CULTURE AND SPORT

South Korean director Kim Ki-duk's "Pieta" won the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival.

When the match ended, after Djokovic’s return sailed long, Murray covered his face with this hands, his wild triumph complete.

Vietnam has won a Southeast Asian e-sport competition on home soil after beating Singapore in the final hosted by the central city of Da Nang on the weekend.

The International Federation of Association Football has given its support to the Vietnam Football Federation to develop a football information management system.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic reached his third consecutive final at the US Open on Sunday by beating Spain's David Ferrer.

A special performance by French musicians Clement Dufour and Tristan Pfaff will take place at the French Cultural Centre in Hanoi on September 18.

London bid farewell to the Paralympics with a spectacular celebration of the human spirit.

England, Germany, France and the Netherlands all started the road to the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil with victories when the European qualifying campaign began.

The Vietnam Centre for Protection of Music Copyright accused VTV of not getting permission or paying royalties for foreign songs broadcast on the channel.

Vietnamese chess star Le Quang Liem scored an impressive victory over England’s number one player Michael Adams in the ninth round of the 2012 World Chess Olympiad, earning a final 3 – 1 win for the national men’s team.

Fourth seed David Ferrer reached his second US Open semi-final after a quite brilliant five-set tussle against Janko Tipsarevic at Flushing Meadows.

French President Francois Hollande is scheduled to decorate former Beatle Paul McCartney with a Legion of Honour award.

With 352 points, FIFA-accredited referee Vo Quang Vinh won the 2012 Golden Whistle award for the year's best referee, the Vietnam Football Federation announced.

Roger Federer was knocked out of the U.S. Open when he lost a quarter-final thriller to Tomas Berdych just hours after his old rival Andy Roddick bid a tearful farewell to his tennis career.

A photo exhibition, to be held from September 7 to 14 in Hanoi, will depict the life of children during the American War.

Vietnamese representative Ngoc Oanh was placed third in the final round of the Asian Supermodel contest held in Bangkok, Thailand.

The Belarusian world number 1 Victoria Azarenka will attend the Heineken Stars 2012 international tournament which kicks off on September 20, along with three other world-class players.

Vietnam will take part in Karaoke World Championships 2012 for the first time, which is scheduled for December in Finland.

The third International Puppetry Festival was officially opened at the Hanoi Opera House yesterday.