CULTURE AND SPORT

The Vietnam Heritage Photo Awards 2017 on Monday (July 10) begins its sixth annual edition, with the aim of preserving Vietnam’s cultural values.

The skeleton of the last Java rhino in Vietnam is being displayed at the Cat Tien National Park in the southern province of Lam Dong.

Local authorities said the friendly match with the martial artist Pierre Francois Flores from Canada in Hanoi must have a permit in case of severe injuries.

The 3rd Vietnam International Fingerstyle Guitar Festival will be held in Hanoi and HCM City on July 18 & 19.

Eminent music teacher Nguyễn Vĩnh Bảo always hung a colloquial đàn ghi-ta phím lõm (sunken fret guitar, or lute with six strings), as a unique feature of Vietnamese music, among other traditional musical instruments.

Vietnamese Grandmaster (GM) Lê Quang Liêm has been invited by Grand Chess Tour (GCT) to participate in the St. Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament in the US on August 14 - 18.

The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will celebrate original contemporary music and dance works by Vietnamese composers and choreographers at a special performance at the city’s Opera House on July 9.

The Vietnam Culture Day was held in Vienna City Hall, Austria on July 3 with the engagement of 400 visitors.

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien has approved sending a Vietnamese delegation of 693 members to the 29th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 29) in Malaysia.

Haiphong City still wants to continue holding Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival which was temporarily halted after a local man was gored to death by his fighting buffalo.

Vietnamese Grandmaster Lê Quang Liêm finished second in the World Open 2017 chess tournament which wrapped up in the US on Tuesday.

The Voice of HCM City People (VOH) radio station plans to open a new opera house called Music One this month.

Vietnam’s Olympic champion Hoang Xuan Vinh retained his top position in the latest men’s World 10m air pistol rankings with 2,542 points, the International Shooting Federation announced.

The famous Do Son Buffalo Fighting Festival 2017 has just been suspended after a local man was gored to death by his fighting buffalo.

Thai girl Nuttanan Naree has been named Miss Friendship of ASEAN this year.

Television and film piracy is one of the most talked about issues and poses a persistent problem for the creative industry. A number of copyright measures have been taken, but many shows appear online just hours after being broadcast.

South Korea's Chella Choi and American Danielle Kang, each seeking her first major title, both birdied the 18th hole to share the lead after Saturday's third round of the Women's PGA Championship.

40 photographs featuring the rich diversity of Vietnam’s ethnic cultures through the eyes of a French artist are being displayed at an outdoor exhibition in the central town of Hoi An.

Vietnam will send more than 470 athletes to compete at the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia in August.