CULTURE AND SPORT

Vietnam national football team will play fair with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in a friendly match to be held at Thong Nhat Stadium in HCM City on October 6, according to head coach Nguyen Huu Thang.

Nearly 200 Vietnamese and international artists and musicians will join the second Asia–Europe New Music Festival and the 34th Festival and Conference of the Asia–Pacific Composers’ League, which will be held in Hanoi and Vinh Yen City in Vinh

The Việt Nam Mountain Bike Marathon, the country’s toughest mountain bike stage race, is scheduled to kick off on November 4-6 in Sa Pa in northern mountainous Lào Cai Province.

More than 80 photos featuring the beauty of Hanoi are being showcased at an exhibition that officially kicked off at Thang Long Imperial Citadel in the capital on October 1.

Vietnam remained in the first position at the ongoing 5th Asian Beach Games (ABG5) with 35 gold, 30 silver and 36 bronze medals after the sixth day of competition on September 30.

Women's tennis boss Steve Simon said he's considering introducing super tie-breakers and no-ad scoring for singles matches in a radical move to shorten them and make them more TV-friendly.

Local pop singer Dong Nhi will represent Vietnam at the MTV European Music Awards (MTV EMA) 2016.

Nguyen Thi Loan will replace the first runner-up of Miss Ao Dai Vietnam pageant 2016 Yen Nhi to become Vietnam’s official representative to attend Miss Grand International (MGI) 2016, according to the website of Miss Grand Vietnam.

Vietnamese and foreign fashion designers will introduce luxury and ready-to-wear clothing and accessories at the Elle Fashion Journey 2016 at HCM City’s Gem Centre this week.

Director of Hanoi Department of Tourism Do Dinh Hong spoke to DTiNews about the forthcoming Ao Dai Festival which will be held on October 14-16 at Thang Long Citadel in Hanoi.

The Vietnam Spring Summer 2017 Fashion Week will take place from September 29 to October 2 in Hanoi, bringing about 1,000 new designs by 27 designers from Vietnam, Malaysia and Italy to the catwalk.

The 2016 Kawasaki Vietnam International Series is scheduled to kick off on September 28 in the northern province of Bac Ninh with the participation of nearly 200 badminton players from fifteen countries and territories around the world.

Vietnam's top tennis player Ly Hoang Nam was crowned champion at the men's singles event of the 2016 Vietnam F5 Men’s Futures tournament, after beating his Japanese rival Masato Shiga 2-0, in the final in the southern province of

Vietnamese Nguyen Ke Nhon and his teammates bagged three bronze medals for Vietnam in Muay Thai on September 23 in the fifth Asian Beach Games in Danang.

The second Van Yen cinnamon festival, themed “Van Yen luscious cinnamon”, will be held at the Central Stadium of Van Yen district, Yen Bai province from October 7 - 8.

Vietnam Cable Television successfully bought the rights to air the UEFA Champions League football tournament in Vietnam again after encountering some copyright issues.

Seven handicraft villages in the city will join the annual Handicraft Tourism Villages Festival Hanoi - Vietnam 2016 to be held here next week.

Vietnam’s national futsal team were defeated 7-0 by Russia in the round of 16 at the FIFA Futsal World Cup in Medellin, Colombia, on September 21.

Some 50 artists are participating in an exhibition that opens on September 21 in downtown Hanoi to showcase 30 years of the country’s renewal policy.