CULTURE AND SPORT

Tens of thousands of scouts danced, sang and waved glow sticks at a massive K-pop festival in Seoul on Friday, as South Korea sought to salvage a problem-plagued jamboree with "the power of Korean culture".

Two Vietnamese teams, AKA Racing and Steelmate Racing, are set to represent the country to compete at The Asia Cross Country Rally, commonly known as “AXCR” or “The Asian Rally”.

The southern coastal city of Vung Tau hopes to attract crowds of around 150,000 next month when it hosts its first beer festival, featuring food culture and music.

The Vietnamese women's football team will gather at the Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre in Hanoi from August 10 to prepare for the 19th Asian Games (, slated for September in China, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

Japan's second-oldest museum has raised $3.4 million through crowdfunding after reportedly being denied additional financial support to cover soaring utility bills to preserve its collection of animal and plant specimens.

Vuong Thi Kim Hang of Ho Chi Minh City has been selected to represent the nation at the Mrs Classic United Nations 2023 beauty pageant which will be held in the United States this December.

An international football academy named after coach Park Hang-seo has been inaugurated in Hanoi recently in order to seek and nurture young hopefuls for Vietnamese football.

The capital’s tourism industry benefited from the recent Blackpink concert, earning a total of VND630 billion in revenue, said the Hanoi Department of Tourism on August 4.

As many as 9,000 domestic and international runners are set to compete in the Manulife Da Nang International Marathon (DNIM) 2023 which is scheduled to take place on August 6 at the East Sea Park.

The Vietnamese national women’s football team has been promised approximately VND1.80 billion following their three matches at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.

The Vietnam national women's football team ended their first FIFA Women's World Cup with a 0-7 defeat to 2019 finalists the Netherlands in Dunedin, New Zealand on Tuesday.

The Vietnamese tennis team placed second in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group III and duly advanced to the playoff of Group II which will be held next year.

Vietnam continued to suffer another loss at the ongoing 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup when they were beaten 0-2 by Portugal in their second Group E match on July 27.

Hanoi People's Committee announced on Tuesday that it has approved the upcoming BLACKPINK concert on the nights of July 29 and 30 at Mỹ Đình stadium as planned.

The Vietnamese team’s brave performance won the hearts of Vietnamese fans everywhere, despite losing 0-3 to the reigning world champions US in their first group match in Auckland, New Zealand, on July 22.

American singer and songwriter Charlie Puth arrived in Vietnam early on the morning of July 21 ahead of the 8Wonder music gala which will be held in Khanh Hoa province the following day.

More than 80 professional offroad teams from different countries will compete in the Buon Don Offroad Tournament 2023 which will be held in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak from August 12-17.

Danang City is set to host a golf tourism festival 2023 between August 25 and September 2, with the ultimate aim of providing a boost to the nation’s golf tourism development.

Some hotels near My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi have seen room coverage of up to 80-90 percent ahead of the K-pop girl group Blackpink’s concerts.