CULTURE AND SPORT

Classical musicians are struggling to earn a living in Vietnam and the situation is discouraging parents from letting their children study music.

David Beckham is out in front as the highest-paid player in world football, according to a report that appears in Tuesday's edition of France Football magazine.

A Chinese drama that touches on sensitive topics including police corruption won the best picture at the Asian Film Awards, while Japan's Takeshi Kitano scooped the best director gong.

A delegation from the Olympic Council of Asia led by Wei Jizhong on March 18 worked with administrative representatives from Khanh Hoa, Danang and Binh Thuan to prepare for the 5th Asian Beach Games.

Japanese expert Kazuyoshi Tanabe, Deputy Director of the VPF, said how to attract fans to return to V.League’s football matches should be the top priority.

Football superstar David Beckham will begin his highly-anticipated role as ambassador for the Chinese Super League next week, with domestic media saying he will visit three cities on a five day trip.

The Vietnamese men’s football team has moved up to 129th position in the latest International Federation of Association Football rankings.

An exhibition that examines domestic violence opened on Tuesday in Hanoi, with art on show reflecting the struggles of abused women from all over the country.

The 3rd Miss Ethnic Vietnam pageant will commence in the central Quang Nam province's Hoi An ancient town in May.

Arsenal became the last English club to bow out of the Champions League despite a 2-0 second-leg win at Bayern Munich.

A photo exhibition depicting artists’ preoccupation about artistic creation in the modern life was opened in Hanoi.

Around 300 guests and artisans representing 10 ASEAN member countries, Canada, Japan, India, and the US will attend the 4th ASEAN Traditional Textiles Symposium in Thai Nguyen province from March 15–18.

A romantic novel by Vietnamese-French writer Nguyen Hoai Huong won the top prize at the Foire Du Livre de Bruxelles book fair in Belgium.

Da Nang is undergoing something of a sporting revolution. Baseball, previously all but ignored in this part of Vietnam, is catching up with its rivals in popularity all thanks to an ambitious 19-year-old student who is the founder and

Over 200 athletes from the US, France, England, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Japan are scheduled to race in the Laguna Lang Co Triathlon on April 14, the organising committee has said.

The performance of a contemporary dance named “Rural market” by artist Dao Anh Khanh has been boycotted by the public.

A dossier outlining how to make Dong Ho folk woodcut paintings will be prepared for submission to UNESCO for recognition as an intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding.

More than 2,000 athletes, both professional and amateur, as well as tourists and local people are expected to participate in the Da Nang International Marathon 2013, scheduled for September in the central coastal city of Da Nang.

The national under-23 football team has been called on to win a gold medal at the 27th Southeast Asian Games to be held later this year in Myanmar.