CULTURE AND SPORT

Viet Nam's national football team have jumped one place to 124th in the rankings for May, the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has announced.

A new film “Hoa vàng trên cỏ xanh” (Yellow Flowers on The Green Grass), directed by Vietnamese American film director and screenwriter Victor Vu, will be screened at the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival in May.

A laser show at the Ha Noi Opera House will open the 2015 Europe Days on Friday night.

An exhibition is showcasing Hanoi's changing architecture and the daily life of its citizens from the 19th to early 20th centuries.

Vietnam have been set a goal of winning from 60 to 70 gold medals to rank in the top three at the 28th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games to be held in Singapore from June 5-16.

Nick Ut, Tim Page and Peter Arnett last week met at a reunion during an exhibition of American photographer Catherine Karnow in HCM City.

Vietnam beat Malaysia 7-0 at Thong Nhat Stadium in HCM City on May 4 to enter the semi-final round of the ASEAN Football Federation Women's Championship.

A late goal from Huynh Nhu gave Vietnam a narrow victory over Myanmar in their Group B opening game of the ASEAN Football Federation Women’s Football Championship 2015.

The PSM Unpar Tabela Harati Choir from Indonesia won the 'Hoi An Choir Prize', the highest prize of the 4th Vietnam International Choir Competition 2015, which concluded in Hoi An.

The 12 members of the Vietnam National Taekwondo team have set their sights on gold at the upcoming 2015 World Taekwondo Championships set for May 12-18 in Chelyabinsk, Russia.

A manuscript was submited to Phu Tho provincial authorities featuring ancient “xoan” singing as well as solutions to revive the practice in response to its recognition as an Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.

The 4th Vietnam International Choir Competition was officially opened in the ancient town of Hoi An, on April 29, by the Quang Nam provincial People’s Committee in collaboration with Germany-based InterKultur Organisation.

The 27th annual Ho Chi Minh City Television Cycling Tournament concluded on April 30, with riders taking on the final 165km stage from Bao Loc city in Lam Dong province to Ho Chi Minh City’s Thong Nhat Square.

Britney Spears has canceled two shows in Las Vegas this weekend after injuring her ankle in an embarrassing onstage fall, her publicist said Thursday.

Vietnam hope to win the ASEAN Women's Football Championship starting on May 1 in HCM City.

Vietnam's No 1 tennis ace, Ly Hoang Nam, is seeking a berth in the Roland Garros' junior competition next month.

South Africa's team lit up the sky with a rainbow and musical performance at the opening ceremony of the 2015 Da Nang International Fireworks Competition last night.

More than 100 pieces of ancient jewellery have gone on show at Hue's Royal Antiquities Museum, offering a window on Vietnam history.

Banners protesting the American war in Vietnam as well as gifts from international friends that encouraged Vietnamese people in their resistance wars are on display at an ongoing exhibition at the Vietnam National Museum of History.