CULTURE AND SPORT

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said on February 11 that preservation of traditional music forms assumes greater importance as the country deepens its international integration.

Vietnam Television has officially sued websites, including Youtube, which published the Kitchen Gods 2014 show without permission.

Several festivals held by various ethnic groups will be celebrated at the Culture Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups in Hanoi this month.

Thousands of tourists and Buddhist dignitaries flocked to the Yen Tu Pagoda in Quang Ninh province to join the Spring Festival, which officially opened on February 9, the tenth day of the first lunar month.

The northern border province of Quang Ninh will host the annual Japanese cherry blossom festival to promote cultural exchange between Vietnamese and Japanese localities.

The opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics got off to a shaky start in Sochi on Friday when an illuminated snowflake that was supposed to transform into the fifth glowing white Olympic ring failed to do so.

An exhibition of Vietnamese folk paintings has attracted a large number of visitors, giving hope to some for a revival of the two traditional art forms, Hang Trong and Dong Ho.

A festival to commemorate the nation’s legendary mother Au Co began in Ha Hoa district, the northern midland province of Phu Tho on February 6, the seventh day of the Lunar New Year.

Writer Nguyen Thi Thu Hue said that many modern Vietnamese writers are so consumed by the everyday worries of life that they fail to create meaningful works.

A Vietnamese film, entitled Nuoc 2030 (Water 2030), will be opening the Berlin International Film Festival's Panorama selection.

The Goethe Institute in Hanoi will offer German films for public viewing at the end of this month, include a diverse mixture of successful German movies.

Chelsea defied Manchester City's scintillating home form with a superb 1-0 victory at the Etihad Stadium on Monday that injected fresh intrigue into the Premier League title race.

Much hope has been pinned on several foreign experts who are scheduled to arrive in Vietnam early this year to work with domestic football leagues.

Philip Seymour Hoffman, one of the leading actors of his generation, was found dead in his Manhattan apartment in what a New York police source described as an apparent drug overdose.

After years of squabbling, Harry Potter's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger finally became an item -- but now their creator JK Rowling has admitted she made a mistake by marrying them off.

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology promises to entertain the public in the post-Tet weekend with a range of cultural and folk-related activities to celebrate the Lunar New Year holidays.

Tourism parks and entertainment centres in Ho Chi Minh City have made significant investments to attract visitors during the Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, which begins on January 31.

Bringing Xoan singing into schools has been recognised as an effective way of keeping the traditional art form in the hearts and minds of local people in the northern province of Phu Tho, its cradle.

Most years during Tet Vietnam's successful athletes can expect generous bonuses, but those who have failed to bring home prizes often get little to nothing.