CULTURE AND SPORT

Hosts Vietnam were held to a 2-2 draw against Indonesia on Saturday in their opening Group A match at the 2014 Southeast Asian Football Championship, or AFF Suzuki Cup, in Hanoi.

Vietnam secured the fourth place in the medal tally of the 4th Asian Beach Games (ABG 4- 2014) in Phuket, Thailand, with 8 gold, 11 silver and 20 bronze medals.

HCMC-based Saigon Sound System will host the first Saigon International Music featuring music talent from Australia, the U.S., U.K and Vietnam from November 26 until December 4 at Cargo Bar in District 4.

Vietnamese pop star My Tam was presented the ‘Asian Music Legend Award’ at a recent ceremony in Malaysia within the framework of the 2nd Top Asia Corporate Ball. The competition gathered the participation of about 900 contestants from throughout Asia.

Vietnam Television was fined VND30 million for broadcasting an animated film about a bad-mannered teacher on Teachers' Day, November 20.

Toshiya Miura, coach of Vietnamese national football team expressed his worry that not many people will attend the upcoming AFF match.

A festival held recently in the central province of Quang Tri celebrated a form of singing called bai choi, a local cultural tradition.

Saxophonist Tran Manh Tuan will hold a concert with the Vietnam National Symphony and Orchestra on November 26 and 27 at 8pm at the Hanoi Opera House.

A performance named ‘The Melody of Homeland’ by the Vietnam Puppetry Theatre has been honoured as the top performance at the Harmony World Puppet Carnival in Thailand.

The Labour Publishing House has now claimed that their partner, Labour Bookstore, added the photoshopped picture of comedian Cong Ly without his consent or their agreement.

The 2014 European Music Festival will open in Hanoi on Saturday and in HCM City next Monday, with artists from seven European countries and Vietnam participating.

Comedian Cong Ly expressed his displeasure after a publishing house issued a law book using a photoshopped picture of him, nearly in the buff, on the cover.

The 6th Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival of the Khmer ethnic people in southern Vietnam will commence on November 27 in Hau Giang province.

Vietnamese designer Vo Viet Chung was the only Asian designer named in the 7th annual Leonardo Simpson’s 10 Best Dressed, which was recently announced in California, the US.

The US news cable CNN has arrived in Vietnam to produce a reportage on traditional Vietnamese martial art (Vovinam).

The Vietnam national team bagged two silver and six bronze medals on November 14, ranking tenth in the Jujitsu event on the first competition day of the 2014 Asian Beach Games (ABG) in Phuket, Thailand.

The chairman of the AFC Disciplinary Committee has extended the suspension of six Vietnamese players from V-League's Dong Nai Club.

The Vietnam national team has arrived in Phuket, Thailand to begin preparing for the 2014 Asian Beach Games (ABG) competition slated for November 18-23.

Film studios are hoping that the release of new movies for the Christmas and New Year holidays will attract young audiences during one of the most profitable seasons of the year.