CULTURE AND SPORT

Vietnam’s young tennis hopeful Nguyen Hoang Thien has suffered another setback in his bid to become a player on the professional circuit.

The children’s choir of the Paris National Opera Orchestra will give two performances at the Hanoi Opera House on April 18 and 19.

One of Vietnam's most popular divas, singer My Linh, will celebrate her 20th anniversary in the music industry with live shows in Hanoi, HCM City and Danang.

Vietnamese artists seem to be tripping over themselves as they boast of a wealth of potential projects that never seem to quite come to fruition.

Mary McBride, a famous US band, and Vietnamese singer Le Cat Trong Ly had a night show on April 9, 2012 at Hue Central Hospital as part of the 2012 Hue Festival.

Truong Be, an artist in Hue City has introduced a new exhibition featuring 22 of his latest abstract lacquer paintings.

Ho Chi Minh City will kick off a weekly street art program for free at several parks around the city starting from this weekend.

Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh thrashed his Indonesian rival Yunus Alamsyah 2-0 to enter the semi-finals of the Yonex Australian Badminton Open.

Vietnam’s U19 team will take part in an international football tournament in Palestine in May.

Under-18s will be banned from the Step Up Summer music festival, which will take place on April 11.

This famous French-Canadian pop punk band from Montreal, Canada will join the free concert MTV Exit at Hanoi’s My Dinh Stadium on May 26.

Pop legend Whitney Houston may have overdosed on drugs and alcohol before drowning face-down in her bathtub, coroners said in a new report.

The list of nominations for the Ho Chi Minh and the State awards for Literature and the Arts has been announced.

Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh easily defeated Kaveh Mehrabi from Iran 2-0 to enter round 16 of an ongoing Yonex badminton tournament in Sydney.

Coach Mai Duc Chung of the U22 team has scheduled a training session in Europe this June to help the team prepare for the Asian Under-22 Football Championships 2013 qualifiers.

The world acclaimed violinist Sarah Chang, will play ‘The Four Seasons’ by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi in the 16th Hennessy Concert at the Hanoi Opera House on April 12.

Vietnamese hopeful Nguyen Thi Lua has taken a berth to the world’s largest sporting event after wining a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic-Asian Wrestling Qualifiers in Kazakhstan.

Romantic drama Cham, or Touch, a Vietnamese film that has won several international awards, was officially launched in Hanoi.

The 2012 Men’s Futures – Tanimex Cup, a professional tennis tournament of the International Tennis Federation, will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from April 2-22.