CULTURE AND SPORT

Nguyen Anh Khoi extended his unbeaten run by beating Abdulla Gadimbayli of Azerbaijan at the World Youth Chess Championships.

"Twilight' stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson are looking forward to sinking their teeth into new, non-vampire roles, as they ponder life after the "Twilight" saga.

The European Music Festival 2012 will take place in Hanoi and HCM City from November 22-December 2.

Super Model Tran Ngoc Lan Khue will represent Vietnam at the 24th Miss Model of the World in Shenzhen (China) from November 14-December 12.

Chess Grandmaster Le Quang Liem was shockingly defeated by underdogs Ukrainian Andrey Sumets in the second match of the 2012 Furajha International Chess Championships in UAE on November 15.

With Ho Chi Minh City announcing plans to build 3D cinema halls at Children’s Houses in the various districts, the public is questioning the necessity to build such cinemas at this time.

The top Vietnamese equestrian, Phan Thi Ha Thanh, won a gold medal for the horse jump at the Asian Championships in Fujian, China.

Phan Thi Ha Thanh became the first Vietnamese gymnast to win an Asian gold medal after her successful performance at the Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships yesterday in Fujian Province, China.

Singer Dam Vinh Hung may be punished for a light-hearted situation in which he kissed two monks at a recent charity event.

Roger Federer insists his dramatic defeat against Novak Djokovic in the final of the ATP Tour Finals was exactly the kind of epic showdown that stops him thinking about retiring.

Vietnam's fencers won two gold medals out of two on the first day of the Southeast Asia Fencing Federation's Championship at Phan Dinh Phung Gymnasium yesterday.

2012 Extreme Sports Day in Hanoi took place on November 11, attracting nearly 60 young competitors.

The Vietnam Cinematography Department announced the list of 14 films to compete at the second Hanoi International Film Festival (Haniff) to be held from November 25 to 29.

Vietnamese dance music has taken its first strides into the international arena after the inclusion of the Thai Phan produced trance hit on the Global Trance Sessions Vol. 3 compilation.

The Indochina Australian Rules Football Cup will open in Hanoi on November 11.

Local film experts have revealed plans to adapt some of Vietnam’s most famous novels into TV series.

The U19 Vietnamese football team was again beaten by Jordan in its last group match of the Asian Football Confederation U19 Championships on November 8.

A photo exhibition on the lives and loves of gay and lesbian people in Vietnam will be held for the first time in Hanoi.

Holding a ty ba delicately in his hands like an angel with a harp, Swedish artist Stefan Ostersjo slowly turns his body in an elegant female fashion.