CULTURE AND SPORT

Local teen model Tran Ngoc Gia Han was awarded the title of Little Miss World Tourism 2023 during the grand final of the World Tourism Festival for Beauty Friendship and Fashion which recently concluded in the Philippines.

An exhibition, Development Achievements of Australian Partner NGOs in Vietnam, was opened on Thursday at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology by the Australian Embassy in Vietnam and the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations.

Vietnam Days in France 2023 opened in Paris as part of activities being held to mark the occasion of the 50th anniversary since the establishment of diplomatic ties and 10 years of the Vietnam-France strategic partnership.

Vietnamese referee Ngo Duy Lan has been selected by FIFA, the global governing body of football, to officiate in the second qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup.

The first-ever graffiti arts exhibition is scheduled to take place from November 24 to November 25 in the capital city as part of the Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2023.

Anna Hoang, 14, was awarded the first runner-up title at the Miss Eco Teen International 2023 pageant, with the grand finale of the competition held on November 3 in Egypt.

Jazz lovers in Hanoi can't afford to miss the chance to enjoy the complex harmony, syncopated and improvised rhythms at a jazz festival on Saturday.

Many young people have flocked to celebrate Halloween on Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in HCM City since the evening of October 30.

Many people in HCM City have been shopping for Halloween decorations over the past few days to prepare for a frightening Halloween celebration.

Vietnamese athletes won two silver and three bronze medals on the last day of the 4th Asian Para Games that took place in Hangzhou, China, from October 22-28.

Compositions by Vietnamese and American composers will be featured at the Vietnam – US Friendship Concert in HCM City on October 28.

The Vietnamese national men’s football team rose one place to reach 94th position in the world, according to the latest rankings released by football’s global governing body FIFA on October 26.

Luciana Fuster from Peru was crowned Miss Grand International 2023 at the grand final held in HCM City on Wednesday evening.

Vietnam's top female badminton player, Nguyen Thuy Linh, earned a historic milestone on October 24 by entering the top 20 in the Badminton World Federation (BWF)’s world rankings for the first time.

An outfit named "Vũ khúc Thiên Long" (Rising dragon) worn by Vietnamese beauty Le Hoang Phuong has been voted the best among the Top 10 national costumes at the Miss Grand International 2023 pageant.

The 47th national track-and-field tournament will take place at Mieu Mon National Military Training Centre on the outskirts of Hanoi from October 24-28.

National team midfielder Nguyen Hoang Duc is being chased by several different clubs in other countries following his recent outstanding performances.

Vietnamese and Japanese chefs are set to serve a unique fusion of street food of the two countries within the framework of the Japanese Culture Festival which is scheduled to take place in Hanoi next month.

The Embassy of Peru in Vietnam is scheduled to host a Peruvian culinary week in Hanoi from October 24 to 29.