CULTURE AND SPORT

The national men’s football squad has advanced two positions to 138th in the latest November rankings of the International Federation of Association Football.

MU became the third side to reach the knockout stage of the Champions League after a come from behind 3-1 win over Braga.

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea defeated Vietnam 5-0 in its second match of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-19 Championships.

Films depicting the history of Vietnamese dynasties have been condemned for their poor quality at a conference on historical figures in Vietnamese movies.

Tourism contributes around 5% to the country’s GDP, but the industry is lagging far behind in this field and has hardly invested soundly in it.

Hoang Thanh Trang, formerly of Vietnam, will compete in the Women's World Chess Championships 2012 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from November 9 to December 3.

Vietnam will host its first ever international anthropological film festival, organisers have announced.

Thirty years ago this month, S. Korean boxer Kim Duk-Koo entered a Las Vegas ring for a world championship bout that would end with his death, trigger at least one suicide and change the sport forever.

Vietnam will compete in the fifth Asian Artistic Gymnastics competition on November 7-15 in China's Fujian Province.

‘Lam and Sac Mau’ by artist Phan Hoang Vu opened at HCMC Association of Fine Arts, bringing visitors to the world of multicolor layers and bold expression.

Andy Murray has set his sights on capping a glorious year by winning the ATP World Tour Finals on home turf in London.

More than 1,000 people of the Cham ethnic minority group gathered at the Kate-Ramuwan Festival in Ho Chi Minh City on November 4.

South Korean pop sensation Psy's "Gangnam Style" has become the second most-watched YouTube video of all time with more than 620 million hits.

Vietnam’s first ever paragliding competition will be held in Lac Son district in the northern province of Hoa Binh from November 16-18.

The second science film festival will take place from November 8-30 with the screening of films at schools throughout the country.

Top Vietnamese player Ma Xuan Cuong has been invited to take part in the 2013 AGIPI Billiards Masters preliminary round on November 23-25 in Strasbourg, France.

A slew of well-known South Korean bands and singers will be performing for one night only next month in Hanoi.

The General Department of Sports and Physical Training has requested the Vietnam Football Federation to restrict the number of foreign players at professional tournaments.

Vietnam's top player Nguyen Tien Minh is seeded No 7 at the Li Ning China Open 2012 on November 13-18 in Shanghai, China.