CULTURE AND SPORT

World elite badminton athlete Nguyen Tien Minh has maintained his position in the top 10, although he has dropped in the rankings by a remarkable number of points.

Internationally-known chef Bobby Chinn has been put forth as a candidate for the Vietnam Tourism Ambassador for 2014 to 2017.

Asako Okiura stepped back and forth, looking attentively at a small oil painting of lotus flowers hanging at the ongoing exhibition of veteran artist Pham Luc.

Pi Nang Thi Hau glows as she tells people about a photo she took of her friends making banh tet (glutinous rice cakes) during the school's year-end celebration.

More than 100 photos featuring the daily life of locals and soldiers based at sea and on the country's islands are on display in downtown Hanoi.

Vietnamese singer My Tam was awarded “The best-selling artist from all major territories” at the World Music Awards 2014 (WMA) held in Monte-Carlo, Monaco, on May 27.

Photos on latest developments in the waters of Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago will be on display at an exhibition in Hanoi from May 28, providing vivid evidence of China ’s brazen violation of Vietnam ’s sovereignty.

Dang Thu Thao, born in 1997 in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, has been sashed winner of the 2014 Miss Vietnam Ocean beauty pageant.

Jenny Nguyen, winner of the Vietnam Supermodel 2012 style prize, is representing Vietnam in the Miss Asia-Pacific World 2014 pageant taking place in Seoul, the RoK from May 18-31.

The organising board of Miss Ethnic Vietnam beauty contest denied the accusation that they abused contestants, saying that the former Miss Ethnic Vietnam did not fulfill her duties.

Iwashimizu Azusa buried the winning goal in the final moments of the second 15-minute extra time to help Japan edge out China 2-1 in the semi-final match at the AFC Women's Asian Cup yesterday at Thong Nhat Stadium in

Hanoi will play host to a number of large bands from Asian countries at the second ASEAN Music Festival, to take place on May 24.

Miss Ethnic Vietnam 2011, Trieu Thi Ha, confirmed that she returned her crown because of abuse she suffered by the organisers.

Two terrible mistakes from captain Le Thi Thuong and goalkeeper Dang Thi Kieu Trinh handed Thailand a 2-1 victory over the home team Vietnam in the fifth-place play-off match at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Asian Cup last night.

Vietnamese women will face their Thai rivals on May 21 in a play-off match to determine the fifth Asian ticket to the Women’s World Cup 2015 in Canada.

Major-general Nguyen Duc Huy put on his glasses to see photos of himself and his comrades more clearly at an exhibition by photographer Tran Viet Van that opened yesterday in Hanoi.

A team from US-based Warner Bros, has surveyed a cave at Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Quang Binh province to select scenes for the film Peter Pan.

Nguyen Thi Anh Vien has become the first Vietnamese swimmer winning a berth to the world championships after her outstanding performance in the US.

The Vietnam National Museum of Nature, designed to be the leading museum of its kind in Vietnam, opened a new exhibition hall on the evolution of living things on Thursday.