CULTURE AND SPORT

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.

Football heartthrob David Beckham is touring Vietnam to promote the whiskey label – Haig Club.

Nhung Nguoi Con Cua Lang (Children of the Village) and Dap Canh Giua Khong Trung (Flapping in the Middle of Nowhere) will vie for the feature film award of US$5,000 at the third Hanoi International Film Festival, which kicks

Young weightlifter Thach Kim Tuan has won one gold and two silver medals at the ongoing World Weightlifting Championships 2014 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

An international fashion week will be held in Ho Chi Minh City next month with acclaimed Vietnamese designers showing off their collections along with their Asian and international counterparts.

About 250 orphans and underprivileged children will meet and play football with trainers from the Real Madrid Foundation this weekend.

The European Music Festival is returning Vietnam for its second edition on November 22-December 5.

A Vietnamese photographer famous for his nude photos won the E.VAPA Gold award from the Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists (VAPA), the first time such works has been given the association's highest honour.

Disabled children will tell their stories and dreams through a painting exhibition that opens this weekend in Hanoi.

Vietnam will host the fifth Asia- Pacific bonsai festival in 2015, marking its first ever organisation of the event, heard a press conference in Ho Chi Minh City.

V-League team Dong Thap have decided to quit the national premier tournament because of a lack of funds.

The number of movies rated for mature audiences has peaked since the institution of the rating system in Vietnam in 2007.

Vietnam War photographer Nick Ut received Achievement in Photojournalism at the 12th Annual Lucie Awards which was held in New York, the US on November 2 for his iconic portrayal of ‘Napalm Girl’ Phan Thi Kim Phuc.

The Saigon International Guitar Festival, featuring acclaimed foreign artists and educators, may be the year's most important event for classical guitarists in Vietnam.

Toyota Motor Vietnam has just announced its annual 2014 Toyota Classics Concert for charity has been set to perform at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on November 18.

The Department of Performing Arts has licensed Miss Sea Nguyen Thi Loan to represent Vietnam at the Miss World 2014 pageant set for London, the UK on December 14.