CULTURE AND SPORT

The Vietnamese men's national football team plummeted three places to 119th in FIFA’s latest world rankings as a result of their poor performance in the recent friendly matches held on FIFA Days.

Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen, the winner of Miss Universe Vietnam 2024, will go on to represent the country at the upcoming Miss Universe pageant, due to take place in Mexico on November 14.

A total of 42 local movies will compete at the upcoming seventh Hanoi International Film Festival, according to the organising board.

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has confirmed that Lalisa Manobal, known globally as Lisa of the K-pop group Blackpink, will take part in Thailand's New Year's Countdown event at IconSiam Mall.

Local representative Cao Ngoc Bich left Ho Chi Minh City on October 21 to head to the Philippines as she prepares to compete in the Miss Earth 2024 pageant.

Over 18,000 athletes, including nearly 1,300 coming from 55 nations worldwide, are ready to compete in the Standard Chartered Hanoi Marathon Heritage Race 2024 which will be held on November 3.

A collection of 190 textile quilts (nà pha) some nearly a century old are on show at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology until January 17 next year.

Vietnamese and international artists are gearing up for the upcoming BridgeFest 2024 music festival, scheduled to take place at Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square in Hanoi on November 2.

Do Manh Cuong, one of Vietnam’s leading designers, is scheduled to open the Vietnam International Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2024 in Hanoi from November 13 to 16.

Vietnamese representative Do Ha Trang has been crowned as the fourth runner-up of Miss Globe 2024 which concluded in Albania on October 15.

HCM City is calling for investment for 23 projects in the areas of sports and culture valued at VND23.6 trillion (USD949.69 million).

Peruvian and Vietnamese artists will gather together on October 23 at the 'Q'pop & Quechua Concert' in the Hanoi Opera House to mark the 30th anniversary of both nations' diplomacy.

Taste of Australia – an annual celebration of Australian food, beverages, and culture - will be held at Hanoi’s Thang Long Imperial Citadel on October 17.

A traditional cake festival is scheduled to be held in HCM City this month. It will feature around 100 booths selling 500 kinds of cakes.

Hanoi will organise the largest-ever open dragon boat racing competition at West Lake as part of activities to mark the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital (October 10, 1954).

The legendary band from Denmark Michael Learns To Rock will officially hold a special concert titled Take Us to Your Heart at Phu Tho Indoor Sports Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City on November 17.

More than 100 athletes are competing for 12 sets of medals at the 2024 Asian Open Junior Pickleball Championships that has opened in Quang Nam province.

Vo Le Que Anh, Miss Grand Vietnam, left Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport for Cambodia on October 3 as she heads to compete in the Miss Grand International 2024 beauty contest.

The United Nations Day of Vesak 2025 in Vietnam is expected to attract around 2,000 participants, including 1,000 international delegates from 80 countries.