CULTURE AND SPORT

Vietnam has applied to host the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) in 2021, two year's earlier than had been planned.

Vietnamese athletes have won 140 medals, including 62 gold, 43 silver and 35 bronze, in 25 international tournaments during the first three months of this year, said the General Department of Sports and Physical Training.

A musical show dealing with the fading of tradition as urbanisation approaches will be staged in Hanoi on April 4 and 5.

Viet Nam's Ly Hoang Nam continued with his winning streak at the Indonesia F1 Futures tennis tournament, easy defeating host player Anthony Susanto 6-3, 6-1 yesterday in Tarakan City.

Vietnam are heading to Qatar for the AFC U23 Championship finals after crushing Macau 7-0 in their last Group I match at the Shah Alam Stadium in Sepang, Malaysia, on March 31.

Vietnam has just left the poor-country group but national broadcaster Vietnam Television (VTV) is planning to build the world’s highest TV tower, a reader said in a letter to Tuoi Tre(Youth) newspaper.

Director Nguyen Hoang Diep's first feature film, entitled "Dap Canh Giua Khong Trung" (Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere), has won three prizes at the 29th Fribourg International Film Festival in Switzerland.

Manager Toshiya Miura has urged Vietnamese players to practice on their straight shots to prepare for their match against Macau today during the AFC U23 Championship qualifier in Malaysia.

Hat boi (classical Vietnamese opera) is now an old-fashioned art which only marks its presence in some parts of southern Vietnam.

Former number one Tiger Woods has dropped out of the world top 100 for the first time in his career as he continues his battle against injuries and loss of form.

The fourth annual German Festival in the capital city on Saturday attracted thousands of people.

For India's female badminton champion Saina Nehwal, newly crowned world number one, it's been a tough climb to the top in a patriarchal country that has long neglected women athletes.

The increase in popularity of the Republic of Korea’s culture, also known as Hallyu, has taken root in numerous Asian countries, including Vietnam, through cinemas, game shows, cuisine and fashion trends, highly influencing the youth in the country.

Vietnam beat Malaysia 2-1 in the first match of Group I in the Asian Football Confederation's (AFC) U23 Championship Qualifier yesterday in Kuala Lumpur.

An exhibition of dozens of pictures of HCM City taken over the last two decades by a photojournalist opened in the city's Phu My Hung area.

Coach Toshiya Miura says Vietnam's national U23 team is primed to face Malaysia in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification match in Kuala Lumpur today.

A photo exhibition is set to open at the Vietnam Art Gallery in celebration of the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between America and Vietnam, and the 40th anniversary of the end of the war.

The 12th ASEAN Taekwondo Federation Championships kicked off at the Lanh Binh Thang Sporting Hall in Ho Chi Minh City on March 23, attracting a record number of athletes.

Yamaha Motor Vietnam has officialy launched its “Yamaha – For the Future of Vietnam Football” 2015 programme.