CULTURE AND SPORT

The Vietnam Spring/Summer 2016 Fashion Week will take place from September 25-28 in Hanoi, bringing 900 new designs by 17 designers from Vietnam, Malaysia and Italy to the catwalk.

A dance festival “Europe meets Asia in Contemporary Dance” will come to Ho Chi Minh City for the first time as the fifth event is scheduled to take place in the southern hub and the traditional venue of Hanoi

Millionaire Chess Open Grandmaster Le Quang Liem will be the only representative of Vietnam at this year's Millionaire Chess Open in Las Vegas, which takes place from October 8-12.

The central city started the final countdown for the fifth Asian Beach Games (ABG5), which starts a year from today.

The fourth Southeast Asian Handball Championships begins in HCM City's Tan Binh Sports Centre on September 23.

The nominees for Bui Xuan Phai – For Love of Ha Noi Awards have been announced by the Vietnam News Agency's daily The Thao & Van Hoa (Culture & Sport) newspaper.

A short film ‘David And Luisa’ directed by renowned Vietnamese filmmaker Bui Trung Hai has carried off the Silver Remi Award for a Dramatic Short Film at the 48th Houston International Film Festival in the US.

Becamex Binh Duong held onto their V.League 1 trophy in style, with a brilliant 4-2 victory over Dong Thap in the final round match of tournament.

The second runner-up of 2015 Miss Ao Dai Vietnam beauty contest, Nguyen Thi Le Quyen would be representing at Miss Grand International 2015 and Miss Supranational 2015 beauty pageants.

World famous violinist Mirijam Contzen from Germany is expected to delight Hanoi classical music lovers with a free concert in the dark at the Goethe Institute in Hanoi on September 24.

The Vietnam Tennis Federation has announced a list of international tennis players who are to compete in 2015 Vietnam Open slated for October 10 at Lan Anh tennis club in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam beer festival-exBEERience Fest is set to get underway in SC Vivo City Rooftop on 1058 Nguyen Van Linh street, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City from 4.30pm on November 11-15.

The top 45 candidates in the final round of the Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 pageant will show off their inner and outer beauty in the beach city of Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province on October 3.

Grammy-winning soul singer Joss Stone tops a long list of artists from 10 different countries performing at the second Monsoon Music Festival (MMF) in Ha Noi next month.

The grounds of the Vietnam Fine Arts Museum were full of children and their parents displaying masks they had made.

Vietnam and Australia have both been selected to compete in Group D at the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship Finals Draw in Doha, Qatar.

Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 will win prizes worth up to VND10bn, the organizer announced.

The Da Nang-Vietnam team are currently in sixth place after a week and a half of racing in the 10th edition of the famous biennial Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.

France’s Olympique Lyonais club, runner-up at the French Championships 2014-2015, is eyeing to train and produce a team of skilled Vietnamese footballers for Ho Chi Minh City over the next 10 years.