CULTURE AND SPORT

Seamer Doug Bracewell bowled New Zealand to a sensational seven-run victory over Australia in the second Test.

A 3D-graphic shooting game set in the times of the Dien Bien Phu battle against the French army will be released next February in North America, the game’s developer announced.

Several projects to build new theatres and art performance venues in HCM City remain on paper due to a lack of funds.

Vietnam’s top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has held on to his 7th position in the Badminton World Federation’s rankings.

The Vietnam Professional Football Company will eliminate the right for a single person to own different football clubs.

Sir Alex Ferguson lashed out at Roy Keane after seeing his side consigned to a humiliating Champions League exit by Basel.

Top Vietnamese wrestler Nguyen Thi Lua will tussle with Asian counterparts at the 2012 Olympic-Asian Wrestling Qualification in Kazakhstan.

The groundbreaking ceremony of the San Ho Theatre, at the cost of over $10 million, will be held in Ninh Thuan province on December 10.

World renowned tenor Adrian Ward from the UK will perform Symphony No.9 in D minor Op. 125 together with three Vietnamese singers in Hanoi.

A Lady Gaga dress and photos of a young Marilyn Monroe were among items sold at an LA auction worth over $4 million, organizers said.

A Vietnamese student won the highest prize at the singing contest “Like performing, love Sony”, which was held in Singapore.

Spain's fifth Davis Cup title party in 11 years fell flat when Rafael Nadal revealed he'd skip next year's title defence.

Leading Vietnamese violinist Bui Cong Duy will play several famous Christmas tunes to get Hanoi in the festive spirit at the monthly music programme Music Space later this month.

Vietnam has halved its target for Olympic berths in London next year to 10 after reconsidering its athletes’ qualifying chances.

Miss Sport Vietnam 1995 Nguyen Thi Thu Huong will represent Vietnam at the Mrs. World 2011 contest held in Florida, US, December 6 to 15.

Holland, Germany and Portugal will face off at the Euro 2012 finals in the toughest group of the tournament.

A collection featuring ao dai designed with patterns from the UK’s royal costumes will be showcased in London.

Le Quang Liem will be the only representative to compete in the blitz and rapid chess events at the Sportaccord World Mind Games in China.

The producers of Vietnam’s Next Top Model are investigating three contestants suspected of leaking the show’s final results.