CULTURE AND SPORT

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.

POPS Awards, which honour digital entertainment products, will be presented soon for the first time in Vietnam.

More than 60 restaurants and hotels from over 20 countries and territories are showcasing their special dishes at an international food festival which opened in Ho Chi Minh City on December 4.

Singer Ho Quynh Huong was named "Best Asian Artist" at the prestigious 2014 Mnet Asian Music Awards in Hong Kong on December 3.

Images of culture and daily life in Vietnam 100 years ago are now on show in the capital city.

Fans are unhappy when the Vietnam Football Federation has raised ticket prices for AFF Cup matches following the success of the local side in the first round.

Coach Toshyia Miura believes that even though Malaysia are strong team, Vietnam will still emerge the winner in the semi-final match of the ASEAN Football Federation-Suzuki Cup this weekend.

Trans-Vietnam cycling tournament 2014 - national defence cup kicked off in the southernmost province of Ca Mau on December 2 with the first 180-kilometre long race to Can Tho city.

China will send artists, film-makers, and TV personnel to live among the masses in rural areas in order to "form a correct view of art", state media said on Tuesday.

Cau Vong Khuyet (Part of the Rainbow), a play by Kim Khanh staged at IDECAF yesterday to mark World HIV//AIDS Prevention Day, December 1, gave the audience a glimpse into the challenges faced by gay people.

The chairman of the Vietnam Football Federation spoke highly of the U23 national squad coach, Toshiya Miura, after the win against Philippines in an AFF Cup match.

Plentiful fashion shows and exhibitions are keeping Vietnamese fashion designers busy as the year nears its end.

Renowned cai luong (reformed opera) artist Hong Nga plans to organise a live show to mark her 70th birthday on January 17 in HCM City.

Vietnam produced their best performance so far at the ongoing Southeast Asian Football Championship to beat the Philippines 3-1 in the last group game, marching into the semi-finals as Group A winners.

Vietnam’s Nghe Tinh Vi-Giam folk singing was officially recognised by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity at the 9th session of its Inter-governmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Paris on November 27.

Vietnam and the Philippines will battle it out to secure the top place in their last Group A game, each vying for an advantage going into the semi-final stage of the AFF Cup.

More than 300 cyclists from 15 domestic teams and two teams from Laos and Cambodia will participate in the "Trans-Vietnam, Vietnam National Defence Cup" tournament next month.

Hanoi’s grooviest art scene is set to premiere for the first time ever at the Hang Da Trade Centre, December 5-28, with artworks of more than 59 artists.

Vietnam made a 3-0 victory over Laos at Hanoi’s My Dinh station on November 25, moving on track for a semi-final berth in the 2014 Southeast Asian Football Championship - AFF Suzuki Cup.