CULTURE AND SPORT

Vietnam’s No. 1 player Le Quang Liem (world No. 32) defeated world No. 5 Levon Aronian of Armenia after winning tie-break points on August 6, cruising into the final match of the ongoing the Chessable Masters tournament.

The draw for the upcoming AFF Suzuki Cup 2020 will be postponed because of the disruptive impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the region, the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) have confirmed.

The 22nd version of the biennial Vietnam Film Festival is set to be delayed until November due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2021 national football season will resume in November, according to a proposal from the Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF).

Quách Thị Lan has made Olympic history after she advanced to the women’s 400m hurdles semi-finals this morning in Tokyo.

Hanoi City Cultural Centre, under the municipal Department of Culture and Sports, recently launched a photo contest themed ‘Women with family and society’ to honour the beauty of Vietnamese women and raise public awareness on gender equality.

Vietnamese swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien finished last in the women’s 800m freestyle at the ongoing Olympic Tokyo 2020 on July 29, ending her journey at the event.

Young pianists from across the country will be given the chance to showcase their talents by participating in an online piano competition which will take place from July 28 to July 31 whilst staying at home as part of

Head coach Park Hang-seo on July 27 sent the Vietnam Football Federation a list of footballers who will join an upcoming training session of the U22’s team to prepare for the 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup qualification.

Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Thuy Linh beat her French rival Qi Xuefei in the group qualification round of women's singles on July 24 morning on the first official competing day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Vietnamese athletes begin competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on July 23.

Nguyen Huynh Kim Duyen will represent Vietnam at the upcoming Miss Universe 2021 pageant which is scheduled to take place in Israel this December.

For the first time in Olympic history, national flags will be carried by two athletes at the Games, and runner Quach Thi Lan and swimmer Nguyen Huy Hoang have the honour of carrying the Vietnamese flag at the upcoming

A contest to design the logo, recognition mark and identity set for Vietnamese lacquer art was launched by the Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on July 16.

An online concert, “Drifting Intervals”, featuring five female artists from Vietnam, Germany and France will take place on July 17.

Phuong Khanh, Miss Earth 2018, has announced in a video clip that she is set to join the judging panel of the upcoming Miss Philippines Earth 2021.

The government has given the nod to allow the national football team play their home matches in the third round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers in the country, instead of neutral grounds as planned.

The Vietnam Association of Photographic Artists (VAPA) has called on talented amateur and professional photographers nationwide to submit entries for an online photo exhibition which highlights the country’s recent fight against COVID-19.

The Vietnamese men’s U23 national team are planning to hold two training camps in preparation for 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup qualifiers between October 23 and 31.