CULTURE AND SPORT

Hundreds of athletes from nine countries and territories in Asia will compete in the 21th HCM City International Track and Field Championships - Vietnam Open 2014, which is scheduled to kick off on July 25.

Twice a week, a group of more than 20 young people gathers together to learn and practise Ly Truong Me Dop (Village Head and Mrs.Dop) – an excerpt from the famous cheo (Vietnamese traditional opera) repertoire Quan Am Thi Kinh.

Six players of the V-League's Dong Nai FC will soon be prosecuted for match-fixing, major-general Ho Sy Tien, head of the Police Department for Investigation of Social Order-related Crimes, confirmed yesterday.

The chairman of the Vietnam Football Federation has vowed to investigate and address violations after some players were arrested for their alleged involvement in a match-fixing scandal.

International Free Hugs Day has been celebrated in Vietnam in the past few years with an aim of generally lifting spirits and bridging gaps among people.

The organising board of a beauty contest that took place in Hanoi recently has been fined VND50 million for holding the event without a license.

Japanese photographer Murayama Yasufumi plans to organise a photo exhibition displaying 40 photos of Vietnamese residents, including fishermen, living in the central provinces.

About 4,200 foreign and domestic athletes, both professional and amateur, are expected to participate in the 2014 International Marathon due to take place in the central coastal city of Danang from August 28-31.

A beauty contest in Hanoi was revealed as having been unlicensed after a contestant threw her pageant sash into trash bin.

Vietnam and Singapore have been selected to host the final round of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2014 – a football tournament organized by the ASEAN Football Federation, according to a July 14 draw in Hanoi.

Three overseas Vietnamese have conveyed their love of homeland through a rap song "Viet World Wide” which has been written in English, German and Vietnamese.

Nguyen Tien Minh of Vietnam overwhelmed Chou Tien Chen of Taiwan (China) in a final match of the US Open Badminton Championship in New York on July 13 (local time), defending his title.

The Vietnamese Cinematography Department is considering how to handle possible violations in the film “Apartment 69″ which has gone viral and stirred up controversy over its content.

A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and Japan Football Association (JFA) in Hanoi on July 11, opening up many opportunities for bilateral football co-operation in the future.

Elite Vietnam 2014, an iteration of the world renowned Elite Model Look contest, will be held in Vietnam for the first time, starting this July.

A farmer from the northern province of Hai Duong became a quick internet sensation after posting hundreds of off-key songs on social networks.

The annual Toyota Classics will bring their much-awaited show to Buon Ma Thuot City this August in response to the 2014 Tay Nguyen National Tourism Year.

French photographer Jean Marie Duchange is showcasing 34 photos of the Vietnam Central Highland region in the 1950s at an exhibition, which opened at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi on July 10.

Top Vietnamese badminton player Tien Minh defeated Indian rival Chetan Anand on July 9, advancing to the third round of the 2014 US YONEX Open Badminton Championships.