CULTURE AND SPORT

Vietnam won eight gold medals yesterday and ensured their target of being in the top three at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Singapore.

"Following in one's father's footsteps, in addition to having an inborn talent, is still not enough for pursuing tuong (classical drama) of Hue. To pursue the art, hot and fierce passion is needed," artist La Hung said.

Vietnam has so far taken 61 gold medals at the ongoing 28th Southeast Asian Games in Singapore after athletics, shooting and taekwondo added to the pile.

Do Thi Thao and Duong Van Thai completed their doubles, while the quartet runner broke a 24-year-old record in the women's 4x400m relay.

Art troupes in HCM City are asking the HCM City authority to invest in upgrading and building theatres to meet audiences' demand.

Vietnam have the most successful day at the ongoing 28th Southeast Asian Games in Singapore, racking up 15 gold medals, seven silvers and six bronzes to move up to second place in the medal tally.

Selected documentaries from Vietnam and Europe will be screened at an annual documentary film festival in Hanoi.

Swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien continued her impressive performance at the ongoing 28th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 28) in Singapore on June 9 with a new record in the women’s 200m butterfly.

Noted Italian photographer Luca Bracali has just kicked off his eight-day journey across Viet Nam on a Vespa motorbike.

Vietnam's top female swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien broke two more Southeast Asian (SEA) Games records on the second day of the 28th SEA Games in Singapore yesterday.

Vietnamese cyclists will leave for Singapore next Monday with the aim of winning two gold medals at the 28th Southeast Asian Games.

Hollywood filmmaker David Hardberger has joined a comedy film project directed by Vietnamese director Phan Minh.

Despite losing Thailand in the 2018 World Cup qualifier, Vietnam has secured the top spot in the latest FIFA rankings for Southeast Asia.

The private film company LBT has introduced its latest film on children in hopes of drawing young audiences away from Korean and American productions that have come to dominate cinemas this summer.

Movie actress Hong Anh, together with young singer Minh Hang and Miss Asia USA 2006 Jennifer Pham, will attend a TV reality show filmed in South Korea.

Nguyen Tien Nhat claimed Vietnam's first gold medal at the 28th Southeast Asian Games in Singapore yesterday.

FIFA staff gave Sepp Blatter a standing ovation on Wednesday even as his resignation failed to quell a corruption storm that could yet touch world football's fallen leader.

As many as 34 contestants compete in the final round of the Miss Mekong Delta pageant 2015, scheduled to be held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho from June 1-27.

The French School of Asian Studies and the Museum of Fine Arts of HCM City are jointly holding the exhibition Vietnam Through a Lens consisting of 100 photographs selected from the school's collection of old photos of Vietnam.