CULTURE AND SPORT

English Premier League’s Arsenal will play a friendly match against Vietnam in Hanoi in July as one of their warm-up activities for the new season.

The 3rd HDBank International Open Chess Tournament will be held in HCM City from March 19-25, announced the Vietnam Chess Federation at a press conference on March 6.

Real Madrid qualified for the quarter finals of the Champions League after winning 2-1 at Old Trafford and securing a 3-2 aggregate win over Manchester United.

The Golden Kite Awards seem unattractive to both producers and audiences and have faced criticisms after nominating unreleased movies.

United Nations Women will organise a musical celebration for women worldwide and launch the song “One woman” on the International Women’s Day March 8, according to the UN Women office in Vietnam.

The latest Word Badminton Federation (WBF) men’s rankings, announced on February 28, reveal top Vietnamese player Nguyen Tien Minh has managed to remain in ninth place.

A photo featuring a model wearing a costume designed similar to Vietnamese traditional ao dai has faced strong opposition from Vietnamese facebookers.

Six overseas singers have been banned from performing in Vietnam due to their joining in a recently released DVD that contained negative comments about Vietnam.

The third Binh Duong International Women’s Cycling Open-Biwase Cup will be held on March 2-8.

Maika Elan, the Vietnamese photographer who won first prize in the World Press Photo Contest 2012 talked about her experiences behind the camera.

Japanese football specialist Kazuyoshi Tanabe claimed that Vietnam had good conditions for the development of the domestic football league.

Although many Vietnamese artists have been trying to get themselves onto the rosters of music events in other countries, they face many difficulties.

Ben Affleck's Iran hostage drama "Argo" won the Oscar for best film Sunday at the 85th Academy Awards.

Artist Dao Anh Khanh will dance, sing and perform rock music for special guests at his upcoming show Dao Xuan (Spring Arrival) tonight at his house in Ngoc Thuy, Gia Lam District, Hanoi.

A amateur hip hop video describing Hanoi produced by a group of young Hanoians, FOSent, is attracting lots of views and comments on youtube.

Striker Le Cong Vinh will return to his former club, Song Lam Nghe An, but with much lower pay than he received at Hanoi Club.

The annual International Windsurf Race will take place tomorrow on the Phan Thiet City beach in Binh Thuan Province.

Vietnam's film industry lacks films of high quality to attract large audiences, said Director Nguyen Quang Dung.

The year’s most-anticipated poetry festival takes place at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi this weekend with the theme Tuoi Tre Voi To Quoc (Youth and Nation).