CULTURE AND SPORT

Former Manchester United (MU) midfielder David Beckham has invited two Vietnamese singers- Ho Ngoc Ha and Toc Tien- to join his party on January 14 in Beijing, China, according to Zing.vn.

More than 200 works from 80 local and international artists will be on show at the Tet Art Fair 2016, with prices aimed at attracting new collectors.

The sixth leg of the Clipper World Yacht Race will begin in Australia on January 18 and finish in the central city of Da Nang on February 17-21.

Young star swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien has been voted as the best Vietnamese athlete of 2015 following her overwhelming victory.

Coach Toshiya Miura has announced the player list of the Vietnam U23 team to compete in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship's final round in Qatar.

Vietnam’s tennis star Ly Hoang Nam will take part in two Men's Future events in Egypt later this month.

Nguyen Anh Duc won the Golden Ball statue, an award for the best football player of 2015.

The Goethe Institute will introduce a multimedia concert on Saturday in which pianist Cao Thanh Lan will perform with audio recordings and video projections.

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.