CULTURE AND SPORT

Taste of Australia – an annual celebration of Australian food, beverages, and culture - will be held at Hanoi’s Thang Long Imperial Citadel on October 17.

A traditional cake festival is scheduled to be held in HCM City this month. It will feature around 100 booths selling 500 kinds of cakes.

Hanoi will organise the largest-ever open dragon boat racing competition at West Lake as part of activities to mark the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital (October 10, 1954).

The legendary band from Denmark Michael Learns To Rock will officially hold a special concert titled Take Us to Your Heart at Phu Tho Indoor Sports Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City on November 17.

More than 100 athletes are competing for 12 sets of medals at the 2024 Asian Open Junior Pickleball Championships that has opened in Quang Nam province.

Vo Le Que Anh, Miss Grand Vietnam, left Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport for Cambodia on October 3 as she heads to compete in the Miss Grand International 2024 beauty contest.

The United Nations Day of Vesak 2025 in Vietnam is expected to attract around 2,000 participants, including 1,000 international delegates from 80 countries.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has selected the film “Dao, Pho and Piano” (Peach Blossom, Pho and Piano) as its official nomination to compete in the best international feature film category at the 97th Academy Awards (Oscar).

HCM City will spend VND149 billion (USD6.08 million) renovating Thong Nhat Stadium.

The Bootleg Beatles, the world's premier Beatles tribute band, will light up stages in both Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi with three concerts as part of their epic 44th anniversary tour.

The Italian Film Festival 2024 is set to be held in Hanoi in late September, with Vietnamese audiences being offered the chance to delve into the rich history of contemporary Italian movies.

The Vietnamese team ranks fourth in the medal tally at the 2024 Asian Wushu Championships, which has concluded in Macao, China.

The Vietnamese team got off to a good start as they ranked third in the overall table at the Chess Olympiad 2024 which is being held in Budapest in Hungary.

The second Hanoi autumn festival, which was originally scheduled to take place from September 12 to September 15, will be postponed due to the impact of typhoon Yagi and the subsequent flooding.

World-renowned string quartet Bond will hold a charity concert on October 5 in Hanoi as part of the Good Morning Vietnam series, with all proceeds from ticket sales going to assist flood victims affected by typhoon Yagi.

Hosts Vietnam lost 1-2 to visitors Thailand in a LPBank Cup friendly match at My Dinh National Stadium on September 10 evening despite their first goal.

The total market value of the Vietnamese men’s national football team stands at EUR6.83 million, placing them in 17th position throughout the Asian region, as calculated by website Transfermarkt.

Despite their efforts, hosts Vietnam (World No. 115) could not make a surprise in a LPBank Cup 2024 friendly game against visitors Russia (World No. 33), conceding a 3-0 defeat at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on September

Vietnamese weightlifter Le Van Cong secured a bronze medal in the men's 49kg category at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, marking the first medal for the Vietnamese Paralympic team.