CULTURE AND SPORT

Professional and amateurs are invited to enter a street arts contest in music, dance, circus, magic, martial arts, and variety shows.

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh has called on localities nationwide to pledge to stop brutal and violent festivals which often take place after Lunar New Year Holiday.

Viet Nam Youth Theatre will stage a Gogol's play entitled The Government Inspector at Ha Noi Opera House next week.

The annual “Xuan Que huong” (Homeland Spring) programme, a run-up to the Lunar New Year festival, will take place in Hanoi on January 31 with various cultural activities for overseas Vietnamese (OVs).

US movie studio Disney's familiar, beloved characters Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and others will take audiences in Viet Nam to an enchanting world when Disney On Ice presents Magical Ice Festival comes to the country for the first time

Danang-Vietnam team, the Vietnamese-sponsored Clipper Round the World Yacht Race entry, has clinched first place in the Clipper 70 class of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race (RSHYR).

Vietnam has won 5.62 points from its results in the world’s five most acclaimed beauty pageants, which puts it in the 16th place on the ‘Grand Slam’ Ranking of the website Global Beauties this year.

The Vietnam Chess Federation has reported the nation’s young male and female grandmasters had a strong showing at the recently concluded Southeast Asian Chess Championship in Indonesia.

The Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition has listed the top nine fine arts and photography events in 2015.

Vietnamese cyclists will compete in the Asian Road Racing Championships that will be held in Japan on January 16.

The capital city of Hanoi has planned three major art programmes on the evening of December 31 to stir excitement for city dwellers to enter 2016.

A 2,000 litre bottle of red wine that will serve 10,000 visitors is being shown at on-going Da Lat Flower Festival.

Thirty-six paintings are on display at an exhibition in Hanoi showcasing different cultures among artists from Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.

Hue Festival 2016 will take place from April 29 to May 4 with various culture, sport and art activities.

Vietnam ranked 8th in the list of top 10 Big 4 Performer of the Year with 250 points thanks to outstanding performances of Vietnamese representatives at international beauty pageants in 2015, said famous magazine Missosology.

Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) and the Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF) signed on December 24 a contract to sponsor the national premier league, which will begin on February 20, 2016.

Talented young midfielder Nguyen Cong Phuong will play for Mito HollyHock Club in Japan's J2 League next year on loan.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have ended a low-key three-day trip to Vietnam. This is also their sixth visit to the country since 2006, local media reported.

The Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra will put on two arts programmes, entitled the ‘Happiness Concert’, at the Hanoi Opera House on January 13-14 to raise money for charitable activities.