CULTURE AND SPORT

Young composers are proving some long-held assumptions wrong by writing and selling songs and music for film soundtracks.

Vietnamese athletes won four silver and two bronze medals at the 7th World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships.

V-League 2013 will begin on March 3 with 12 teams, two less than last year, said the Vietnam Professional Football Company.

Vietnamese belly dancers have won one gold medal and two silver medals at the Asia-Pacific competition in Hong Kong.

FIFA has decided to provide the Vietnam Football Federation with 500,000 USD for training new under-15 talents following the success of the Goal Project in Vietnam, the VFF Chairman said.

Lionel Messi broke Gerd Mueller's 40-year-old record for the most goals in a calendar year on Sunday.

The Top Model Online competition has officially opened, kick-starting Vietnam’s Next Top Model 2013—the country’s fourth iteration of the series.

Italian jazz artists Giuliana Soscia and Pino Jodice Duet will perform alongside famous Vietnamese saxophonist Quyen Thien Dac in a concert at Hanoi Opera House on December 10.

As many as 163 athletes will attend the 16th Asian Petanque Championship, to be held for the first time in Hanoi from December 12-16.

V-League Champions SHB Danang will take on archrilvals at the 2013 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup.

The Vietnam Football Federation has accepted the resignation of national team head coach Phan Thanh Hung after its dismal performance at the ongoing AFF Cup.

Vietnam Fashion Week will kick off at the Hanoi Daewoo Hotel on December 6, with a taste of 19 collections by veterans and emerging designers to be shown during the week.

An international gastronomy festival featuring the cuisine of 25 countries and territories will take place next week in HCM City, said one official.

The Korean Film Festival 2012 will take place in Da Nang and Hanoi to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Vietnam-the Republic of Korea diplomatic relations.

National athletes will compete at the 7th World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships, in Tujia, Colombia, from December 6–9.

Piano prodigy Nguyen Viet Trung will perform with the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra this Thursday and Friday, marking the first concert the young pianist will have played with the orchestra.

Singer My Tam has become the first and only Vietnamese artist to receive the Best Asian Artist title at the Mnet Asian Music Awards 2012.

French club AS Monaco are expected to meet David Beckham for talks in a bid to tempt the player to end his career with them.

A disappointed Vietnam was sent home following a dismal defeat by Thailand in its last group A match at the AFF Suzuki Cup.