CULTURE AND SPORT

The joyous celebration at Hang Day Stadium and the breathtaking race for second and third places may be the last resorts for helping the ailing V-League 2013 national football championship end with some impression left for football fans.

Public controversy arose recently when a veteran composer pointed out weak points of several top singers and received a rude reply from one of them.

The Six Tones, a Vietnamese-Swedish experimental music ensemble, will launch its double album “Signal in Noise” in Hanoi on August 30.

Siu Black, a popular singer from the Central Highlands, has admitted that she in fact owes around VND10 billion, not the recently announced VND2.5 billion.

The Hanoi Ca Tru Club is launching free weekly performances, starting August 31, to popularize one of the most preserved Vietnamese traditional art forms and a piece of world cultural heritage.

The fourth German Film Festival in Vietnam will run from September 5 to October 3 in seven cities.

Many films facing public criticism for their alleged poor quality have submitted to compete at the National Film Festival this year.

A new photo exhibition honouring the beauty of provinces and cities in the Red River Delta opens in coastal Hai Phong City today.

Actress Angela Phuong Trinh may be fined for wearing a skimpy costume while performing a sexy pole dance at a bar in Hanoi, one official said.

Pianist Dang Thai Son, one of the world's leading pianists, will hold a concert in Hanoi and HCM City in December.

Veteran photographer Quang Phung has been nominated for the Grand Award in this year’s Bui Xuan Phai-Love for Hanoi Awards which will honour a host of individuals and projects making significant contributions to arts and culture in Hanoi.

Daring bikers from famous Asian motorbike teams thrilled fans with an excellent stunt show performance during yesterday's opening ceremony for Vietnam's first motorbike festival in Phu My Hung's Crescent Residence in HCM City.

Around 350 athletes from 27 countries will be competing at the 47th Asian Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship in Ho Chi Minh City from August 30-September 1.

Grandmaster Le Quang Liem was narrowly beaten by the Chess World Cup defending champion Peter Svidler in their tie-break games on August 23.

Vietnam's Next Top Model 2013 is facing public criticism because of the organiser's use of certain promotional ploys considered vulgar in Vietnamese society.

A collection of 100 unique Ao Dai (traditional long dress) samples from three Vietnamese designers will be showed at Chambord, the most ancient and famous castle in the world, France on September 7.

The Hanoi Cheo Theatre has introduced a new play, which injects modern sensibilities, as an attempt to recapture the interest of young audiences.

The domination of modern arts has pushed many Vietnamese traditional art forms into oblivion, including Cải Lương with lots of its artists faced with poverty in old age.

Vietnamese player Le Quang Liem’s excellent performance held the Chess World Cup defending champion, Peter Svidler from Russia, to a draw in the first leg match of the tournament’s fourth round on August 20.