CULTURE AND SPORT

Nha Nam Culture and Communication JSC will hold a Colour Me Marathon for adults on August 16 and 23 in HCM City.

Three Vietnamese cartoons have been chosen to participate in the Chuncheon International Cartoons Festival in September in the Republic of Korea (RoK), reported the Sai Gon Giai Phong newspaper.

Vietnamese badminton ace Nguyen Tien Minh was knocked out of the TOTAL Badminton World Federation’s Championships after a third-round loss in Jakarta, Indonesia.

More than 200 domestic and international artists for Monsoon Music Festival 2015 to be held in Hanoi’s Thang Long Imperial Citadel from October 8-11.

Vietnamese star swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien won a silver medal at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Cup 2015 in Moscow, Russia, in the women’s 400m medley individual event on August 12.

Vietnam’s top female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien on August 11 clinched a bronze medal in the final of the women’s 200m individual medley at the FINA Swimming World Cup 2015 which is taking place in Moscow, Russia.

The ‘Dieu Con Mai’ (Remaining Forever) concert will come back to the stage to mark Independence Day on September 2 after a one year hiatus.

Nguyen Tien Minh yesterday defeated South Korean Lee Dong-keun 21-13, 20-22, 21-15 in the first round of the Total Badminton World Federation World Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The Vietnamese Cultural Days in the US kicked off in Washington D.C. to mark the 20th founding anniversary of Vietnam-US diplomatic ties (1995-2015).

The Vietnam Traditional Martial Arts Festival – Thang Long Cup – began on Sunday in Hanoi.

Nearly 100 maps along with many documents, objects and publications proving Vietnam ’s sovereignty over Truong Sa (Spratly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelagos are on display at an exhibition that opened on August 7 in Phan Rang-Thap Cham city,

Tangible and intangible cultural values of traditional communal houses will be introduced at the exhibition “Vietnamese Village Communal House – Things remained and lost”.

Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem is placed third at the Asian Continental Chess Championships 2015 in the United Arab Emirates.

Korean and Vietnamese performers begin their tour of the northern and central regions on August 6.

A photo competition organised by the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists is causing a public stir because the winners were unspectacular.

The northeast province of Phu Tho is undertaking all necessary actions to preserve and revive Xoan singing, according to Ha Ke San, Vice-Chairman of the People's Committee of the northern province of Phu Tho.

Vietnamese-German youth Trong Hieu beat his female rival Bich Ngoc to win the Vietnam Idol contest last night, after receiving the overwhelming majority vote from the audience.

Top Vietnamese female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien failed in the semi-final of the women's individual 200m medley of the 2015 World Swimming Championship in Kazan, Russia.

The chairman of the SHB Bank, Do Quang Hien, says he incurred big losses sponsoring a "friendly" match between Vietnam and Manchester City.