CULTURE AND SPORT

Well-known bands and singers from 15 nations and territories in the Asia-Pacific region will get together for the ABU TV Song Festival on Saturday night.

Vietnamese representative Truong Thi May, the 2007 Miss Ethnic Vietnam runner-up, has presented traditional scarves to this year’s Miss Universe pageant contestants.

Vietnamese players has beaten Australian Sydney FC 4-1 in a penalty shootout to win the U21 International Thanh Nien Newspaper Cup in the central coastal province of Ninh Thuan.

A feature film on the culture and lifestyle of the ethnic Mong people living in Vietnam's northwest region will be screened next week.

Vietnam will face Sydney U21 FC in the final of the international U21 football championship, which is taking place in the central coastal province of Ninh Thuan today.

After being accused of wasting the State Budget, VFF's chairman, Nguyen Trong Hy, has denied this charge and said they always follow correct procedures.

The Vietnamese squad is scheduled to meet Thailand at the 2013 Mekong Region U23 International Football Tournament (BIDC Cup), according to a draw held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on October 21.

The Vietnamese Football Federation has been accused of wastefulness and ineffectiveness both in operations and training activities.

Model Lan Khue won first place among female models in the Vietnam Supermodel Contest, but there was no winner announced among the male models.

Images of old Hanoi have drawn the old Dao Hung in. The hustle and bustle outside the Exhibition Hall on Hang Bai Street now seem a world away.

Singers may be paid half of revenues from digital music sales, according to their discussion with a host of a local online music site.

The violin played by the bandmaster of the Titanic as the liner sank beneath the waves goes up for auction on Saturday.

Vietnam's national football team remain outside of the top three in the Southeast Asian rankings, but have managed to jump from seventh place to fourth this month, according to FIFA.

Siestes Electronique (Electronic Naps), an experimental music concert to take place at Thong Nhat Park tomorrow, lets attendees enjoy music in a casual setting.

According to many, the three-day-long 18th Vietnam Film Festival may have be the most boring festival to date.

Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh was beaten 1-2 by Chong Wei Feng from Malaysia in the first match of Denmark Open 2013 on October 16.

A total of 26 countries and territories have confirmed their participation in the Hue Festival 2014 by sending art troupes to perform at the event.

The Department of Performing Arts has given a permit for Truong Thi May to compete at Miss Universe 2013 in Russia.

The organising board of the Vietnam Film Festival will be selecting films before allowing them to compete at the event, a board's member said.