CULTURE AND SPORT

Popular singer Siu Black has admitted that she owes over VND2.5 billion after getting into the cafe business.

Several young people in Vietnam have found, with the help of new methods, their avocation to be the making of documentary films.

Sixty-five Vietnamese folk paintings are on display at an exhibition, which officially opened on July 27, as a part of activities to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Vietnam-France diplomatic ties.

The Department of Performing Arts has asked authorities to punish several online newspapers for publishing false information about the Miss Ethnic Vietnam 2013 contest.

Vietnamese leaders and youngsters are carrying out activities to pay tribute to fallen war heroes to mark the 66th War Invalids and Martyrs Day today.

A festival based on popular Vietnamese and Japanese comic books will be held for children this weekend in downtown Hanoi.

Despite Apple’s pledge to remove Le Kieu Nhu’s novel from its Apple Store, the author has decided to continue with the lawsuit.

Chief coach Hoang Van Phuc has decided to only lead the national U23 squad in preparation for the upcoming 27th SEA Games in Myanmar later this year.

The Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism will take action to control advertising banners illegally hung over city streets.

Hundreds of photos and objects concerning Vietnamese Agent Orange victims are on display in Danang City.

An exhibition themed “Agent Orange-Sense and Justice” opened on July 23, in the central city of Danang.

A series of contests and games were launched in Hanoi on July 22 in the lead up to the 17th Asian Games to be held in the Republic of Korea in 2014.

Cong Vinh confirmed that he has been invited by the Japanese football club, Consadole Sapporo FC, to play in the J-League Division 2.

Vietnamese singer Le Kieu Nhu has filed suit against Apple for selling her novel on its App Store without seeking her consent.

Lang Toi Circus, a highly-regarded performance troupe which has played many foreign stages, faces difficulties in attracting audiences at home.

A rare book about An Nam was given to the Hue Royal Antiques Museum in the central province of Thua Thien Hue yesterday by an overseas Vietnamese couple, Bui Thi Cam Ha and Le Thai.

Promising young cyclist Huynh Thanh Tung will start training at the World Cycling Centre in Switzerland from next week.

The wide spread of Chinatown film and rampant sales of pirated discs of this cut have gone a long way to proving the ineffectiveness of the ban on the film.

A Vietnamese-Japanese girl, Hirao Yuka, has won the Miss Vietnam Global Beauty Pageant which was held in US's California.