CULTURE AND SPORT

In 2012, Hanoi plans to win more than 1,840 medals, including 776 golds in domestic and foreign tournaments, according to its Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Vietnam's music industry has been undergoing fast and furious change, with an emerging movement that is unique to this country.

Martial arts, promoted by 51-year-old instructor Dang Van Sung, have gained ground in France where a lot of people like to get fit.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism set up an inspection team to look into the football broadcasting contract signed by the Vietnam Football Federation and a local company.

For the first time the audience will have a chance to enjoy famous love songs by Phu Quang and Trinh Cong Son in one show in Hanoi on February 1-2.

Young tennis ace Nguyen Hoang Thien is included among the list of top 100 young players in the world, according to rankings released early this month.

Photos and objects featuring “quan ho” (love duet singing) will be displayed at an exhibition at the Vietnam Cultural Centre in France from January 22.

Hoang Thi Thuy became the winner of Vietnam's Next Top Model 2011 in the presence of the show’s creator Tyra Banks.

London marks 200 days to go until the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games on Monday.

World No.4 Andy Murray laid down a marker for the Australian Open with a 65-minute demolition of Alexandr Dolgopolov in the final of the Brisbane International.

The movie “Hot Boy Noi Loan” (Lost in Paradise) by director Vu Ngoc Dang will be sent to the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012.

Petra Kvitova helped the Czech Republic reach the Hopman Cup final, defeating world number one Caroline Wozniacki.

India's Bollywood film industry is eyeing its Asian rival China as a potential market, after a successful run of "3 Idiots", the coming-of-age comedy starring Aamir Khan.

The Vietnam Football Federation will limit the number of foreign players in the national football league from 2013, the federation's vice chairman Pham Ngoc Vien said.

“Bay Rong” or Clash will be the first Vietnamese action film that will appear on Star Movies in Asia and the Middle East on Saturday night, January 14.

International Grandmaster Le Quang Liem of Vietnam has been invited to join the 2012 Olympics Torch Relay in Manchester, England in June.

An exhibition entitled “Mother Goddess Worship” introduces artworks featuring cultural life of Vietnamese women.

The 2nd Street Book Festival themed “Tradition-Present-Future” celebrating the Tet holiday season will open in Ho Chi Minh City from January 20 to 26, 2012.

Tran Le Quoc Toan has ranked in the top three of the men's 56kg division following the latest rankings issued by the International Weightlifting Federation