CULTURE AND SPORT

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.

The sixth Buon Ma Thuot coffee festival and the 2017 Central Highlands gong culture festival will take place in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak from March 8-13 with the theme “Converging quintessence – Promoting identity – Connecting

Bulgaria is well known primarily for the Black Sea and its roses, especially its famous rose oil.

Vietnam will host a group of the qualifying round of the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship in July, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has confirmed.

The Vietnam Tourism Association has announced it will sponsor the first-ever international street food festival in Hanoi, which will run April 6-9 and coincide with Vietnam International Travel Mart 2017.

Six Vietnamese athletes will compete in the eighth Asian Winter Games from February 19 to 27 in Sapporo, Japan, according to the Vietnam Sports Administration.

Vietnam have lost to Hong Kong (China) in the first round of Davis Cup’s Group II, Asia Oceania zone, held in Ho Chi Minh City.

An ao dai tunic worn with skirts is proving controversial with conservative fashion observers. Many people said this has affected the image of Vietnam’s traditional long dress.

Vietnamese films failed to attract more viewers than foreign movies at local cinemas during the holiday period.