CULTURE AND SPORT

The Vietnam Writers’ Association has announced that 550 local and 200 foreign poets from 40 countries around the globe have registered to participate in the Asia Pacific Poetry Festival set for March 2-6 in Hanoi.

Winner of Vietnam’s Next Top Model Hoang Thuy has left deep impression on international audience at a show of famous designer Jeremy Scott in the framework of the ongoing New York Fashion Week.

The national beach football team will gather in Nha Trang in central Khanh Hoa province from February 25 to March 29 to prepare for the Asian elimination round of the upcoming 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

The first-ever Vietnamese music and fashion show will be organised at Tempodrom Theatre in Berlin on April 4.

Photographers are invited to send photos featuring Viet Nam's ethnic groups for an exhibition to be held towards the end of March.

The northern province of Tuyen Quang is taking steps to have the traditional Then singing of the Tay ethnic group be included on the list of the world intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

Le Cong Vinh has been recognised as the highest-paid sportsman of Viet Nam, based on what he has earned in the last eight years.

An original art performance entitled, "Về Miền Quan Họ" (Coming Back to Quan họ land) will be staged at the Kinh Bắc cultural centre in northern Bắc Ninh city on March 7.

Circus artists from Vietnam, Russia and Belarus will entertain audiences in HCM City with extravagant performances to usher in the Lunar New Year.

Diverse activities including a calligraphy writing festival have been held in Hanoi to introduce cultural characteristics of Hanoi ancient streets and celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival (Tet).

The Japanese coach of Vietnam's national team, Toshiya Miura, announced, the U23 team that will compete in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.

The Vietnam men’s national football team is starting the New Lunar Year out in the number one spot in Southeast Asia in the latest FIFA rankings for February.

Vietnam Project Runway 2014 winner Ly Giam Tien will unveil his latest collection Dark Raven on February 15 at Crowne Plaza Times Square in New York City as part of the ongoing New York Couture Fashion Week.

Late musician Trinh Cong Son topped the nation's musicians in copyright fees in 2014, earning more than VND100m for his music, the Vietnam Centre for Protection of Music Copyright said.

Zodiac animals look playful and lively at a joint exhibition by two eclectic artists that opened in Hanoi recently to celebrate the Year of the Goat.

Vietnam's cycling team will participate at the Asian Cycling Championship 2015 which kicks off today in Thailand.

The Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam directed all agencies at localities throughout the country to enhance the party's ability to guide management and organisation of spring festivals.

The information and telecommunication ministry today announced the withdrawal of licence of the Nguoi Cao Tuoi (The Elderly) online newspaper's website, www.nguoicaotuoi.org.vn, and its editor-in-chief's journalist card.

The Italy-Vietnam Friendship Association has launched an Italian language publication themed “Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos: integral part of Vietnam’s territory” on the occasion of the 20 th publishing anniversary of its Mekong Magazine.