CULTURE AND SPORT

Vietnamese two representatives at the 2013 Asian Super Model Contest in Nanning (China) Nguyen Dieu Linh and Hoang Thu, have received enthusiastic applause from spectators.

After the third draft of “Bui doi Cho Lon” or Chinatown was mistakenly uploaded on Internet, the filmmaker has called for police to investigate and find culprit.

The Islamic Cham people in the central province of Binh Thuan officially launched a month-long festival to welcome their Ramuwan (New Year) festival on July 7.

Twenty-six troupes from 23 countries and territories across the world will join Vietnamese artists at the 2014 Hue Festival.

A bronze drum from the Dong Son culture (2,000BC-200AD) has been found at a road construction site in the northern province of Bac Kan, according to researchers from the Vietnam Archaeology Institute.

Dozens of football fans gathered at the headquarters of the VFF to get tickets for the friendly Vietnam-Arsenal football match.

Vietnamese movie “Cha, con va...” (Father, son and…) by director Phan Dang Di will be funded with 40,000 EUR by the World Cinema Fund.

Twenty-nine Vietnamese martial artists will be competing at the third World Vovinam Championships in Paris, France, over July 5–7.

A book tracking the costumes worn by Vietnamese people from all levels of society throughout the last 1,000 years has been launched in Hanoi recently.

Vietnam’s leading chess player Le Quang Liem has jumped from 34th to 4th in the FIDE’s most recent World Blitz Chess rankings for July.

14 Vietnamese athletes will participate in the 27th World Student Games festival, which is scheduled to take place in Kazan, Russia from June 30-July 20.

Many music production companies in Vietnam still infringe on copyright protection rules by using songs from other musicians without permission.

Vietnam Youth Theatre is busy preparing for international art cooperation exchanges with Indonesia, Thailand, Laos and Germany from June to September.

Vietnamese teenage swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien stormed to a gold medal at the fourth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Incheon, South Korea, yesterday.

Arsenal Football Club has sent a list of 69 members who will participate in its friendly match with Vietnam on July 17, including its best players.

More than 20 countries across the globe are showcasing over 200 kites of various shapes and colours at the Vietnam International Kite Exhibition, which opened in the northern province of Nam Dinh on June 28.

A free rock night featuring six finalists from 42 bands competing at Tiger Translate national rock contest will be held at Thong Nhat Park in downtown Hanoi tomorrow. Visitors must be 18 years of age or over.

Asian designers took to the catwalks at Paris fashion week with the sharp lines of South Korea's Wooyoungmi's scorched desert-inspired collection vying for attention with young Japanese designer Yusuke Takahashi's colourful exploration of traditional dyeing techniques for Issey Miyake.

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh of the majority Viet Kinh ethnicity has just been crowned Miss Ethnic Vietnam 2013.