CULTURE AND SPORT

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.

Coach Toshiya Miura is confident Vietnam’s national football team can win gold at the coming SEA Games in Singapore.

Vietnam secured 12 gold, 4 silver and 9 bronze medals to rank first at the fourth Southeast Asia Karatedo championship which has wrapped up in Vientiane, Laos.

A TV series on the American war in South Vietnam began airing on Vietnam Television's VTV1 channel this week, as part of the station's screening to mark the 40th anniversary of the country's Reunification Day, April 30.

Vietnamese weightlifters will take part in the 2015 IWF Youth World Championships that will begin in Lima, Peru, on April 6.

France’s Le Monde newspaper has published a book about President Ho Chi Minh, a figure that won national independence for Vietnam.

The central city will hold the Danang International Marathon 2015 on August 30, the city's culture and society department official Hoang Son Tra has said.

The project on restoring and preserving documentary films kept at the National Documentary and Scientific Film Production Studio will be continued with the assistance from the Belgium’s Wallonie - Bruxelles Delegation.

The annual – Hanoi Sound Stuff – music festival will kick off on April 9 in three venues in the city with a star-studded line-up of internationally talented musicians taking to the stage.