CULTURE AND SPORT

Two films from Vietnamese directors will be screened at the 26th Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) which will open from November 26th to December 6th.

The 2016 AFF U-16 Youth Football Championship is set to get underway in Vietnam, as approved by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF), said the Vietnam Football Federation.

Poet Phan Huyen Thu has been stripped of her award granted for a poetry book Seo Doc Lap (Scars for Independence) due to a controversy about plagiarism.

The movie Nuoc (2030), directed by Nguyen Vo Nghiem Minh, has picked up the best feature film award at the San Pedro International Film Festival in the US.

Vietnamese GM Le Quang Liem (Elo 2,697) was named the overall winner of the 2015 SPICE Cup Open chess tournament after drawing with former Ukrainian champion, Illya Nyzhnyk (Elo 2,628).

Over 500 Vietnamese and international runners are expected to take part in the first Laguna Lang Co Marathon races on October 24-25.

JW Marriott Hanoi Hotel, in collaboration with the German Business Association, will host the sixth Hanoi Oktoberfest from October 22 to 24.

A novel, Nguoc Mat Troi (Journey Against the Sun), written by novelist Nguyen Mot, has been translated into English and will be published in the US by Song Magazine.

Hoi An silk village will join the International Silk Forum at Hangzhou, China with world-famous silk enterprises and brands from Brazil, Italy, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, India, Thailand and mainland China on October 22-23.

About 30 valuable paintings from the collection of Nguyen Minh will soon be displayed in downtown Ha Noi.

The 2015 UK Film Week organised by British Council Vietnam will take place from 4 to 12 November in Hanoi, Danang and Ho Chi Minh City, aiming to tribute to all the unsung heroes in making music as an

Vietnam's publishing houses are turning to foreign comic books because local authors are unable to meet growing demand.

Vietnam’s famous model Ha Anh and world’s renowned Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao have been invited to serve as judges at the final round of Miss Global 2015 pageant scheduled for October 22 in Manila, the Philippines.

The newly established Vietnam Film Distribution Association promises to protect domestic film distributors from the competition they face from foreign groups.

Police in HCM City and the local Department of Culture and Sports have stopped and fined the organisers of the Vietnam New Face Casting 2015 show for license violation.

A night of jazz and Vietnamese folk music will be held by JumpforJazz at the Japan Foundation on Saturday.

Vietnam National Orchestra and Symphony will premier Four Last Songs and Don Quixote at Vietnam National Academy of Music's Grand Hall.

Toyota Classics 2015 will bring world-famous operettas to the Hanoi Opera House on October 22.

Poet Duong Ky Anh, founder of the Miss Vietnam pageant, has said that Vietnam should loosen the rules for the contest, such as the ban on those women that have yet to complete high school.