CULTURE AND SPORT

Some 121 contestants from Albania to Zimbabwe are taking part in the pageant, but there will be no representative from Honduras following the fatal shooting of finalist Maria Jose Alvarado.

Vietnam went down to a humiliating defeat against Malaysia last night at a packed My Dinh Stadium in a crucial AFF Suzuki Cup semi-final match, the national team being knocked out of cup contention.

Vietnam suffered a nightmare yesterday at My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi as they were knocked out of the ASEAN Football Federation-Suzuki Cup.

Ticket scalpers are targeting the Vietnam-Malaysia semi final of the AFF Suzuki Cup match tonight in Hanoi, with police having arrested at least five people.

Vietnam Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2015 proved high potentials of local young designers, said a representative from a major investor of the event.

The HCM City People's Court suspended a trial yesterday after musician Tran Lap made a deal with VNG Corporation and withdrew his copyright violation lawsuit.

Pham Van Mach and Nguyen Van Lam earned Vietnam two gold medals at the 2014 World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Championship, which took place in Mumbai, India from December 5 to 10.

Hanoi Police have set up a plan to protect Malaysian players and fans during the AFF Cup 2014 match at My Dinh Stadium today after the violence in Malaysia.

The organisers of Miss Vietnam came under criticism this year for their choice to give the crown to Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen, who received screeching objections to her make up.

Vietnam's national team have urged fans to remain calm at the second leg of the Suzuki Cup 2014 semi-final match on My Dinh Stadium, despite some being attacked by Malaysia supporters during the first leg at Shah Alam Stadium .

Photographers in Vietnam are learning to explore their craft as both a commercial enterprise and artistic form, a photographer suggests.

Vietnam defeated Malaysia 2-1 in the first leg of the AFF Suzuki Cup semi-final, earning the national team a VND3 billion bonus and jamming traffic in Hanoi and HMC City.

Malaysia’s Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has hit out at local football fans who attacked Vietnamese fans during last night’s AFF Suzuki Cup semi-final.

Vietnam takes a one goal lead back to Hanoi as they trumped a lacklustre Malaysia.

Eighteen year-old Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen from northern Nam Dinh province was crowned Miss Vietnam 2014.

Designers will premiere 1,000 of their latest creations during the Vietnam Fashion Week Spring-Summer for one week.

The Vietnamese team are worried that the hometown crowd would again use flares and laser pointers against them in the AFF Suzuki Cup semi-final match in Malaysia tomorrow.

Tonight, all eyes of Vietnam will be on the tropical paradise of Phu Quoc Island and the crowing of the next Miss Vietnam, but the dazzling, sometimes elegant images, from this year’s illustrious competition are certain to last a lifetime.

Vietnam’s top-tier football league, V-League will begin its 2015 season on January 4 with a first-round clash between reigning Becamex Binh Duong and Dong Thap at Binh Duong Stadium.