CULTURE AND SPORT

A press conference was held in Hanoi on February 14 to mark the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Germany diplomatic ties.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has appointed Japanese former star Yutaka Ikeuchi as the technical advisor for the Vietnamese U17 team, which will participate in the AFC U17 Asian Cup 2025.

Many people in Vietnam have flocked to buy fish for release on the First Full Moon Festival, which falls on February 12.

The German Embassy in Vietnam has launched a unique art project to transform its outer wall into an open-air canvas.

The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu will host a VND15 billion (USD591,715) salt festival this March.

Despite the freezing weather, thousands of people rushed to the Lim Festival in the northern province of Bac Ninh on Sunday evening.

Vietnam on February 8 secured the first gold medal at the 2025 Asian Road Cycling Championships which is getting underway in Thailand.

An exhibition is being held at the Cernuschi Museum in Paris showing 150 works by three pioneers of modern Vietnamese art, some of the first students at Indochina School of Fine Arts.

Party General Secretary To Lam on February 5 attended the launching ceremony of the Tree Planting Festival 2025 in My Hao town of Hung Yen province, a bout 40km away from Hanoi capital.

Jisoo, a member of the renowned K-pop group Blackpink, has announced a meet-and-greet event with fans in Hanoi as part of her "2025 Jisoo Asia Tour: LIGHTS, LOVE, ACTION!".

Members of the Vietnamese national handball team flew to Thailand on February 3 to participate in the Southeast Asian Handball Championships, scheduled to take place from February 4 to 12.

Taiwanese star Barbie Hsu, who was hugely popular across Asia for her leading role in the 2001 television drama "Meteor Garden", has died from a respiratory illness, local media reported Monday.

Vietnam has moved up two positions to the 47th on the latest global beauty rankings of Missosology, the world’s leading publication on beauty pageants.

A humanoid robot gyrates to pulsing music at a shopping mall in Beijing, part of an exhibition harnessing artificial intelligence to enhance the flavour of China's biggest annual festival.

The Vietnamese national cycling team are set to travel to Thailand to compete in the 2025 Asian Road Cycling Championships, taking place from February 7 to 16.

Thousands of people flocked to the Tay Ho Temple in Hanoi on Wednesday, the first day of the 2025 Lunar New Year.

A stampede at the world's largest religious gathering in India killed at least 15 people with many more injured, a doctor at the Kumbh Mela festival told AFP Wednesday.

A regulation that only U22 players are used for men's football at the 33rd Southeast Asian has been approved at recent meeting of the Football Association of Thailand.

The rage room service in Hanoi provides a space for people, particularly the young, to relieve stress.