CULTURE AND SPORT

Vietnam’s national men’s football team have dropped three spots to 141st place in the latest FIFA rankings.

Nine local films have been selected to represent Vietnam at two prominent forthcoming international film festivals, according to an announcement by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MOCST).

Vietnam aims to develop a film making industry worth of US$50 million in revenue by 2020.

The Performing Arts Department said they had given permit to Dang Pham Phuong Chi to participate in the Miss Tourism Queen International 2016 in China.

The film ‘Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass” directed by Victor Vu has been nominated to compete at the 89th Oscar held on February 26, 2017.

The Vietnam Mountain Marathon (VMM) 2016, to be held on September 24 and 25 in Sapa, is expected to attract 1,500 runners, including the British Ambassador, to take on some of the toughest and most beautiful running trails in

The fourth Hanoi International Film Festival (HANIFF), which will take place from November 1 to 5, will feature about 550 films from over 40 countries and territories across the world.

Four films selected from the Mons International Romantic Film Festival (FIFA Mons) are being screened for the first time at the National Documentary and Scientific Film Studio (NDSFS) at 465 Hoang Hoa Tham Street, Hanoi, from September 14-17.

Vietnamese swimmer Vo Thanh Tung and javelin athlete Cao Ngoc Hung won medals at the 2016 Rio Paralympics in Brazil on September 13.

Vietnam created a seismic event at the ongoing Futsal World Cup in Colombia on September 11 as they performed beyond expectation, trouncing Guatemala 4-2 in the opener of Group C.

Vietnamese actress Nha Phuong has won the Asian Star award at the Seoul International Drama Awards.

Đặng Thị Linh Phượng brought Vietnam its second medal at the Rio Paralympics on Saturday.

Top teams Hà Nội T&T and Quảng Ninh Coal are set to face off in the penultimate round of the premier V.League this weekend.

An exceptional line-up of musicians took the stage on September 7 at the Vietnam National Academy of Music in Hanoi with a dazzling array of traditional Asian folk music performances.

The Lifestart Foundation (LSF) Educational scholarship Charity Bike Ride 2017, a cylcing race raising scholarships for poor students in the central region, will take place April 13-27th of next year.

Disabled weightlifter Le Van Cong became the first-ever Vietnamese athlete to snatch a Paralympic gold medal setting a world record lift of 183kg.

An annual European-Asian contemporary dance festival will be held in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City later this month.

Free performances by Russian artists in Hanoi’s Old Quarter have entertained people using the pedestrianised streets.

Vietnam’s sport delegation is attending the 2016 Paralympics with a record number of eleven athletes competing in three disciplines: weightlifting, swimming and athletics.