CULTURE AND SPORT

More than 250,000 people attended the Vietnam Banh mi Festival in Ho Chi Minh City over four days, with organisers reporting no food poisoning incidents despite heightened concerns over food safety.

Thousands of visitors gathered at U Minh Ha National Park in Ca Mau on May 10 for the U Minh Forest festival, featuring traditional river culture and a bamboo bridge balancing challenge.

Vietnam’s U17 team suffered a painful 4-1 defeat to South Korea after leading for most of the match on May 10, leaving their hopes of an early World Cup qualification on hold.

Four traditional craft villages in Hanoi are now members of the World Crafts Cities network.

Authorities in Dien Bien Province have approved a VND 2.07 trillion (USD 76 million) cable car and cultural tourism project linked to the historic Dien Bien Phu battlefield site.

Two mango trees more than 300 years old at Pho Minh Pagoda in Ninh Binh have been recognised as Vietnam Heritage Trees, with one still flourishing despite having a hollow trunk.

The second Thang Long-Hanoi Festival 2026, themed Heritage Flow, will take place in September across major cultural and heritage sites in Hanoi.

Vietnam claimed their first victory at the AFC U17 Asian Cup finals in 10 years after defeating Yemen 1-0 in their Group C opener in Saudi Arabia on Thursday.

Several pirate movie streaming websites in Vietnam have suspended operations within 24 hours after the government ordered a nationwide crackdown on online copyright infringement.

Rare archival photographs marking the 72nd anniversary of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu capture the resilience and sacrifice behind one of Vietnam’s defining military victories.

Hanoi has launched the second edition of its Family Reading-Building Family Bookshelves, Connecting Love contest as part of efforts to promote reading culture.

The northern port city of Haiphong will host more than 60 events as part of its 2026 Red Flamboyant Festival marking the 71st anniversary of the city’s liberation on May 13.

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung has ordered a nationwide crackdown on intellectual property violations, targeting major websites offering pirated films, music, video games and television programmes.

More than 1 million people have visited the Yen Tu historical and scenic complex in Quang Ninh Province since authorities introduced free entry earlier this year.

The 60,000-seat stand at PVF Stadium, set to become Vietnam’s second largest, is taking shape in Hung Yen Province as work continues around the clock to accelerate progress.

UNESCO has added Vietnam’s Van Long-Kim Bang-Tam Chuc cultural and ecological landscape to its tentative list for World Heritage status, marking a key step towards a formal nomination.

Vietnamese shuttler Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen is emerging as one of the country’s brightest prospects, aiming to make her mark at the upcoming Youth Olympic Games 2026 later this year.

Fishermen in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho raced across muddy tidal flats on Monday on traditional wooden mud-gliding boards known locally as mong.

U22 men’s football head coach Kim Sang Sik and three assistants have received prime ministerial commendations after guiding the team to SEA Games 33 gold.