CULTURE AND SPORT

Vietnam has sent 20 athletes to compete in the 15th World Bodybuilding Championships, due to take place in the Maldives from November 5 to 11.

The capital city of Hanoi will play host to the first international lantern design competition and demonstration festival on January 18, 2025, at the Ocean City urban complex.

The new Military History Museum in Hanoi opened to visitrors on November 1, featuring over 150,000 objects, including four national treasures and many precious artifacts.

Film buffs will have the opportunity to watch plenty of leading European films during the 23rd European Film Festival (EUFF), due to take place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from November 14 to 28.

The Hanoi Culinary Culture Festival 2024 will take place from November 29 to December 1 at Thong Nhat Park in Hanoi, according to details given by the Hanoi People's Committee.

Six Vietnamese chess masters will compete at the FIDE World Youth Chess Championships 2024 in Brazil from October 29 to November 9.

The Lam Dong Provincial People's Committee hosted a press conference on October 29 to unveil information about the 10th Da Lat Flower Festival.

Paintings by three renowned local painters, including Le Pho, Mai Thu, and Vu Cao Dam, has been showcased at Cernuschi Museum in the French capital of Paris from now until March 9, 2025.

Vietnam’s U17 team grabbed a ticket to the AFC U17 Asian Cup 2025 Finals after a 1-1 draw against Yemen in the last match of Group I.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has approved a plan to support the research, restoration, and preservation of the intangible cultural heritages of ethnic minorities in Vietnam.

The Vietnamese men's national football team plummeted three places to 119th in FIFA’s latest world rankings as a result of their poor performance in the recent friendly matches held on FIFA Days.

Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen, the winner of Miss Universe Vietnam 2024, will go on to represent the country at the upcoming Miss Universe pageant, due to take place in Mexico on November 14.

A total of 42 local movies will compete at the upcoming seventh Hanoi International Film Festival, according to the organising board.

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has confirmed that Lalisa Manobal, known globally as Lisa of the K-pop group Blackpink, will take part in Thailand's New Year's Countdown event at IconSiam Mall.

Local representative Cao Ngoc Bich left Ho Chi Minh City on October 21 to head to the Philippines as she prepares to compete in the Miss Earth 2024 pageant.

Over 18,000 athletes, including nearly 1,300 coming from 55 nations worldwide, are ready to compete in the Standard Chartered Hanoi Marathon Heritage Race 2024 which will be held on November 3.

A collection of 190 textile quilts (nà pha) some nearly a century old are on show at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology until January 17 next year.

Vietnamese and international artists are gearing up for the upcoming BridgeFest 2024 music festival, scheduled to take place at Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square in Hanoi on November 2.

Do Manh Cuong, one of Vietnam’s leading designers, is scheduled to open the Vietnam International Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2024 in Hanoi from November 13 to 16.