CULTURE AND SPORT

The Vietnamese youth chess team secured three individual gold medals in the Blitz chess category at the ongoing Asian Youth Chess Championships 2023 which was held in Al Ain in the UAE.

The Open Air 2 K-pop festival is scheduled at My Dinh National Stadium from December 23-25.

Famous pop rock band Maroon 5 of the United States touched down at Phu Quoc International Airport on December 14 to prepare for their debut performance in Vietnam on December 16.

The annual BridgeFest Music Festival was held on Nguyễn Huệ Street in HCM City on Saturday night, attracting thousands of people.

The Hue International Music Week 2023 officially opened on December 8 in Ngo Mon Square of the Hue Citadel in the central province of Thua Thien Hue.

Vietnamese and international artists are gearing up for the BridgeFest 2023 music festival which is scheduled to take place at Nguyen Hue pedestrian street in Ho Chi Minh City on December 9.

Vietnamese artist Nguyen Quoc Truong Thinh has been nominated in the best leading male performance-digital category at the Asian Television Awards 2023.

Internationally-acclaimed pop star Rori of Belgium will wow local audiences with two performances in Hue and Hanoi this December as part of her busy Asia this year.

An out-door exhibition entitled “Tay Nguyen – Gia Lai Paradise” displaying antique artifacts of local ethnic people opened in Pleiku city in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on December 5.

Some 2,000 runners will participate in Son Tra Run Challenge 2023 which will take place on Son Tra peninsula, Da Nang city on December 23-24.

The Hue International Music Week 2023 titled “Four Seasons Melody” will take place from December 8 to 12 at Ngo Mon Gate (Noon Gate) in the ancient capital of Hue, according to organisers of the Hue Festival 2023.

More than 100 beauties from across the world are arriving in Vietnam for the Miss Earth 2023 pageant which will be held in HCM City this December.

With a desire to experiment with technology and explore the capability of the human voice, two artists have developed a surreal art-technology project Voice Gems – a generative system and voice archive that transforms human voices into digital gems.

The Putaleng Long Distance Paragliding Tournament 2023 officially kicked off on November 24 at Tam Duong District Stadium in the northern province of Lai Chau.

A cultural week titled “Flavours of Hanoi” officially kicked off at Noi Bai International Airport, with with a view introducing unique cultural characteristics of the capital city to visitors.

Muhammad Ali’s only goal in injury time helped Iraq stun Vietnam 1-0 in a Group F match of the second qualification round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup at Hanoi’s My DInh National Stadium on November 21 evening.

More than 100 beauties from across the world are set to arrive in Vietnam for the upcoming Miss Earth 2023 pageant which will be held in Ho Chi Minh City this December.

Westlife were warmly welcomed by Vietnamese fans after arriving at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City on Monday evening.

Vietnamese artist Tia-Thuy Nguyen has created works by reusing objects and giving them new abilities, or a new life through restructuring through a ton of welding rods for her Flower of Life exhibition which opened in France on November 18.