CULTURE AND SPORT

Dragonfly Theatre Co and Sai Gon Sound System are set to stage Dangerous Liaisons, an English play based on the classic novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos De Laclos.

Vietnam Television received an original version of a 3D cartoon about General Vo Nguyen Giap for national broadcast during the late military hero’s state funeral.

Plan International and the Centre for Studies and Applied Sciences in Gender, Family, Women, and Adolescents opened their “My Life, My Dream” photo exhibition in Hanoi on October 11.

General Vo Nguyen Giap’s documents and photographs are on display in the National Library of Vietnam, at 31 Trang Thi street in Hanoi.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Tourism Promotion Centre, in coordination with the city’s Tourism Association and the Saigon International Film School, are running a Vietnamese street cuisine filmmaking competition from October 7 to December 7.

Thousands of books are on display at Autumn Book Fair 2013 which opened at the Vietnam Women’s Museum in Hanoi on October 10.

Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has received sponsorship from Japan’s Kawasaki group for his next ten tournaments.

Many cultural activities will be delayed as they were scheduled to take place during state funeral ceremonies for General Giap.

Two major Asian adaptations of classic Westerns have hit screens at the Busan International Film Festival, in a revival of a genre that drew some of its early inspiration from the cinema of the East.

Four Vietnamese athletes will arrive in Poland to take part in the 2013 World Weightlifting Championships on October 17.

A list of Vietnamese artists that have created the most valuable paintings sold internationally.

Vietnam claimed a convincing victory over Australia on October 7, successfully taking berth to the final round of the U19 Asian football tournament.

The first international mountain marathon in Vietnam took place in Sa Pa in the northern province of Lao Cai on October 6.

Truong Thi May has ranked first in the top 16 for the most promising contestants on missosology.org, a well-known international pageant forum.

The International Federation of Football Associations has allocated US$20,000 in funding to Thua Thien-Hue province’s “Football for All in Vietnam” initiative.

With box office takings in Asia growing faster than anywhere else in the world, more studios from Hollywood and beyond are seeking local partners to tap into the region, say industry players.

Art director Philippe Bouler shares some of the special features of the coming 'Oh là là' music festival and his remarks on local artists.

Embassy in collaboration with the local Topas Ecolodge Resort, will take place on October 5 in Sapa in the northern province of Lao Cai.

The Vietnamese squad defeated its Taiwanese rivals 6-1 at the opening match in F group of the U19 Asian football tournament’s qualifying round in Malaysia on October 3.