CULTURE AND SPORT

Two hundred athletes representing 20 countries and territories are competing at the 2013 Ho Chi Minh City Open International X Games on November 29-30.

Myanmar is "100 percent" ready for the Southeast Asian Games, a senior official said Friday, as the clock ticked down to the biggest sports event in the nation's troubled history.

Vietnam will have the chance to vie for a World Cup 2015 berth following a draw of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2014 in HCM City on November 29.

The photo contest “I Love My City, My People”, sponsored by the French Consulate General in HCM City, is now accepting entries, hoping to encourage Vietnamese artistic expressions of local love for the homeland.

Vietnam’s best male badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has earned 8th place in the World Badminton Federation’s (WBF) latest rankings.

Vietnamese animated film studios have been struggling to find their audience after the government decided to stop granting them subsidies.

Phan Nhu Thao has outclassed other Vietnamese candidates to represent the country at Asia’s Next Top Model 2013.

The Vietnam Professional Football Company said that local football clubs will continue to face serious financial difficulties over the next two years.

He may have amassed a collection of international titles, but Vietnam's top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh is still missing a men's singles gold from the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.

The capital city will host its first ever experimental music festival from November 30 to December 8.

Miss International Beauty 2009, Vu Hoang Diep, faced public criticism for her "shocking" jeans, after the images were captured by Singaporean newspapers.

Pop diva Taylor Swift was named Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards (AMA), while other big winners included British boy band One Direction and crooner Justin Timberlake.

Hue opens two exhibitions that offer free entrance to visitors, showing photos of a German artist and memorials from friends of a Vietnamese well-known late song composer Trinh Cong Son.

A new genre of Vietnamese films has appeared on local television channels with very romantic titles, hoping to attract audiences.

Singer Thu Minh was announced one of the winners of Best Asian Artist at Mnet Asian Music Awards 2013.

Designs in use during the war years for ao dai, the Vietnamese traditional costume, are being showcased in an exhibition at the HCM City War Remnants Museum.

The Goethe Institute Hanoi will host a special concert tomorrow night to commemorate the victims of the recent fire at the new art and entertainment centre, Zone 9.

The lack of careful preparation is among major reasons why Vietnamese women often fail at international beauty pageants, one showbiz sponsor said.

The 5th Luala Concert, a free outdoor music festival, will return this December with the participation of famous Vietnamese and South Korean singers.