CULTURE AND SPORT

Authorities of Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District have considered fining singer Tuan Hung for holding unlicensed live music shows.

Vietnam topped the Finswimming World Cup Round Swimming Pool 2022 in Thailand after securing 26 gold, 11 silver, and five bronze medals.

Vietnamese duo Trinh Quang Manh and Phan Thi Uyen Nhi bagged a gold medal at the seventh Aerobic Gymnastics Asian Championships 2022 which concluded on September 5 in Thailand.

The first Vietnamese Children’s “Ao Dai” Festival has just been held in Viet Tri City along side with the final round of a contest entitled “Vietnamese Children’s Ao Dai Ambassador 2022.”

The Do Son traditional buffalo fighting festival attracted tens of thousands of visitors after the opening ceremony took place on Sunday in the northern city of Haiphong.

‘Memento Mori: Land’ by Marcus Manh Cuong Vu will compete for the New Currents prize at the upcoming Busan Film Festival scheduled to take place from October 5 - 14.

Grandmaster Lê Quang Liêm has reached his highest world ranking as he enters the top 20 chess players in September.

Hanoi will host a festival of craft villages and streets at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long from October 13 – 16, aiming to promote and preserve local traditional handicrafts.

A Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) lantern festival is set to get underway from September 9 to September 11 at Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square adjacent to Hoan Kiem, also known as Sword Lake, in Hanoi.

The Sa Pa Town People's Committee has opened Sa Pa Autumn Festival 2022 under the theme "Sa Pa - Golden season".

The national men’s football team of Vietnam maintains its 97th position in FIFA’s August rankings, according to the Vietnam Football Federation.

Vietnam’s tennis star Ly Hoang Nam has reached a world ranking of No 328, according to the ATP's latest release.

Bao Ngoc, the first runner-up of Miss World Vietnam 2022, will represent the country at the Miss Intercontinental pageant which will take place in Egypt this October.

BridgeFest 2022 - The 6th annual music and community festival will take place at Bien Dong Park in the central city of Danang on Saturday.

The organising board of Miss Universe Vietnam has just been fined VND70 million (USD3,043) for allowing a judge to wear a revealing ao dai in the final night of Miss Universe Vietnam 2022 on June 25.

Vietnamese female football striker Huynh Nhu has just arrived in Portugal to sign a two-year contract with Länk FC.

Vietnamese born Nguyen Minh Khac on August 21 evening beat many other prospective contestants and came in second at Men of the Year 2022, a global beauty contest for men taking place in Bali, Indonesia.

Vietnam will send five athletes to compete in the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating events which will be held in the coming months in Europe.

World champion Magnus Carlsen defeated Vietnam’s leading chess player Le Quang Liem 3-1 on August 18 in the fourth round of the FTX Crypto Cup, the main stage of the Champions Chess Tour.