CULTURE AND SPORT

Hanoi will play host to a number of large bands from Asian countries at the second ASEAN Music Festival, to take place on May 24.

Miss Ethnic Vietnam 2011, Trieu Thi Ha, confirmed that she returned her crown because of abuse she suffered by the organisers.

Two terrible mistakes from captain Le Thi Thuong and goalkeeper Dang Thi Kieu Trinh handed Thailand a 2-1 victory over the home team Vietnam in the fifth-place play-off match at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Asian Cup last night.

Vietnamese women will face their Thai rivals on May 21 in a play-off match to determine the fifth Asian ticket to the Women’s World Cup 2015 in Canada.

Major-general Nguyen Duc Huy put on his glasses to see photos of himself and his comrades more clearly at an exhibition by photographer Tran Viet Van that opened yesterday in Hanoi.

A team from US-based Warner Bros, has surveyed a cave at Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh province to select scenes for the film Peter Pan.

Nguyen Thi Anh Vien has become the first Vietnamese swimmer winning a berth to the world championships after her outstanding performance in the US.

The Vietnam National Museum of Nature, designed to be the leading museum of its kind in Vietnam, opened a new exhibition hall on the evolution of living things on Thursday.

'Running man' Nguyen Xuan Tien has decided to auction his T-shirt which has with the autographs of European giant Arsenal's star footballers.

Hundreds of artists are set to perform the Vietnamese national anthem, along with and other songs, in a patriotic attempt to call attention to the East Sea crisis.

A photo exhibition that has opened in Hanoi offers an opportunity for visitors to discover the night scene in Milan and Rome.

A 15-minute film by Vietnamese director Hoang Tran Minh Duc will be screened to compete at the Cannes Film Festival's Short Film Corner event held from May 14 to 24.

Vietnam Television has officially won broadcast rights for the World Cup 2014, at the price of USD7 million.

The Ministry of Information and Communications on May 13 received and publicised a world atlas that affirms Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos.

Coach Chen Yun Fat of the Vietnamese women's football team has been motivating his players with the promise of greater things to come, like a chance to play in the World Cup.

The small, happy world of a nine-year-old boy born with autism, as seen through his paintings, is now on display in downtown Hanoi.

Toshiya Miura of Japan has penned a two-year contract with the Vietnam Football Federation to coach the national football squad and the national Olympic team.

The VFF will pay USD15,000 a month for the new Japanese coach of the national squad, much lower than what previous foreign coaches have received in Vietnam.

Knowledge of how dengue fever spreads and key behaviours to prevent it will be disseminated in an appealing manner through a play to be staged at 21 primary schools in two HCM City districts this month.