CULTURE AND SPORT

The 2017 Winter-Autumn Fashion Week is scheduled to be held in Hanoi on February 24-26, introducing around 1,000 designs.

China's football association is planning for the country to have 50,000 football academies by 2025 as part of an ambitious blueprint to grow into a soccer superpower.

The Saigon Orchestra and dozens of veteran and young artists will participate in a contemporary music programme launched this week to serve tourists in HCM City.

About 7.2 million people are expected to take part in Olympic Run Day for Public Health 2017, which will begin at 7 am on March 26.

Miss Vietnam 2016 Do My Linh has been selected as an ambassador of media images at the Ao Dai festival set to take place March 3-17 in Ho Chi Minh City, Tran Vinh Tuyen, vice chairman of the municipal

Long An FC's chairman, Vo Thanh Nhien said he would ask the police to investigate the referee after his team were left on the end of a controversial 5-2 defeat, triggered by a weak 80th minute penalty decision.

Vietnamese photographers won two gold medals in the tourism category at the second International Photo Contest – 2017 which has recently taken place in India.

The South Korean string JK Chamber Orchestra will perform at Việt Nam National Accademy of Music’s Grand Concert Hall in Hà Nội on February 18 to mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Việt Nam

The Goethe Institute in Vietnam is introducing 10 new German films during its Spring Cinema programme in HCM City and Hanoi.

Devon Nguyễn will present her Spring/Summer collection at the Paris Fashion Week from February 28 to March 8. She is the first Vietnamese ready-to-wear clothing designer to attend such a prestigious fashion event.

Vietnam’s chess star Pham Le Thao Nguyen continued her exceptional performance at the ongoing 2017 FIDE Women’s World Championship in Tehran, Iran by beating world No. 21 Alexandra Goryachkina to book a place in the third round.

Vietnamese pop singer Son Tung M-TP has once again become record breaker with his new hit Noi nay co anh (I Am Here).

The Thang Long Water Puppetry Theatre will represent Vietnam for the first time to participate the Materia Prima–International Festival of the Form Theatre in Cracow, Poland.

Vietnamese representative Nguyen Tien Dat entered Top 6 of Mister International 2017 on the final night in Bangkok, Thailand on February 13.

Vietnam’s top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam will vie in the China F1 Futures scheduled to take place in Yunnan Province on February 15-21.

The LienVietPostBank Cup 2017 International Volleyball Championship has kicked off in the northern province of Bac Ninh, with the participation of 100 athletes from four Vietnamese teams and four foreign ones.

The Vietnam national men’s football team is now ranked No.136 internationally, according to the latest FIFA world ranking table.

Vietnamese representative Minh Tu has come to Singapore to compete at Asia's Next Top Model 2017, according to Kenh14.vn online newspaper.

Designer Luong Minh Son, founder of fashion brand Son Collection, will introduce traditional Vietnamese silk to the world at the upcoming New York Fashion Week.