CULTURE AND SPORT

Le Cong Vinh has been recognised as the highest-paid sportsman of Viet Nam, based on what he has earned in the last eight years.

An original art performance entitled, "Về Miền Quan Họ" (Coming Back to Quan họ land) will be staged at the Kinh Bắc cultural centre in northern Bắc Ninh city on March 7.

Circus artists from Vietnam, Russia and Belarus will entertain audiences in HCM City with extravagant performances to usher in the Lunar New Year.

Diverse activities including a calligraphy writing festival have been held in Hanoi to introduce cultural characteristics of Hanoi ancient streets and celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival (Tet).

The Japanese coach of Vietnam's national team, Toshiya Miura, announced, the U23 team that will compete in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.

The Vietnam men’s national football team is starting the New Lunar Year out in the number one spot in Southeast Asia in the latest FIFA rankings for February.

Vietnam Project Runway 2014 winner Ly Giam Tien will unveil his latest collection Dark Raven on February 15 at Crowne Plaza Times Square in New York City as part of the ongoing New York Couture Fashion Week.

Late musician Trinh Cong Son topped the nation's musicians in copyright fees in 2014, earning more than VND100m for his music, the Vietnam Centre for Protection of Music Copyright said.

Zodiac animals look playful and lively at a joint exhibition by two eclectic artists that opened in Hanoi recently to celebrate the Year of the Goat.

Vietnam's cycling team will participate at the Asian Cycling Championship 2015 which kicks off today in Thailand.

The Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam directed all agencies at localities throughout the country to enhance the party's ability to guide management and organisation of spring festivals.

The information and telecommunication ministry today announced the withdrawal of licence of the Nguoi Cao Tuoi (The Elderly) online newspaper's website, www.nguoicaotuoi.org.vn, and its editor-in-chief's journalist card.

The Italy-Vietnam Friendship Association has launched an Italian language publication themed “Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos: integral part of Vietnam’s territory” on the occasion of the 20 th publishing anniversary of its Mekong Magazine.

An exhibition is highlighting daily life of the past in Hanoi's Old Quarter.

The Hanoi Vertical Run, Vietnam's highest stair climbing race, will step off on April 18 at Landmark 72, Vietnam's tallest building.

Vietnam football looks set for a revival with the spread of training academies to boost the country's fortunes in future contests by recruiting and cultivating young players for the professional field.

Phan Ha Phuong, representing Vietnam at the 2014 Supermodel International modelling contest, placed second on January 31 at the competition’s finale in Seoul, the Republic of Korea.

Twelve calligraphers have survived a tough test ahead of Tet to reach the shortlist in a competition to find the nation's best.

The crème de la crème of traditional culture of ethnic minority groups as well as the unique features of spring from every corner of the country will be gathered together in a festival to be held in Hanoi.