CULTURE AND SPORT

The Golden Ball Awards 2023 ceremony is set to be held on February 19 in Ho Chi Minh City, according to the organising board.

Singer Lisa of megastar K-pop girl group BLACKPINK will join the cast of "The White Lotus", HBO said Tuesday, as the third season of the hit TV series moves to her homeland Thailand.

Bac Thi Khiem, 24, brought joy to Vietnamese sports on the first days of the lunar new year as she pocketed a silver medal at the Canada Open 2024 on February 11.

The national men’s football team are expected to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup finals as the upcoming tournament will see the number of participating teams increase to 48, with 2024 being a pivotal year for the senior

Vietnamese swimmers departed for Qatar on February 8 as they head to compete in the 2024 World Aquatics Championships which are scheduled to take place from February 11 to February 18.

The Huong Pagoda Festival, the longest of its kind in Vietnam, is set to open in Hanoi’s outlying district of My Duc on February 11 and last until May 1.

The Tet book street festival 2024 of Ho Chi Minh City kicked off on February 7, expected to be a worth-visiting destination during the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Former coach of Vietnamese national football team Park Hang-seo has just signed a contract to become a consultant of the newly-established Bac Ninh Football Club who will play in Vietnamese Football League Second Division for the 2024 season.

Weightlifter Trinh Van Vinh of Vietnam won a bronze medal in the men's 61kg category at the 2024 Asian Weightlifting Championship on February 4 in Uzbekistan, helping him earn more points for his Olympic place.

The annual Spring Calligraphy Festival will open this weekend at Literature Lake, part of Hanoi's Văn Miếu – Quốc Tử Giám (Temple of Literature), recreating the national ancient traditional spaces.

The 23rd Windsurf Mui Ne Fun Cup 2024 kicked off on February 2 at Mui Ne beach in Phan Thiet city in the south-central province of Binh Thuan.

Le Hoang Phuong, fourth runner-up at Miss Grand International 2023, has been named on the list of the leading 50 candidates for Miss Grand Slam 2023, as announced by Global Beauties.

A leader of the Vietnam Football Federation has affirmed that chief coach Philippe Troussier will still be in the hot seat despite the Vietnamese side’s poor performance at the AFC Asian Cup 2023 in Qatar.

More than 1,000 motorists have registered to participate in the Honda Biker Rally 2024 which will be held in the southern coastal province of Vung Tau on January 27.

Vietnam bid farewell to the AFC Asian Cup 2023 with a 2-3 defeat to Iraq after conceding in the last minute of the game.

The Ban Flower Festival, a highlight of the National Tourism Year 2024, is set to open in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien on March 16.

The Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City will host the S20 Vietnam Songkran Music Festival, the first event of its kind, from May 11 to May 12.

Vietnam’s hope of getting a ticket to the Asian Cup 2023 knockout round was jeopardized when they lost 0-1 to Indonesia in a group D match in Qatar on January 19 evening.

Doan Thu Thuy, the Vietnamese representative to Miss Global 2023, won the fourth runner-up title in the grand final of the competition held in Cambodia on January 18 evening.