CULTURE AND SPORT

Vietnam’s premier tennis player Ly Hoang Nam made it through to the semifinals of the 25th Sarawak Chief Minister's Cup (I) ITF Junior Tennis Championship (Grade 1) after outplaying Chinese Wu Yibing in their quarterfinal match in Kuching, Malaysia.

Truong Ho Phuong Nga, 2007 Miss Vietnam in Russia, has recently been arrested for swindling VND16b and she may be revoked her crown.

The US Cable News Network CNN has introduced a number of Vietnam’s propaganda posters during wartime that raged between 1954 and 1975.

The Da Nang International Fireworks Competition 2015 (DIFC 2015) will kick off in the central city on March 28, drawing five teams.

The National Futsal Championship will kick off on March 29 in Ho Chi Minh City with new rules, under which 10 teams will compete in a two-stage tournament.

Vietnamese top seed player Le Quang Liem on March 14 defeated Laylo Darwin of the Philippines in the Zone 3.3 qualifying round of the World Chess Championships 2015 in HCM City to secure a berth in the upcoming Chess

Vietnam's national U23 team will meet U23 Uzbekistan in a friendly match in HCM City today in preparation for the 2016 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers.

Trang Ha, a young and renowned Vietnamese writer, has strong views about Vietnam's men.

Seventeen chefs from Viet Nam will join more than 1,000 chefs from all over the world for the first-ever "Gout de France" (Taste of France) to celebrate French gastronomy on March 19.

As many as 296 badminton players from 17 countries and territories around the world will be competing for top honours at the Ciputra Hanoi-Yonex Sunrise Vietnam International Challenge 2015 at Cau Giay gymnasium in Hanoi from March 17 to 22.

Nearly 800 of the latest works from Vietnamese designers are being showcased at Vietnam Fashion Week Fall-Winter 2015 showing off the designers’ creativity — a good sign for Vietnam’s fashion industry.

The fifth Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival has kicked off in Buon Ma Thuot city, Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, as part of activities to mark the 40th anniversary of the Buon Ma Thuot victory.

Objects, letters and diaries recording essential moments in the lives of more than 80 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people throughout Vietnam are on display at the first exhibition of its kind in downtown Hanoi.

Nguyen Van Son, who won the Mister Global 2015 male beauty pageant in Thailand now faces trouble at home because he failed to get permission from Vietnam authorities to compete.

An exhibition has been held in the central city of Danang as part of activities marking the upcoming 40th anniversary of the city’s liberation (1975-2015).

Both Vietnam’s Olympic (or Under-23) football team and its Indonesian counterpart are looking for a win as they lock horns in a friendly match at the My Dinh Stadium on March 9.

Several experts have raised concerns about the improper behaviour of young local "celebrities" after recent altercations with police.

Vietnamese Ly Hoang Nam has advanced to the final round of the Chang Thailand Junior G1 boys singles finals ongoing in Thailand with a victory over Australia’s Marc Polmans.

Berlin hip-hop dancer and choreographer, Raphael, Hillebrand will team up with Ha Noi-based crew S.I.N.E. to stage a new hip-hop production in Ha Noi next week.