CULTURE AND SPORT

Despite efforts, Vietnam conceded a 0-1 defeat to Iraq in a quarter-final match on April 26 evening, bidding farewell to the ongoing 2024 AFC U23 Asian Cup in Qatar.

More than 300 photos, documents, and exhibits related to the Battle of Dien Bien Phu are showcased at the Hanoi's Vietnam Military History Museum.

Fireworks are set to illuminate the skies over six venues across the capital from 9 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. on October 10 as a way of marking its 70th Liberation Day.

Vietnam secured two more tickets to the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer after clinched medals at Olympic qualifications in Japan and the Republic of Korea.

An online exhibition featuring the Trang An Landscape Complex has been launched on Google Arts & Culture by the complex's management board with the support of Google Arts & Culture and UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

10-men Vietnam on April 17 beat 10-men Kuwait 3-1 in their dramatic Group D opener of the 2024 AFC U23 Asian Cup getting underway in Qatar.

It is expected that 500,000 visitors will arrive in the northern province of Phu Tho on the death anniversary of the Hung Kings and Hung Kings Temple Festival on September 18.

Female badminton player Nguyen Thuy Linh will be the 7th representative of Vietnam to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympics this summer.

The south-central province of Khanh Hoa will host the first international jazz festival in Nha Trang city from April 27 to May 1.

The Vietnam Football Federation and LaLiga, the top tier of Spanish men's football, have reached an agreement on plans to bring Vietnamese national men's and women's teams to train and play friendly matches in Spain.

Vietnamese movie “Việt và Nam” (known as “Viet and Nam” in English) will vie for a prize at the Cannes Film Festival 2024, which is scheduled to take place from May 14 to May 25 in France.

The national U23 football team has been recognised as the youngest squad competing at the 2024 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Asian Cup finals which will run from April 15 to May 3 in Qatar.

HCM City will hold firework displays to mark 49 years of the South’s Liberation and National Reunification Day on April 30.

The Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) 2024 with over 450 booths is expected to welcome up to 80,000 visitors.

A drone light show will be held for the first time in Ha Long Bay as part of the Carnaval Ha Long 2024 on April 28.

The northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang will host the 3rd International Hot-air Balloon Festival from April 27 to May 2, according to organisers.

The Southern Traditional Cake Festival 2024 will take place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 17-21.

Vietnamese weightlifter Trinh Van Vinh clinched a coveted spot at the Paris 2024 Olympics with a dominant performance at the ongoing 2024 International Weightlifting Federation World Cup in Thailand.

The Vietnam Denmark Friendship Association and the Embassy of Denmark have announced the names of 62 individual winners and three group prizewinners of the Denmark in Your Eyes 2023 painting contest.