CULTURE AND SPORT

Michael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly at his first meet in eight months Thursday night, beginning his push to compete at a fifth Olympics next year.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) yesterday decided to ban six players for life from V.League 1 club Dong Nai FC for match fixing.

Police in HCM City have broken a prostitution ring involving models and actresses, several of whom were reported as missing persons.

Vietnam will play against arch-rival Thailand during the upcoming 28th Southeast Asian Games in Singapore this June.

Vietnam is in Group F after the second round draw took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on April 14, twenty-eight days after the opening round of Asian qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia.

Pham Thanh Luong of Hanoi on April 13 beat his teammate Nguyen Van Quyet and Le Cong Vinh of Binh Duong to win the Golden Ball Award for the best Vietnamese footballer of the year.

An array of activities will be held in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to observe the second Vietnam Book Day (April 21).

Phan Hai Bang, an art instructor at the Hue University of Art, has resurrected the ancient art of making bamboo paper that he hopes will weave a brighter future for Hue artisans.

A top Danish badminton player who was approached to fix matches told AFP that "no tournament is safe" from corruption and said he was sure some events were being rigged.

The translation of the 18th century epic poem – Tale of Kieu (Truyen Kieu) – by Nguyen Du (1766-1820) into the Russian language will be completed this summer in honour of what would have been the poet’s 250th birthday.

For US photographer Catherine Karnow, every corner, person or moment in Vietnam could be inspiration.

Vietnam’s tennis star Ly Hoang Nam is just one step away from the boys’ singles title at the 2015 Asian Closed Junior Championships (Grade B1) after rolling past Japanese Yosuke Watanuki 2-0 on Friday morning to secure a berth

Vietnam’s team have won 9 medals, including one gold and six silvers, during the first 7 competition days at the World Junior Weightlifting Championship in Peru, which will end on April 12.

Vietnam has jumped five places in April's FIFA rankings compared with March, standing at 125th worldwide and topping Southeast Asia.

Nine Vietnamese and Norwegian artists will display their paintings at an art exhibition scheduled to take place at Engervannsveien 31 in Norway from April 11 through May 3.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) is to rally U23 football squad on May 5 to prepare for SEA Games 28 and the national football squad on May 17 for World Cup 2018.

Vietnamese gymnasts have won two silver and two bronze medals at the Suzuki World Cup 2015, held in Tokyo, Japan.

Sungha Jung, a highly talented guitarist from the Republic of Korea (RoK) is returning to Vietnam for two concerts on April 18 and 19 in Hanoi and HCM City respectively.

Nguyen Duc Vinh, a nine-year-old boy from the northern province of Bac Ninh, won Viet Nam's Got Talent 2015 competition in HCM City.