, Hoi An, Da Nang, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City on March 21.

The traditional dress competition of the upcoming Miss Grand International 2017 will be held at Thien Duong Cave in Quang Binh Province.

Director of the blockbuster film Kong: Skull Island Jordan Vogt-Roberts said he is honoured to be Vietnam’s tourism ambassador and will try his best to help promote Vietnamese tourism.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has proposed the Hanoi authorities to construct a 3-dimensional model from the blockbuster film Kong: Skull Island near Hoan Kiem Lake.

The new giant-ape themed blockbuster film Kong: Skull Island will be screened free in Ninh Binh and Quang Binh provinces which featured in the film’s locations.

As many as 305 badminton players from sixteen countries are expected to compete in the Ciputra Hanoi-Yonex Sunrise Vietnam International Challenge 2017, according to the organisers.

The decision in 1995 to open the cinema industry to foreigners started a new chapter in the Vietnamese movie theatre segment.

Việt Nam’s basketball team Saigon Heat are confident of facing defending champions Westports Dragons Malaysia at the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) today at 5pm at CIS Arena in HCM City.

Well-known Malaysian tattoo artist Alvin Chong will attend Vietnam Tattoo Convention which will be held in HCM City on March 11 and 12.

German pianist Boris Schönleber will perform best pieces by the German composers Richard Wagner, Robert Schumann and Austrian Hugo Wolf at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi on March 12.

Jordan Charles Vogt-Roberts, director of the latest Hollywood blockbuster “Kong: Skull Island” has been appointed as tourism ambassador of Vietnam in the 2017-2020 tenure.

The premiere of the new giant-ape themed blockbuster film Kong: Skull Island in HCM City on Thursday went up in flames, frightening cinemagoers.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued the certificate to Gala Viet Event Tour Corporation allowing it to host the Miss ASEAN Friendship 2017 in the coastal province of Phu Yen Province.

Japanese professor Masaaki Shimizu has been presented with the 2017 Balaban Award by the US-based Vietnamese Nom Preservation Foundation (VNPF) for his contributions to preserving Vietnam’s ancient script.

The International Football Federation (FIFA) has closed the list of 24 teams to compete in the 2017 FIFA U20 World Cup, to be hosted by the Republic of Korea (ROK), with Vietnam among Asia’s five representatives.

The internationally-acclaimed band Bad Boys Blue cancelled their upcoming concert in Vietnam after the group was involved in an accident in Russia, and singer John McInerney suffered severe injuries.

A unique painting exhibition displaying art works of people with autism is opening in downtown Hanoi.

After the failure in box office of various home-made films, domestic filmmakers are looking for new gems from scriptwriters in other countries including South Korea and Thailand.

300 rose varieties brought from different parts of the world are on display at the first-ever Bulgaria Rose Festival in Vietnam which kicked off on Friday at Thong Nhat (Reunification) Park in Hanoi.