CULTURE AND SPORT

The Vietnam-ASEAN Silk Festival was opened at the Hoi An Silk Village in the central province of Quang Nam, bringing together over 30 artisans from well-known silk village across the country.

Some 6,500 people are expected to join the second HCM City Run, which will be held on January 18 in Phu My Hung, HCM City's District 7.

Vietnam Football Federation has banned nine players from Vissai Ninh Binh Club from ever playing again after the exposure of a betting and match-fixing scandal.

A ceremony to honour the Nghe Tinh Vi-Giam folk singing of Vietnam as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity is set to take place on January 31, 2015 in Vinh City.

Former Vice President Nguyen Thi Binh has donated more than 800 objects, mostly photographs, to the Vietnamese Women's Museum.

Young women are continuing to enter beauty contests overseas despite moves by Vietnam authorities to limit their participation by imposing fines.

With the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup done and dusted, the Malaysian edition of fourfourtwo.com has picked its team of the tournament, singling out Vietnamese footballers Le Cong Vinh and Pham Thanh Luong.

An exhibition on President Ho Chi Minh’s daily life and work from 1954-1969 at the President Palace is underway in Hanoi from December 19-January 5.

The Vietnam national football team has received the Fair Play Award at the 2014 Southeast Asian Football Championship - AFF Suzuki Cup, announced the organising board on December 20.

Vietnam’s national football team has moved up one place to the 137th in the world Football Federation (FIFA) rankings for December, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

Miss World 2011 Ivan Sarcos (Venezuela) is coming to Vietnam in January 2015 to serve on the jury panel at the finals of the 2014 Miss Ao Dai Vietnam pageant.

Various cultural and sports activities, featuring the Thai ethnic group's traditional identities, will be held for the first time in the northern province of Lai Chau from December 27 to 29.

Five Malaysian football fans accused of attacking Vietnamese supporters during a heated Suzuki Cup semi-final earlier this month pleaded not guilty on Wednesday, local news agency Bernama reported.

A government publishing house has been fined for using disrespectful images of historic Vietnamese generals.

Choreographers and dance troupes from eight countries around the globe performed December 7-16 at the second annual International Dance Festival in Ho Chi Minh City.

The trans-Vietnam cycling tournament or the National Defense Cup wrapped up on December 16 with ADC Vinh Long Television’s cyclist Trinh Duc Tam finishing first the last 36km race around Cao Bang city, the northern province of same name.

Noted HCM City-based photographer Ly Hoang Long won a runner-up prize in the One Shot-One Moment category in the 2014 edition of the Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY).

The Da Nang Heritage Centre displayed around 80 paintings by 30 artists in the central and Central Highlands regions for its exhibition on 3D printing.

Miss South Africa, 22-year-old Rolene Strauss, was crowned Miss World 2014 at the contest's glitzy final in London on Sunday.