CULTURE AND SPORT

US Open Badminton Championship No.3 seed Nguyen Tien Minh had no trouble thrashing Andres Lopez (underdog world no.244) from Mexico 2-0 in the first round of the tournament on July 9.

After attracting many visitors in central Ha Tinh province in early June, “Vietnam’s Hoang Sa, Truong Sa – Historical evidences” exhibition has come to Hanoi.

Vietnam's First Mrs World Doan Thi Kim Hong will judge the Mrs. America due to take place in Arizona State from August 18-28.

After the recent leakage of Bui Doi Cho Lon film on internet, many pirated discs of the film are widely sold in Hanoi and HCM City.

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.